Climbers rejoiced when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports suggest even the world's highest peak isn't safe from the spread of Covid-19.

A court in India's troubled northeastern region has freed a female activist who has been on hunger strike for 14 years in protest against special powers given to the military to combat rebels, her lawyer said Friday.

Gunmen attacked a bus in Karachi on Wednesday, killing 41 people, Pakistani authorities said.

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, leaving around 20,000 people dead or missing and causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damages. Five years on, the country is still dealing with the aftermath.

Bloodstains and bullet marks tell a tale of horror inside the auditorium and classrooms of the Peshawar school attacked by the Taliban in Pakistan.

The man who captained AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lived in a picturesque neighborhood in the suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city.

At least eight people were killed after shootings at three different spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday.

Irawadee Thawornbut is the 16-year-old founder of Sandee for Good, an online marketplace for donors to order and pay for goods to be delivered to nonprofits.

When it comes to desirable post-pandemic travel destinations, Hong Kong would be an obvious choice thanks to its capable handling of Covid-19 outbreaks, which has so far limited infections to just 1,300 cases in the city of 7.5 million.

Peter Bergen says the leader slain by Pakistani forces played a key role in foiled plot to bomb N.Y. subways.