It's the story that keeps on giving -- but what happens next could shape the future of football for years to come.

Legislators in the capital of China's restive far-western Xinjiang province passed a law Wednesday to prohibit residents from wearing burqas in public, state media reported Thursday, highlighting the government's continued campaign against religious extremism.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has "red flagged" Thailand over what it sees as significant safety concerns within the country's aviation sector.

An Australian aid worker who was abducted in Afghanistan in April has been freed, according to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

The U.S. government is preparing to name North Korea as the culprit behind the Sony hack that downed a movie and made public confidential data of the company.

The grim investigation begins after the siege at a Sydney cafe left two hostages and the gunman dead in an incident the Australian PM describes as "tragic beyond words."

An Indonesian ship equipped with a metal detector finds two large objects about 30 meters below the Java Sea in the search for lost AirAsia Flight QZ8501, a top search official says.

At Fusahiro Shimojima's workshop, in the industrial city of Saitama, fires rage in small pits and an earthen floor absorbs the din of hammering. The 44-year-old Japanese swordsmith pounds the nascent blade of his newest creation, sending molten sparks flying majestically into air.

Marjorie Liu is a New York Times bestselling author, however she is also a qualified lawyer who changed her career after college.

By the time the hours-long siege at a military school in Peshawar, Pakistan, ended, at least 141 people -- 132 children plus nine staffers -- were dead, a military spokesman said.

China's foreign ministry says it will soon complete controversial land reclamation on some islands and reefs in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

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Transport authorities in New Delhi have cracked down on the car service Uber after a woman accused one of its drivers of raping her.

The man who has held hostages in a Sydney, Australia, cafe for nearly 16 hours is Man Haron Monis, an official with direct knowledge of the situation said Monday.

As Australia grapples with another shocking tragedy -- the deaths of eight children in one home -- the mother of seven of them might be able to explain what happened.

Survivors speak of their horror at seeing 36 New Year's Eve revelers trampled to death on the Shanghai waterfront, just minutes before midnight.

By canceling "The Interview," the film industry has given saboteurs a precedent to kill free expression, Jeff Yang writes