Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was appointed prime minister on Thursday, the sultan's palace said, and will be sworn in at 5 p.m. local time.

Marion Barter won plaudits for her warmth as an elementary school teacher, but in 1997 the 51-year-old mother-of-two became restless, quit her job, sold her house, and flew from Australia's beach-lined Gold Coast to start a new life in Europe.

An Indian boy born with four legs and two penises is set to return home after a successful surgery.

Malaysian police have confirmed the North Korean citizen killed last month in Kuala Lumpur is Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters on Friday.

Finding an empty beach in Asia was a breeze a few decades ago, but it's not quite so easy anymore.

Japan urged residents to take shelter early Tuesday morning after North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the north of the country in an escalation of Pyongyang's missile tests that prompted immediate backlash from Tokyo.

Park Geun-hye is finished. South Korea's eleventh President has been impeached, removed from office by the legislature and the courts.

This is the holiest place in Tibetan Buddhism -- the Jokhang temple. Stand next to visiting pilgrims and see the Dalai Lama's palace.