Egypt's Eman Ahmed, believed to be the world's heaviest woman, successfully underwent weight reduction surgery on Tuesday, doctors in India said.

At least 13 people were injured Friday evening in a fire on a metro train in Hong Kong, police said.

Kristin Kagetsu left the United States in 2014 with an idea: to bring sanitary pads to India.

A German man has been beheaded by Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines after a deadline to pay his ransom passed, the Philippine government has said.

At least 19 people have died after a karaoke bar in Indonesia's West Papua was set ablaze following a brawl between rival gangs of youths in the area, police in the provincial capital of Sorong said on Tuesday.

The son of Kim Jong Nam -- the murdered half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- has been seen for the first time since his father's death.

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke by phone Thursday evening, the first conversation between the two since Trump took office.

Nineteen fetuses were found buried near an unlicensed clinic by police investigating a woman's death in Sangli, western India, authorities said Sunday.

Srinivas Kuchibhotla, shot to death last month in a Kansas bar, shared a dream with many other Indians I know. His widow described it on Facebook a few days after his killing:

A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea.

A military hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul has come under attack, with at least two people killed and seven others injured, according to government officials.

Two women accused of killing Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur airport have been charged with murder.

The King of Saudi Arabia certainly knows how to travel in style.

Ani Choying Drolma was not stabbed as a teenager by her Tibetan sculptor father in one of his many fits of rage.

North Korean state media has released images purporting to show last week's missile launches with a warning that the so-called "reckless military hysteria" of the United States and its allies is moving the Korean peninsula towards "unstable confrontation."

President Joe Biden held a three-hour talk Monday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, their first in-person encounter since Biden took office and an opportunity that both sides appeared to hope would lead to an improvement in rapidly deteriorating relations.

If you're planning a trip to Japan, here's what you'll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic.

Ma Jun, perhaps China's best-known environmentalist, thinks US President Donald Trump needs to visit China.

Thousands of Filipinos took to the streets Saturday to mark the anniversary of the 1986 uprising against Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos amid concerns of an authoritarian relapse under current President Rodrigo Duterte.