The head of Iraq's election commission says turnout for Sunday's election was between 55 and 60 percent. Faraj al-Haidari, who heads the Independent High Electoral Commission, told American news agency that the exact figures would ...

Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people including a 4-day-old infant, residents said, less than two months after sectarian violence in the volatile region left more than 300 dead. The violence in ...

At least 38 people are reported to have been killed in an earthquake in eastern Turkey.The government's crisis centre says many of the victims were from the small villages of Okcular, Yukari ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki charged on Monday that US and British forces are fomenting terrorism in the region. Mottaki's comments came as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan ...

India’s government said it was determined to pass a landmark bill guaranteeing women one-third of seats in parliament to boost female participation in the world's largest democracy. “Our government is committed to social and economic ...

Melbourne was bracing itself Sunday for further storms after a mini-cyclone ripped through Australia's second largest city, bringing with it hail stones the size of tennis balls. The storm dumped heavy rain across the southern ...

Flags were set to be lowered across Chile Sunday as the country began a three-day period of national mourning for the hundreds of victims of the massive earthquake. But more than a week after the ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad travels to neighbouring Afghanistan on Monday for talks with his counterpart Hamid Karzai, an Iranian news agency reported on Sunday. The semi-official Mehr news agency said the one-day trip to Kabul ...

Waves of bomb and mortar attacks rocked Iraq Sunday killing at least 24 people as the war-shattered nation staged its second parliamentary election since US-led forces ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. Dozens of mortar rounds rained ...

UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived on Friday in Chile to assess damage from a devastating earthquake and tsunami, and pledged 10 million dollars in relief from a United Nation's emergency fund. The secretary-general ...