South Korea’s prime minister has announced his resignation over the widespread criticism over the government’s response to the April 16 ferry disaster.

At least 80 people have been killed and hundreds of villagers left stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan, officials say.

A series of bombs has exploded at a campaign rally for a Shia group in Iraq’s capital ahead of the country’s parliamentary election, killing at least 37 people and wounding scores others, police said.

Joining a chorus of condemnation for a film planned to be screened at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, a coalition of American Muslim and Arab-American organizations have demanded the editing of the film presentation, saying it wrongly suggests Islam is responsible for the terror attacks.

Govt and police officials say bomber detonated explosives in a rickshaw in bid to target three govt vehiclesAn explosion took place near a mosque in Delhi Colony area of Karachi on Friday, killing at least four persons including a woman and injuring more than 30 others.

Almost 3.5 million civilians in Syria have virtually no access to desperately needed humanitarian aid and people are dying needlessly every day as violence and extremism escalate and the risk of sectarian violence grows, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.

Palestinian factions have signed a deal that aims to end the longstanding schism between rivals Fatah and Hamas, according to which a new government will be formed within weeks with simultaneous presidential and parliamentary polls to follow later this year.

The United States has indications that a toxic chemical, probably chlorine, was used in Syria this month and is examining whether the Syrian government was responsible, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi sought to calm fears for religious minorities under his rule on Tuesday, saying he would represent all Indians whether they voted for him or not in the current general election.

An Australian far-right group has escalated its hate campaign against the Muslim community, urging its supporters to take photos of veiled Muslim women in public and using them in hateful posts online.