Women's group tackles taboo subject to aid Pakistan flood victims
As aid organisations mobilise to provide relief for victims of Pakistan's catastrophic floods, one group of women is focused on a necessity that is frequently taboo in the conservative Islamic nation -- menstrual hygiene products.
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China slams UN report alleging litany of rights abuses in Xinjiang
A UN report said claims of torture and forced labour in China's Xinjiang are credible and warned crimes against humanity may have taken place, allegations condemned Thursday by Beijing as a "political tool" aimed at containing the country.
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'All dead': the Munich Olympics massacre 50 years ago
September 5, 1972: Palestinian gunmen storm the Olympic Village at the Summer Games in Munich and take a group of Israeli athletes hostage, triggering a standoff that ends in a massacre.
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IMF agrees to $2.9 bn bailout for bankrupt Sri Lanka
Bankrupt Sri Lanka will receive a conditional $2.9 billion bailout to repair its battered finances, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday, following a bruising economic crisis that saw the island nation's president chased from the country.
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Kazakh leader says plans to call snap presidential vote this autumn
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Thursday he plans to call a snap presidential election this autumn and will reduce the presidency to one seven-year term.
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SKY is the limit: Attacking Suryakumar redefines T20 batting
India's Suryakumar Yadav makes unconventional look cool and his attacking instincts makes him a force to reckon with for the Twenty20 World Cup later this year in Australia.
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Foster calls for fearless All Blacks display to avenge Pumas loss
All Blacks coach Ian Foster said Thursday that New Zealand will need to play without fear against Argentina in Hamilton on Saturday to avenge their shock defeat last weekend and prevent the humiliation of losing a fourth successive home Test.
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Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's ex-leader, convicted of corruption
Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Malaysia's ex-premier Najib Razak, was found guilty of graft Thursday, just over a week after her husband began serving a 12-year jail term.
Read moreUN team heads to Russia-held nuclear plant in Ukraine despite shelling
UN inspectors vowed to press on with a visit to a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Thursday despite an early shelling attack on the town next to the facility.
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Villagers brave snakes and hunger to protect land in flooded Pakistan
The southern Pakistan village of Karim Bakhsh is almost entirely under muddy water after catastrophic monsoon rains -- hardly any stable buildings are left for shelter, the wheat silos are empty and venomous snakes are a constant threat.
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