Twenty-seven people including several municipal government officials face disciplinary punishment or criminal charges after being held responsible for a deadly ultramarathon race last month in which 21 runners died,

A firebrand Pakistani scholar has been detained for making death threats against Nobel prize laureate Malala Yousafzai over her comments on marriage, officials said Friday.

Police found a note stating the alleged killer would sacrifice women every six months in exchange for winning the Mega Millions jackpot.

At least 20 people have been killed and 50 injured after a speeding bus carrying pilgrims overturned on a highway and fell into a ravine in a remote area in southwestern Pakistan. The accident happened in Khuzdar,

A Taiwanese court on Friday handed prison terms to a dozen former presidential security agents and airline employees over their roles in a cigarette smuggling scandal on the island two years ago.

The outgoing German chancellor enjoyed a rapport with Barack Obama but had a strained relationship with Donald Trump.

A psychic who has found the bodies of several missing people claims Madeleine McCann is buried just nine kilometres from where she disappeared, The Mirror reports. Madeleine vanished 14 years ago at the age of three in the Portuguese holiday town of Praia da Luz.

China imposes punishments on the organisers of a cross-country marathon which led to the deaths of dozens of people after an extreme weather event.

Penrith remained in their Origin period malaise with Sharks half Shaun Johnson potting a 78th minute field goal for a 19-18 win over the competition leaders at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Friday night.

With China taking on Group A leader Syria on June 15, speculation is rife that Li will opt to rest several key players during Friday's tie with the Maldives, which lost to China 5-0 in their last meet in the World Cup qualifying campaign in 2019.