Casualties feared as one Afghan soldier reported killed and seven others wounded in Ghazni

New Zealand uses hundreds of millions of single-use plastic bags each year many of which end up harming marine life

Nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr's alliance won Iraq's legislative election in May according to manual recount

The hybrid of a blue whale and a fin whale was harpooned and slaughtered by the Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf

Sweden was not equipped to deal with this natural catastrophe & asked for help from the international community

Three of the objects carry Sumerian inscriptions which identify their origin as the Eninnu temple from city of Girsu

For many Nigerians, it is a standard procedure and a gateway to beauty and success

Malaysian government came under fire for ordering the removal of two LGBT activists' portraits from an exhibition

Bangladesh all-rounder has to get finger operated

Spaniard becomes history’s most expensive goalkeeper as Courtois leaves for Real Madrid