Two men arrived at the mosque in eastern Afghanistan dressed in full-face veils., officials say.

Critics argue that the move could prompt a witch hunt against ethnic minorities in the state.

Discarded luggage at Kansai International Airport has posed a heightened security threat, so it wants people to hand unwanted suitcases in.

Evie Amati is convicted of attempted murder after wounding two strangers in a convenience store.

The 84-year-old government critic was speaking to a US broadcaster when the line abruptly went dead.

The figures confounded many analysts, who were expecting Toyota's earnings to be flat.

The off-duty Australian soldier spent a week trapped in freezing conditions in New Zealand.

A 78-year-old woman has been reunited with a portrait of her grandparents after a historian found it.

A crash course in basic medicine is dividing opinion in India.

Thousands of Bangladeshi students protest for a fifth day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.

People in a remote region of Peru are split on the benefits and threats of road-building in the area.

Would you use a public toilet if there was a chance someone had hidden a camera inside to film you?

From a pre-match Oscars news conference to two standing ovations in a day, Virat Kohli has made sure he has been the star attraction at Edgbaston this week.

Virat Kohli scores a superb 149 to keep India in the game on an enthralling second day in the first Test at Edgbaston.

The protesters are demanding improved road safety after a boy and a girl were killed by a bus.

The teenage daughter of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Kahn is their cover girl.

In a tweet, Mr Trump also thanked the North Korean leader for his "nice letter", without elaborating.

Japanese media allege Tokyo Medical University sought to purposefully reduce female student numbers.

Three people from India, Malaysia and Macedonia are shot dead in a suspected militant attack.

Parts of eastern Australia are suffering their worst drought in memory, as these aerial images show.