An attack on a Shia mosque in Peshawar has killed at least 19 people and injured more than 60 others, hospital sources said.

Female high school students wishing to graduate in the Indonesian city of Jember will have to undergo ‘virginity tests’ under new proposals.

Hong Kong (CNN) China has executed a mining tycoon found guilty of murder and running a "mafia-style" organization, state media reported Monday.

Liu Han, 48, the former chairman of Hanlong Group, was executed along with his brother, Liu Wei, and three associates, official news agency Xinhua reported.

The men met with their families before they were executed, Xinhua said.

Liu has been linked by state media to former security czar Zhou Yongkang -- the most senior official snared in China's anti-corruption campaign.

Hanlong's interests included mining, real estate, electricity, energy and finance and the company remains a shareholder in two Australian companies - Moly Group and Sundance Resources.

Liu was detained in 2013 along with his younger brother. They were sentenced to death in May 2014.

The Liu brothers started out running gambling dens in their base in Guanghan, in China's southwestern Sichuan province, in the e

Japan has seized the passport of a journalist planning to travel to Syria following the brutal killing of two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State group there, local media said Sunday.

In the nightlife district of Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, six African male asylum seekers, between the ages of 27 to 44, were arrested for allegedly trafficking drugs. Police seized 730,000 USD in cash and illegal drugs valued at approximately 67,000 USD.

He ventured to Syria to tell the stories of those whose lives have been torn apart by war.

Chinese authorities are investigating allegations that senior security officials ate a critically endangered giant salamander at a lavish banquet.

A woman in central China has been prosecuted for selling her new-born baby for $7,000, state media reports said, the latest of a string of shocking cases that have shed light on the country's trade in children.

The population of mainland China stood at 1.37 billion at the end of 2014, an increase of around 7.1 million from the previous year.

Huge crowds have gathered to see Pope Francis celebrate an outdoor Mass in the Philippine capital Manila.

Indonesian divers have retrieved the black box cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of the AirAsia plane that crashed in the Java Sea two weeks ago, local media has quoted a transport ministry official as saying.

The search mission to find the flight data recorders from the crashed AirAsia passenger plane has resumed, as weather conditions improve over the Java Sea.

Twelve people were prevented from committing suicide on Sunday morning in Shuozhou city in North China's Shanxi province, local authorities said.

Investigators say it could take a week to recover AirAsia Flight QZ8501's black box flight recorders as rough seas continue to hamper the search.

China's President Xi Jinping has demanded an investigation into Shanghai New Year's Eve crush that killed 36 people and injured 47.