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At least 80 people were killed when rebels derailed a train packed with sleeping passengers in eastern India Friday.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu Friday, seismologists said, sparking a tsunami warning which was later cancelled.

"With no music, there is no life," Japanese singer Nene, who is living in Hanoi, tells DTiNews' David Cornish.

A Vietnamese man has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to manufacture and possess marijuana with intent to manufacture 1,000 or more marijuana plants.

Russian authorities on Thursday vowed to strike back after a bomb blast killed seven people and wounded dozens in the southern city of Stavropol.

Jamaican forces claimed control of a slum in an offensive to capture an alleged drug kingpin, but fears mounted for civilians.

Ngo Thanh Van and her friends are organising a training programme to develop young talents into versatile artists.

EU and ASEAN foreign ministers started talks on integration mechanisms and increasing cooperation in the economy, politics and security.

An oil slick from a tanker damaged in a collision off eastern Singapore has been contained, officials said Wednesday.

Emergency teams were scrambling to contain 2,000 tonnes of crude oil that leaked Tuesday into the Singapore Strait after two vessels collided.

Running battles between Jamaican authorities and drug gang members turned part of Kingston into a warzone Monday.

A surreal movie from Thailand about the reveries of a dying man was the surprise victor of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes festival.

The biggest looming uncertainty of all — when will BP be able stop the leak?

Thailand's prime minister said that Bangkok would get back to business on Monday after a massive clean-up.

Investigators sifted through the rubble of a crashed plane Sunday looking for the black boxes after India's air crash killed 158.

An Air India passenger plane crashed as it came into land in the southern city of Mangalore on Saturday, killing most of the 166 people on board.

Thailand's premier said Friday that order has been restored, but that the divided kingdom faces "huge challenges".

South Korea's president convened an emergency national security meeting Friday, while North Korea once again spoke of war.