In a move to revive the dwindling population of vultures, “restaurants” have been established in Nepal which provide nourishment for the endangered birds.

For the first time in Manila, the world-renowned Cirque Mother Africa (created by professional acrobat Winston Ruddle) will dazzle and mesmerize local audiences with wild African music, dance and performance in a two-hour showcase.

The “naked if only her hands didn’t get in the way” photograph published in French magazine Madame Le Figaro has caused plenty of uproar in Iran and now the government has made Farahani persona non grata.

Profit in any business is good, but what if it hurts the economy?

A teenager from Leeds has become the first sex-change person in Great Britain to participate in the Miss England beauty contest.

Remember all those North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of dictator Kim Jong-il? Those who cried, but without conviction, are being sentenced to at least six months in a labor-training camp, according to an online newspaper based in South Korea.

Dressed in swimsuits, the trainees were asked to run carrying a log on their shoulders, let people step on their abdomen, and demonstrate martial art skills during the training session.

A luxury hotel built on a former Soviet warship will open at the end of this month, making it the world’s first aircraft carrier hotel.

Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died on Saturday at the age of 69, the country’s state television reported on Monday.

Flash floods caused by a tropical storm devastated two major cities and several towns in southern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 450 people dead with many more reported missing.