Tensions in the Korean peninsula are up again after an exchange of fire between North and South Korea left two people dead and 18 others wounded.

A water festival in Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh turned into tragedy on Monday when at least 345 people were killed due to a stampede.

Frustration is beginning to show among families of 29 miners trapped in a New Zealand coal mine since Friday, as rescue efforts are delayed due to fears that the facility contains toxic gases.

Entrepreneurs can now focus their attention to their core expertise of growing and expanding their businesses. BPI ExpressLink (ELink), the internet-based cash management solution of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, has made its worry-free cash management solutions available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

A court in Sweden issued on Thursday an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in connection to rape and molestation charges.

Germany has raised its security measures after intelligence services received reliable information that Islamist militants are planning to launch attacks.

Clarence House, the official residence of the Prince of Wales, announced on Tuesday that Prince William will marry his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, in the spring or summer of 2011.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from a seven-year house arrest on Saturday.

At least 15 people have been killed as a huge blast rocked Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, on Thursday, reports said.

Iraqi lawmakers from opposing parties have reached a compromise to end a months-long political deadlock.