Dozens more missing after ferry collides with cargo boat in southern Bangladesh river.
The man started growing at the age 10 due to a tumor that caused more than normal hormones to be produced.
Sergeant will be tried in military court for killing 16 Afghan villagers while they slept.
Explorers find clues in footprints and tortoise traps.
UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan leaves Syria empty-handed while assault on Idlib goes on.
On 18 March 2011, I bought a copy of the Daily Star newspaper. A photo in the bottom right-hand corner caught my eye at first and then the paper's headline. The photo showed two small children sitting on a railway line, warmly dressed against the cold with the little girl at least holding a school satchel on her back.
Israeli air strikes kill two Palestinians and a schoolboy in Gaza Strip
Mount Sterling unpoliced as three officers suspended in probe into Tasering of nine-year-old truant boy.
A mass grave discovered in Southern Mexico with the remains of 167 people is found to be a 1,300-year-old ancient burial ground
The film shows the brutalities committed by the Sri Lankan forces in its war against Tamil rebels.
Barack Obama invites Cameron to watch basketball final aboard iconic presidential jet
A 7-year-old girl, Wakana Kumagai, revisits the spot where her house used to and her father died.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reiterated his resolve to rebuild Japan in the shortest possible duration.
Iraq youths have been stoned to death for their Emo haircuts and wearing stylish clothes by extremists in Baghdad.
On 11 March, 2012, the first email attachment successfully being sent via the Internet celebrates it's 20th anniversary.
Iran's main nuclear facilities on Israel's worry list are spread far and wide across the country.
The race aims to defend the right of cyclists to ride on the streets in safety.
A US soldier has reportedly killed at least three civilians and injured several others, in the southern province of Kandahar in Afganistan
Tibetans around the world commemorated the 53rd Tibetan Uprising Day, to mark a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959
The devastating tsunami set off a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima and forced the nation to live in radiation fear.
Japan has once again shown that it can bounce back after a natural disaster.
Police attributed the attack to the Somali Islamist group al-Shebab, but nobody has claimed responsibility.
Researchers have discovered that a common heart disease pill does not only lower blood pressure but also reduces racial feeling.
Researchers have mapped the entire debris field of the Titanic, using underwater robots
The 10-day meeting of China's National People's Congress discusses different pieces of legislation and amendments.
This is the worst flare-up in the region in recent times.
The prison has been a bone of contention between the US and Afghanistan.
Kony 2012 film by NGO Invisible Children has created a buzz and divided opinion on the internet.
More than 200,000 Bahraini protesters take to the streets to press for more democracy.
Deliveryman Yu Muroga captured amazing footage of 2011 disaster from inside his car.