Koppu was a category 4 typhoon when it made landfall, but it has weakened into a storm and has moved north over the Luzon Strait.
Man involved in clean up of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has acute myelogenous leukaemia.
South Koreans crossed the border with North Korea to meet family members they had not seen in 65 years.
Journalists says he was attacked with iron bars and and clubs, and suffered microfractures to his feet.
Sudan's president has been invited to attend India-Africa Forum Summit on 26-29 October
Trauma from civil war and amphetamine abuse gives rise to poorly managed mental health centres.
At least 11 killed in bus bombing in Quetta, provincial capital of restive Balochistan.
Stephen Harper's Conservatives concede defeat as Liberals win polls by comfortable margin.
The 46-year-old woman was also told to visit father on his birthday and festival holidays.
The park will not press charges but will seek costs to buy two new moose.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is edging ahead in the polls in Canada's longest and closest campaigns in the nation's history.
The Communist leader Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived at Heathrow Airport, met by foreign secretary.
The Conservative peer has been in hospital with a 'life-threatening' illness for the past 14 days.
The parents of alleged serial killer Stephen Port say they don't believe their son is capable of murder.
The city's council joins in calls for large funds to divest from fossil fuels.
'If there's anything that can bring together these peoples, it's hummus.'
Eight people were injured, including one child.
Eritrean migrant Haptom Zerhom was mistaken for a terrorist, shot dead and had his body attacked by a mob.
UNHCR says 2,500 refugees are stuck between Berkasovo and Bapska.
Young voters vow to stay away from polls in Egypt's first election since 2012.
Devotees pierce both cheeks and thread skewers through the holes. Some go a bit further.
BREAKING: Branson says UN Office on Drugs and Crime set to make announcement on global drugs policy.
Rights groups slam counter-radicalisation proposal drafted by Rachida Dati.
Local residents and opposition leaders claim activist Umugwaneza was murdered by secret services
Myth has it that on Vijaya Dashami, goddess Durga defeated and beheaded Mahishasura, the buffalo demon.
Thousands of migrants and refugees were stranded at Croatia's borders with Slovenia and Serbia.
"It's disrespectful," says world champion's mother Elizabeth Osborne.
Around 50 fighters stopped Léa Koyassoum Doumta's car 90km from the capital Bangui.
Kanu is the leader of separatist movement Ipob and director of London-based Radio Biafra.
Magistrate court issues death by stoning sentence to woman for committing adultery, but top court overturns verdict.