A Jackson Pollock artwork, described as one of history’s “first truly abstract paintings”, has sold at auction for $181m (£135m) in New York. Number 7A, 1948,...
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a drastic reduction to its visa-free entry scheme for tourists from more than 90 countries. The decision, issued on Tuesday, shifts the...
An escaped tiger believed to be owned by Germany’s “Tiger Queen” has been shot dead by police after attacking one of its keepers. Police told the...
A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of a group of Italians who died in a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives. Staff Sgt...
At least eight people have been killed, and dozens injured, after a freight train crashed into a public bus in Thailand’s capital. Flames engulfed the bus...
New Zealand’s Māori Queen Te Arikinui Kuini Nga Wai hono i te po has met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. The meeting with the British...
Nearly three weeks after an Indian family of four were found dead in their home, investigators tell the BBC they are no closer to knowing what...
Hundreds of people descended on a girls’ boarding school in the Indonesian village of Tlogosari, Central Java on 2 May, shouting chants and waving banners. “Women...
The Philippine Senate was locked down with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had sought refuge....
The US has been holding regular negotiations with Denmark to expand its military presence in Greenland, according to multiple officials familiar with the discussions, with talks...