A fake image posted by a Chinese government official depicts an Australian soldier murdering a child.

Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's prisons as the number of virus cases surge.

Some 22 people died when the volcano suddenly erupted last December with tourists on it.

The investigation by the Met is looking into activities in the civil war in Sri Lanka in the 1980s.

The toxic fumes from stubble burning affects hundreds of millions - but curbs to stop it keep failing.

The meteor was seen descending towards earth for a few seconds, before emitting a powerful light.

The Australian city recorded a minimum overnight temperature of 25.4C.

Environmentalists in India's Goa state are fighting projects they say will turn it into a coal hub.

Carrie Lam says she has no bank account due to US sanctions, and pays cash for everything.

With more time and flexibility, thousands of women are trading in the stock market for the first time.

For decades, Kaavan performed from his lonely enclosure. Now, with a hand from Cher, he's retiring.

Why the demolition of a 70-year old cinema hall in Kabul went viral in Afghanistan.

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy made a fortune in doughnuts then lost it all to gambling.

Calgary Zoo had to send the two Chinese pandas home early after the pandemic hit bamboo supplies.

By one measure the city has just eliminated the virus, but relieved locals also fear a hidden cost.

Farmers defy barricades and brave tear gas from police as they try to enter capital Delhi in protest.

Opposition legislators hurled the intestines in a bitter dispute over the easing of US pork imports.

The four men were part of an organ trafficking ring that targeted accident victims.

It has been investigating the "dumping" of cheap wines in China - an accusation Australia denies.

Archaeologists believe the bones are as old as 5,000 years and remarkably well preserved.