Hoi An (Vietnam) (AFP) - At least 49 people have died after Typhoon Damrey slammed into central Vietnam, disaster officials said Monday, as heavy flooding cast doubt on a planned retreat for APEC leaders' spouses to the ancient town of Hoi An. The weather system hit just days before...

A Madrid judge has ordered that eight former Catalan ministers be remanded in custody on Thursday over last week's vote for independence in the Catalan parliament.  One of the ex-ministers was granted bail. Of the 14 former members of the cabinet facing charges of...

Trauma surgeon Shazeer Majeed has worked for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Yemen, South Sudan and Iraq. He is now working in northern Syria, a region gripped by instability, and shares his day-to-day reality of trying to keep victims of war alive. "We usually think of the...

 A large explosion hit the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, in an area housing foreign embassies and government departments, causing numerous casualties. A Reuters television team counted eight people who appeared to have been killed, besides several wounded at the scene, which was...