Sydney News Board

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be tens of thousands dead.

Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.

The attacks in the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, was the first since a truce went into effect in November.

The 7.7.-magnitude quake caused havoc across a swath of Southeast Asia. At least three deaths were reported in Bangkok.

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen.

Protests are raging in Turkey after the arrest of the country’s most prominent opposition politician.

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for a while, to recover.

The country’s largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples.

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war.

The new auto tariffs are straining relations with U.S. allies and deepening doubts about America’s reliability as a partner.