Berlin authorities said they arrested six people on Sunday over an alleged plot to carry out a "violent crime" at the German capital's half marathon which attracted 36,000 runners.

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull marked an unwanted milestone on Monday by losing his 30th straight opinion poll -- a benchmark he used to justify deposing former Liberal leader Tony Abbott.

Hungary's firebrand nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed a "historic victory" Sunday as his right-wing party took a thumping lead in the country's key parliamentary election.

A missile attack on a Syrian military airport left several dead and wounded, state media said on Monday, after the US warned Damascus and its allies over an earlier suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town.

All United Nations member countries have committed themselves to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Here in the Asia-Pacific region we saw some of the most impressive declines. Yet, today, there are still nearly half-a-billion undernourished people in this region, far more than any other part of the world. 

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is due to appear in court in Durban on Friday to face corruption charges linked to a multi-billion dollar 1990s arms deal that dogged his time in government.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak chaired a cabinet meeting on Friday, official media reported, as speculation mounted he was due to dissolve parliament later in the day for a tough election battle.

Thousands of Palestinians are expected to rally at Gaza's border Friday despite warnings from Israel that its open-fire rules will not change, raising fears of fresh violence after the the bloodiest day for Gazans in years.

 Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, frontrunner in Brazil’s October presidential elections, was given 24 hours on Thursday to surrender to police and start a 12-year prison sentence for corruption.