Indonesian search and rescue teams yesterday plucked stranded residents from remote islands and pushed into isolated communities desperate for aid in the aftermath of a volcano-triggered tsunami that killed over 400. But torrential rains hampered the effort and heaped more misery on the region, as officials…

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday hailed final tests of a hypersonic missile, which he earlier said would render existing missile defence systems…

Boko Haram jihadists ambushed a military convoy in northeastern Nigeria, killing 13 soldiers and a policeman, the army said yesterday. But an officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the militants had overrun an army base, and put the death toll at 18. An army statement said the attackers ambushed…

Three students were killed in a laboratory blast at a Beijing university yesterday, the city’s fire department said, in an accident that blew out…