Bonn - The marathon effort to forge a world pact on climate change now hinges on what happens outside the UN arena in...
Bonn - The marathon effort to forge a world pact on climate change now hinges on what happens outside the UN arena in...
Seoul - South Korea's health ministry Friday urged people to "conquer their fear" of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and go about their...
Sydney - Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday Australia would do "whatever we need to do" to combat people-smuggling as he repeatedly refused...
Moscow - Scaffolding surrounds the vast clay sculpture-in-progress inside a warehouse on Moscow's outskirts, yet already the statue of Vladimir the Great has...
Johannesburg - Leaders gather in Johannesburg on Sunday for the African Union summit, with the global migration crisis, xenophobia and turmoil in Burundi...
Paris - With air passenger numbers set to double to six billion annually by 2030, the world's premier air show in Paris will...
Xiqiantou, China - He wielded enormous power as China's fearsome security chief, but at Zhou Yongkang's ancestral village, his relatives' tombs are now...
Sydney - In a small room close by the Sydney Opera House, 60 people representing a vast range of communities and industries are...
Bamako - Malian lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to adopt new Prime Minister Modibo Keita's government programme on Friday as the country looks to establish...
Paris - French investigators said Thursday they were expanding their Germanwings crash probe to see if anyone could be held liable for manslaughter,...
Hong Kong - Financial markets in the Philippines are closed on Friday for a public holiday. AFP
New York - A Russian-American pleaded guilty Thursday to smuggling $65 million worth of electronic components to Russia including parts that ended up...
Seoul - South Korea on Friday reported four more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), bringing to 126 the total number of...
Brasília - The Brazilian parliament on Thursday passed a law toughening penalties for murderers of policemen, a measure widely demanded by the security...
Washington - US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter called Thursday on Beijing to stop building artificial islands in the disputed waters of the...
Madrid - Spain's King Felipe VI has issued a decree stripping his sister Princess Cristina of her title as Duchess of Palma, the...
