Baghdad---Every time he looks in a mirror, Laith Ahmed is worried. As of Monday, the young Iraqi's hopelessly hairless chin could land him...
Baghdad---Every time he looks in a mirror, Laith Ahmed is worried. As of Monday, the young Iraqi's hopelessly hairless chin could land him...
Shanghai---Solar Impulse 2 was in a holding pattern over the Sea of Japan on Monday as organisers warned that bad weather in the...
Tokyo---A giant kite weighing three-quarters of a tonne crashed into a crowd of spectators in Japan at the weekend, an official said Monday,...
Joshua Earnest Washington---The White House denounced the US Senate Sunday for its "irresponsible" failure to prevent a lapse in crucial counterterror operations, but...
Chicago---Modern medicine has made huge strides when it comes to treating children with cancer, and four times as many youths now survive cancer...
Washington---Several Americans have been detained in Yemen, a State Department official said Sunday, amid reports that at least four US citizens are being...
Pope Francis Sydney---Vatican finance chief George Pell on Monday summoned his lawyers after one of Pope Francis' specially-appointed commissioners for the protection of...
Aden---A UN-chartered ship loaded with humanitarian supplies bound for Yemen was targeted by shelling as it approached the country's main southern port of...
Italian premier Matteo Renzi Rome---The centre-left party of Italian premier Matteo Renzi faced battles in regional elections, exit polls showed Monday, after balloting...
Washington---The US Senate failed Sunday to reach a deal that would prevent key counterterrorism provisions from expiring at midnight, after Senator Rand Paul...
Nouakchott---Al-Qaeda's North Africa arm has claimed responsibility for two attacks against the United Nation's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali this week, the Mauritanian...
Geneva---US Secretary of State John Kerry will remain in hospital in Geneva overnight after breaking his leg in a cycling accident in the...
Bogota---Some 400,000 people in Colombia's bustling port city of Buenaventura lost power Sunday after a key electrical tower was destroyed -- an act...
Bujumbura, Burundi---The Burundian government said it was open to a request by East African leaders Sunday to delay upcoming elections in the face...
US Secretary of State John Kerry Geneva---US Secretary of State John Kerry will remain in hospital in Geneva overnight "for observation" after breaking...
CIA chief John Brennan Washington---CIA chief John Brennan warned Sunday that allowing vital surveillance programs to lapse could increase terror threats, as the...
Marine Le Pen Cairo---French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday praised the fight against "extremism" launched by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi,...
Pacifique Nininahazwe Bujumbura, Burundi---Burundi's opposition called Sunday on protesters to return to the streets after East African leaders meeting on the crisis stopped...
