Bujumbura, Burundi--Burundian security forces fired shots and tear gas in battles with protesters Wednesday, the latest violence in weeks of anti-government demonstrations, as...
Bujumbura, Burundi--Burundian security forces fired shots and tear gas in battles with protesters Wednesday, the latest violence in weeks of anti-government demonstrations, as...
Turin, Italy--Erri de Luca, the Italian writer on trial for inciting criminal damage to a controversial high-speed rail link through the Alps, told...
Panama City--A Panamanian court has suspended the trial of former dictator Manuel Noriega over the 1970 disappearance of a leftist union activist, his...
Berlin--German Chancellor Angela Merkel still plans to meet Egypt's president when he visits next month, her spokesman said Wednesday, after Germany's parliament speaker...
Frankfurt--German rail travel was paralysed Wednesday by an open-ended strike, the ninth stoppage in less than a year, as the government prepares a...
Baghdad--The battle to retake Ramadi, capital of Iraq's Anbar province, will pit the Islamic State jihadists against a myriad of fighting forces. A...
Tehran--Iran said on Wednesday its aid ship bound for war-torn Yemen is to dock in Djibouti for inspection, heading off a potential confrontation...
Washington--Americans are worried about the privacy of their online information, and have little confidence the government will keep that data secure, a poll...
Kabul--The Afghan Taliban said Wednesday that a delegation from its Qatar-based political office had visited Iran for talks, as Kabul has made repeated...
Tehran--Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday ruled out allowing nuclear inspectors to visit military sites or to question scientists if Tehran...
London--Fewer conflicts took place around the world last year but they killed far more people than before, a leading military think-tank said as...
Juba--South Sudan troops and rebels are fighting heavy battles close to vital oil production zones in the northeastern battleground state of Upper Nile,...
PRISTINA--Some 300 people, including relatives of ethnic Albanian Kosovo rebels killed in clashes with Macedonian police this month, rallied in Pristina Wednesday calling...
Seoul--North Korea ramped up its nuclear threats on Wednesday, boasting of its ability to deliver miniaturised warheads on high-precision long range rockets --...
Riyadh--Yemen's government-in-exile wants rebels to pull back from seized territory before it will join United Nations talks in Geneva on May 28, the...
Paris--France will host a high-level meeting on the crisis in Iraq and Syria on June 2, the government announced Wednesday, as the international...
Paris--France will host a high-level meeting on the crisis in Iraq and Syria on June 2, the government announced Wednesday, as the international...
Washington--The United States on Wednesday dismissed a claim by North Korea to have developed the ability to miniaturize nuclear warheads, but voiced concern...
