Strasbourg, France--The EU took member state Hungary to task Wednesday after its premier said it should debate reintroducing the death penalty, banned in...
Strasbourg, France--The EU took member state Hungary to task Wednesday after its premier said it should debate reintroducing the death penalty, banned in...
Washington--Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed "deep remorse" over Japan's actions toward neighboring Asian nations during World War II, but stopped short...
Togo's opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre LOME--Togo's opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre on Wednesday claimed he had won a weekend presidential vote, despite the electoral...
Paris--Cartoonist Luz, who drew Charlie Hebdo's front cover picture of Mohammed following the massacre of the satirical weekly's editorial team by jihadists in...
Jerusalem--A cigarette-begging woman at an Israeli petrol station was so inflamed by a man's refusal that she ignited the fuel at his petrol...
Washington--Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed his "eternal condolences" to US troops killed in World War II, as he became the first Japanese prime...
Nicosia--Cyprus and Greece on Wednesday agreed with Egypt on the need to step up cooperation in the fight against "terrorism" in the troubled...
New York--Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said Wednesday "balance" should be restored in the US criminal justice system, denouncing discrimination blacks often face...
Washington--Shinzo Abe became the first Japanese prime minister in history to address a joint meeting of the US Congress on Wednesday, seeking to...
Kinshasa--A leader of the Ugandan rebels accused of slaughtering over 300 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in a...
Brussels--The EU expresssed dismay at Indonesia's execution of eight drug convicts Wednesday and called for a moratorium on further executions in the country,...
Washington--The European Union has a duty to face up to the flood of migrants after a series of boat tragedies, the EU's foreign...
Paris--Francois Michelin, who led the eponymous French tyre group for nearly half a century, died at the age of 88, the Clermont-Ferrand-based company...
Bujumbura, Burundi--Protest-hit Burundi on Wednesday took the controversial question of President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term bid to the constitutional court but opposition supporters...
Faure Gnassingbe Lome--Togo's main opposition party on Wednesday rejected official presidential election results declaring victory for incumbent Faure Gnassingbe with 58.75 percent of...
Tehran--Iranian maritime authorities said Wednesday that Iran seized a ship carrying cargo for Denmark's giant Maersk group under a legal ruling over a...
Beirut--Air strikes by Syrian government forces killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 on Wednesday in the northern provinces...
The Hague--A Dutch appeals court ruled Wednesday that three former UN commanders will not be prosecuted for the deaths of three Muslim men...
