Washington--Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Washington's World War II memorial Wednesday, hoping to appease criticism of his stance on his country's brutal...
Washington--Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Washington's World War II memorial Wednesday, hoping to appease criticism of his stance on his country's brutal...
Nairobi--The United Nations warned Wednesday that up to 400,000 people could be affected in a worse case scenario should upcoming elections in Burundi...
Valletta--Malta's controversial Spring hunting season has been brought to an early end following the jailing of a man for shooting a protected bird...
NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton will discuss the violent protests in Baltimore and call for reform in the U.S. justice system, including the use...
Cilacap, Indonesia--Indonesia faced a storm of international protest Wednesday for putting seven foreign drug convicts before a firing squad, but Filipinos rejoiced after...
Washington--South Korean "comfort woman" Lee Yong-Soo, forced into sexual slavery serving Japan's war time imperial army, has been invited by US lawmaker Mike...
President Pierre Nkurunziza Bujumbura, Burundi--Burundi's constitutional court will examine the legality of President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, the Senate said...
Geneva--France on Wednesday defended its policy of clearing illegal camps after a special UN panel condemned the social exclusion of Roma and the...
Cairo--Egypt jailed 69 Islamists for life Wednesday for torching a church near Cairo in August 2013 during a crackdown on supporters of ousted...
Paris--President Francois Hollande announced Wednesday that France would increase its defence budget by close to four billion euros over four years, in response...
Riyadh--The world's longest-serving foreign minister, Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud al-Faisal steered the oil giant's diplomacy for four decades before stepping down. The aged...
Kathmandu--After days of sleeping outdoors with her two young children and hours of waiting in the strong sun for a bus out of...
Taipei--Switzerland will return $6.74 million to Taiwan from a slush fund used by the island's graft-tainted former president Chen Shui-bian to stash bribes...
Brussels--The EU launched an investigation Wednesday into government subsidies used to help power companies avoid electricity blackouts, in the latest major probe unveiled...
Moscow--An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft ferrying supplies to the International Space Station is plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control, an...
Istanbul--A Turkish court on Wednesday acquitted more than two dozen activists who helped launch mass anti-government protests in 2013 against President Recep Tayyip...
Geneva--UN rights experts on Wednesday hailed a US move to review counter-terrorism operations after a botched drone attack in Pakistan killed two foreign...
Bamako--Militants opened fire on troops at a national guard camp in northern Mali on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and a child, security sources...
