Air pollution in Beijing dropped slightly last year, municipal authorities said, although levels of the most dangerous small particulate matter remained more than...
Air pollution in Beijing dropped slightly last year, municipal authorities said, although levels of the most dangerous small particulate matter remained more than...
Francois Hollande PARIS---President Francois Hollande said Monday that France would not intervene unilaterally in Libya and urged the international community to take action...
ENTEBBE, Uganda---When Jane Kade saw a story on the news eight months ago about schoolgirls kidnapped by armed men from a boarding school...
TOKYO---Japan's conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he would release a fresh statement on World War II this year, but would stand...
KATHMANDU---Nepal's capital has introduced women-only minibuses in a bid to protect female passengers from sexual assault, the transport operator organising the service said...
KUALA LUMPUR---Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has contracted a bacterial infection and is resting at home after touring districts hit by the country's...
Francois Hollande PARIS---French President Francois Hollande said Monday that hard-hitting Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted if progress was made on resolving...
RIYADH---A suicide bomber killed two Saudi guards Monday on the border with Iraq, where Islamic State jihadists have seized a swathe of territory,...
SANAA--A bomb wounded six Shiite militiamen in the Yemeni capital on Monday, a security official said, the latest in spate of attacks on...
PARIS---French President Francois Hollande on Monday urged Greece to abide by its European commitments, as the spectre of a Greek exit from the...
PARIS---An Islamic government in power, veiled women and the Sorbonne renamed Paris-Sorbonne Islamic University. The new book out Wednesday by French "enfant terrible"...
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva BRASILIA, Brazil---Brazil's ruling Workers Party would back former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to seek a...
Yahya Jammeh BANJUL, Gambia---Authorities in Gambia ordered the closure of a popular radio station as part of a crackdown following a failed attack...
Nicolas Maduro CARACAS---Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro begins a trip to China and OPEC member countries late Sunday in search of financial support as...
NAIROBI---At least one person was killed and several others were injured on Sunday when a six-storey residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital...
CHAMPLAN, France---The French human rights ombudsman launched an investigation Sunday into an uproar over a mayor's alleged refusal -- which he later emphatically...
ADELAIDE, Australia---Firefighters battled Monday to contain a major blaze ahead of the forecast return of strong winds and a heatwave following the loss...
BEIJING---China has abolished price controls on tobacco leaf, the last agricultural product to have limits, the country's top economic planner said as authorities...
