BEIJING-- A dissident who had been one of China's longest-serving political prisoners until his release this month will sue the government for illegally...
BEIJING-- A dissident who had been one of China's longest-serving political prisoners until his release this month will sue the government for illegally...
Alexei Navalny (R) and Oleg Navalny (L) MOSCOW--Russian authorities' attempts to jail Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and intimidate his supporters could backfire and...
MANAGUA---Police denied Wednesday that two demonstrators were killed in a crackdown on hundreds of Nicaraguan farmers protesting the construction of a $50 billion...
ANTANANARIVO---Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina on Wednesday pardoned five political prisoners who had got stiff prison sentences for allegedly plotting against his predecessor, who...
VATICAN CITY---Pope Francis spoke by telephone to Iraqis living in a displaced people's camp near the main Kurdish city Arbil on Wednesday, assuring...
BEIJING-- A Chinese city has banned schools from holding Christmas events, state media reported on Thursday, highlighting official suspicions about the increasingly popular...
MINSK---Ukrainian and rebel envoys concluded "difficult" marathon talks on Wednesday without agreeing the date of a new round aimed at ending the pro-Russian...
MELILLA, Spain--Just across the sea from the sunny tourist beaches of southern Spain where many Europeans spend their Christmas holidays, a violent crisis...
LONDON--Queen Elizabeth II will pay tribute in her annual Christmas Day broadcast on Thursday to the "selflessness" of medical staff and aid workers...
Syrian children QARAUN, Lebanon--In a squalid camp in eastern Lebanon, a school in a tent with a chalkboard and brightly coloured desks offers...
NEW YORK---Four men have been arrested in the US city of New York for threats and false reports since the murder of two...
WASHINGTON--US President Barack Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, tends to golf with buddies and aides, but on Wednesday mixed things up, hitting the...
GUWAHATI, India--More than 2,000 people have fled their homes in the restive Indian state of Assam after separatist rebels killed dozens of villagers,...
HONG KONG--Hong Kong police said Thursday they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the first sizeable rally...
Nouakchott- Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT--A Muslim man has become the first person to be sentenced to death for apostasy in Mauritania since independence in 1960...
WASHINGTON--Former president George H. W. Bush greeted Christmas Day Thursday in a Texas hospital, where he remained for a second night after experiencing...
VATICAN CITY--Pope Francis called for "tenderness" and "warmth" after a violence-plagued year as millions of Christians began marking Christmas. The Argentine pontiff's brief...
New Delhi: The government yesterday named former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (pictured) and late freedom fighter-educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya for India’s...
