Valparaíso, Chile--Chile declared a state of emergency Friday and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led...
Valparaíso, Chile--Chile declared a state of emergency Friday and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led...
Tokyo--Japan on Saturday launched a new Shinkansen bullet train service linking Tokyo with the ancient city of Kanazawa, which is famed for its...
Havana--Cuba has begun reconciling with the Paris Club of creditor nations after a nearly three decade-long divorce, moving to put its financial house...
Bogota--Six suspected FARC fighters were killed in military operations in Colombia this week, the army said, at a fragile time when the leftist...
Manila--A water buffalo gored two butchers at a slaughterhouse before going on a rampage through the Philippine capital Saturday, terrorising hundreds of people...
Beirut--The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group launched air strikes against the jihadists in a key Syrian village overnight after Kurdish forces...
Malé, Maldives--Former Maldives president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after what rights groups said was...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt--The $12 billion pledged by three Arab states to Egypt at an international conference this weekend is a message of...
Belgrade--A Serbian military helicopter evacuating a five-day-old baby for emergency medical treatment has crashed in heavy fog, leaving no survivors, the defence ministry...
Kiev--Tragedy, foul play or fear of prosecution? A spate of mystery suicides by allies of Ukraine's deposed president Viktor Yanukovych has been called...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt--US President Barack Obama is "committed" to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians, Secretary of State John Kerry said...
Taipei--Thousands of people took to the streets in Taiwan on Saturday to call for the island to scrap its use of nuclear energy...
Suva, Fiji--A terrifying tropical cyclone which smashed into Vanuatu in the South Pacific wreaked "complete devastation", an aid agency said, raising fears Saturday...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt--US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme have made progress, but...
Beijing--China sent fighter jets to patrol its border with Myanmar after a bomb dropped by a Myanmar warplane killed four Chinese in southwestern...
Kuwait City--Kuwait has arrested the leader of the Islamist Ummah Party for allegedly insulting the neighbouring Gulf state of Saudi Arabia on television,...
Yangon--Rescuers were frantically searching for survivors Saturday after an overloaded ferry sank in rough waters off the coast of western Myanmar killing at...
Jerusalem--The centre-left challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is projected to win the most seats in next week's general election,...
