Amartya Sen New Delhi---Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has resigned as chancellor of an Indian university, accusing the government of political interference in...
Amartya Sen New Delhi---Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has resigned as chancellor of an Indian university, accusing the government of political interference in...
Stockholm---A woman arrested in Sweden on suspicion of locking up her three daughters in an apartment for years denied the charges on Friday...
Washington - The US wants Iraq to launch its offensive to retake the strategic northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group...
Rafz, Switzerland---Two trains slammed into each other near the Swiss city of Zurich early Friday, tipping over carriages and injuring at least five...
Yeppoon, Australia - Two severe cyclones pounded Australia on Friday in a "first" for the country, the country's weather bureau said, while experts...
Bogota - A Colombian judge on Thursday said there was not enough evidence to keep an American missionary jailed after he was arrested...
Mogadishu---Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least 11 people and wounded many others Friday in an attack on a Mogadishu hotel while senior government...
Riyadh---The Gulf Cooperation Council has backtracked on criticism of Egypt in its row with bloc member Qatar over Libya, in a move a...
Debaltseve, Ukraine---Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine promised Friday to start exchanging prisoners, in a possible boost to a ceasefire still supported by the West...
Kiev---A stream of sombre Ukrainians on Friday laid flowers at memorials on Kiev's Independence Square where one year ago scores of demonstrators were...
Tokyo - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Japan early next month for the first time in seven years for a summit with...
Zinder, Niger - Aboubacar, usually a worker for a non-governmental organisation, has now taken on another, more ominous role: watching out for suicide...
Lashio, Myanmar---Myanmar's army intensified an offensive to flush out rebels from areas around a flashpoint town on the northeastern border with China, state...
Yeppoon, Australia - Two powerful cyclones roared ashore in Australia Friday leaving a trail of destruction with buildings severely damaged, trees uprooted and...
Kiev - The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia on Thursday pledged renewed support for a tattered ceasefire in eastern Ukraine despite...
Washington - French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called Thursday for better coordination in the fight against online "terrorist propaganda," asking Internet firms to...
Tripoli - Having balked at Egypt's call for military intervention in Libya, the international community faces a daunting task to find a political...
Caracas - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday that he had visited Cuba and met retired leader Fidel Castro, considered one of his...
