The Congolese government and M23 rebels missed a crucial deadline to sign a draft peace agreement in Doha amid new reports of ...

Their appearance is amusing - and they’re extremely hardy. Tardigrades are microscopic creatures. Their lumbering gait ...

At a recent meeting with his US counterpart, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again suggested that full control of Donbas was a central criterion for ending the war in Ukraine. Why is the region ...

The Doerner Fir tree in the US state of Oregon is believed to be about 450 years old. The pine tree was still smoking four ...

One year after the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata, India, questions remain: Are women safer? Have reforms taken hold?

One woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo said M23 rebels killed her husband with a machete before forcing her and 70 ...

Serbian cities have been gripped by days of clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces, as demonstrators accuse authorities of stifling dissent.

Earlier this month, Alvaro Uribe was found guilty of bribing militia fighters to withdraw testimony linking him to right-wing ...

The plan aims to enlarge an Israeli settlement by building thousands of new apartments in the West Bank. Critics say this would essentially split the Palestinian territory and make any two-state ...

Local authorities said the bus had returned from Iran when it collided with a motorbike and then a truck that was laden with ...

Austria's capital will host the next European Song Contest, organizers have announced. Vienna last hosted the extravaganza in ...

Narendra Modi hailed the recent progress in India-China ties. Ahead of the prime minister's slated visit to China later this ...