Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor ...

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator of Suriname who was a fugitive from justice for the murder of political opponents four ...

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, with 35 people feared dead, officials said.

Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the ...

Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one ...

Taiwan has rejected ride-hailing giant Uber's plan to buy Delivery Hero's Foodpanda on the island, stating on Wednesday that the deal would significantly harm market competition.

Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said Wednesday, ...

Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and a massive Christmas morning ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced an "inhumane" attack from Russia, which launched dozens of ...

New Orleans will try to break its seven-game slide when the New Orleans Pelicans take on Houston. The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season. New Orleans is ...

Fuelled in part by the success of TV hit "Shogun", foreign studios are hungry for quality Japanese content and local creators ...

From riding pillion on zooming motorbikes to round-the-clock airport stakeouts, India's celebrity-hunting paparazzi ...