Several cars were torched at a prison in southern France overnight Wednesday, marking the latest in a series of attacks on ...

Forecast-beating growth in China's first quarter may have offered Beijing's economic planners some much needed good news -- ...

A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N'Dour's voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music ...

Heineken said Wednesday its beer sales were down in the first quarter but kept profit forecasts for the year unchanged ...

Solar panels like the ones on the roof of Elhadj Abdou's house are an increasingly common sight in Niger's capital, which is ...

Figure skater Alysa Liu feared she might "humiliate" herself on her comeback last year, but now she is women's world champion ...

"Ded", a Russian veteran of Moscow's offensive against Ukraine, still limps on his new prosthetic leg after the amputation.

At a malnutrition treatment centre in Afghanistan's capital, the cries of children have given way to a heavy silence, as ...

Cod and herring are normally more likely to be on the dinner menu than the negotiating table at European security talks.

Veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has been out of the Indian national team for two years but is toast of the cricketing world ...

The Hagia Sophia of Istanbul is no stranger to change -- through the centuries the city's architectural jewel has gone from ...

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr rallied to the support of Harvard University on Wednesday, praising the US ...