Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists ...

Israeli strikes killed at least 22 people in Gaza on Monday, rescuers said, after Israel pledged to let a "basic amount" of ...

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu appeared in court on Monday for his latest hearing in a treason trial in which he ...

Stocks fell with the dollar Monday after Moody's removed the United States' last gold standard sovereign bond rating, citing ...

As swimming season heats up, you might notice your fingers wrinkle after spending time in the water — turns out, those ...

The Israeli army announced "extensive ground operations" Sunday as part of its newly expanded campaign in the Gaza Strip, ...

This year's Cannes film festival has all the usual glitz and glamour but is also heavy on politics.  AFP looks at some of the ...

Israel signalled Sunday that it was open to striking a deal with Hamas that included "ending the fighting" in Gaza, where ...

Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair on Monday said net profit fell 16 percent in its financial year as it cut ticket prices to ...

Pro-EU Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski was set to face nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki in Poland's presidential runoff on ...

Global semiconductor chip giants will gather at Taiwan's top tech expo this week to showcase "the next frontier" for an ...