Russian authorities on Wednesday blamed the sinking of a cargo ship off the coast of Spain on a "terrorist act" but did not ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) – Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who ...

A train driver's suicide caused widespread delays on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day in France, with some 3,000 ...

Suriname's former dictator and later president Desi Bouterse has died, the government of the former Dutch colony announced ...

Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ceasefire and hostage release deal, after both ...

A flight from Azerbaijan to Grozny, Chechnya, crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25. Miraculously, 32 of the 67 people on ...

The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Christmas Day over their failure to agree on a ceasefire deal ...

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

La Liga's relegation-threatened Valencia have appointed Carlos Corberan as their new manager after prising him from English ...

A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for ...

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, ...