People in Kiribati went to the polls on Wednesday for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serve as a referendum on rising living costs and the government’s stronger ties with China. A second round of voting is scheduled on Aug. 19 for all parliamentary seats…
Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian dissident rapper who escaped the death penalty earlier this summer has been cleared entirely of…
A US citizen has been sentenced to 15 days in a Russian prison on charges of “petty hooliganism” for…
Japanese railways and airlines are canceling services as Typhoon Ampil gathers strength in the western Pacific, with the storm…
Conflict between elephants and humans is a growing, and potentially deadly, problem in some parts of India. Now, the…
Where just hours ago there were thick rows of trees, now stumps protrude and smoke still rises from scorched…
Mediators in talks for a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel are making a last-ditch effort to revive stalled…
A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with potentially lethal doses of…
While it is too early to determine with any certainty what caused a devastating airplane crash in Brazil last week, air…