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Pet Cafe Trend Cat-Ching On In Yangon

It may be raining cats and dogs in Myanmar, but in Yangon two coffee shops are offering animal-lovers a chance to...

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Scientists Set Sail To Unlock Secrets of ‘lost Continent’ Zealandia

Scientists are attempting to unlock the secrets of the "lost continent" of Zealandia, setting sail Friday to...

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Saving Herder Dogs On the Steppes

The large stray with a lion-like mane and fur curled into dreadlocks looked no different from the mangy mutts roaming...

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Thais Mark New King’s Birthday With Monks, Stamps

Monks gathered for a mass alms-giving ceremony and glittering commemorative stamps were issued on Friday as Thais...

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Kim Jong-Nam Murder Trial To Start In October

Two women accused of the Cold War-style assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader in Malaysia will go...

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El Clasico Fever Grips Miami

The new La Liga season is still weeks away, but try telling Miami that Saturday night's El Clasico at a sold-out Hard...

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Los Angeles To Have Fully Electric Bus Fleet By 2030

The state of California has positioned itself at the forefront in the fight against carbon emissions despite President...

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Rwanda Schools Face Tricky Task Teaching Genocide History

"Who can tell us what the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi was all about?" teacher Josephat Arinetwe asks his pupils as...

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Warner Hits Back In Bitter Cricket Australia Pay Row

Australia vice-captain David Warner has accused Cricket Australia of wrongly blaming players for not resolving a bitter...

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Yemeni Rebel Missile Shot Down Near Mecca

A ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels was shot down late Thursday close to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, a month before...

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In Gang-Plagued New York Town, Some Are Wary of Trump Visit

President Donald Trump on Friday will visit a New York suburb traumatized by the violent street gang MS-13, which he...

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court To Rule On Fate of PM Sharif

Pakistan's Supreme Court was set to announce a new judgement Friday that could topple Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who...

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President Sall Faces Double Challenge As Senegal Elects MPs

Senegal holds a legislative election on Sunday following a campaign gripped by tension between the rival coalitions of...

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Struggling Los Angeles Galaxy Acquire Jonathan Dos Santos

The Los Angeles Galaxy, mired in a five-game Major League Soccer losing streak, on Thursday announced the signing of...

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Australian Tennis Star’s Father Pleads ‘not Guilty’ To Molestation…

The father of retired Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis pleaded "not guilty" on Thursday to charges he sexually...

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Apple Axes IPod Nano and Shuffle

Touch became the last iPod standing on Thursday as Apple removed nano and shuffle stand-alone digital music players...

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Japan’s Scandal-Hit Defence Chief Announces Resignation

Hawkish Japanese defence minister Tomomi Inada on Friday announced her resignation over a long-brewing scandal...

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Three US Senators Balk At Health Bill, Putting Reforms In Peril

US Republican efforts to reform health care neared collapse Thursday as three senators threatened to oppose a partial...

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Dizzy Spells Hinder Kuchar As Five Share PGA Canadian Open Lead

Matt Kuchar's hopes of regaining his balance in the wake of a "crushing" British Open defeat by Jordan Spieth took a...