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Plan To Nurture African Economies Unites Fractious G20

Ministers from the world's top economies heralded plans to boost development in Africa on Saturday, at an otherwise...

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US Issues Trade Challenge At Fraught G20

The United States on Saturday challenged long-standing global principles surrounding free trade, refusing to renew past...

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Pussy Riot Declare New Revolution From the Stage

Still relishing provocation three years after their release from a Russian prison, the punk rockers Pussy Riot are...

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Four-Try Skosan Helps Lions Rugby Thrash 14-Man Reds

Winger Courtnall Skosan scored four tries as Golden Lions of South Africa cruised to a bonus-point 44-14 win over...

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Man Arrested For Strobe-Light Tweet That Caused Reporter’s Seizure

A Maryland man has been arrested on federal charges that he intentionally used an animated tweet to trigger an...

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Two Senior Yemen Rebels Survive Deadly Convoy Strike

Two senior Yemen rebels survived a Saudi-led coalition air raid on their convoy in the southwestern province of Taez...

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Modi Party Picks Firebrand To Head India’s Biggest State

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing party Saturday picked a controversial firebrand leader to head India's most...

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Web-Based Counseling Lowers Blood Pressure As Much As Meds

People who received regular lifestyle counseling online were able to lower their blood pressure as much as a medication...

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International Quartet Backs Libya’s Unity Government

A quartet of international groups said Saturday it supported efforts by Libya's unity government to assert control over...

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Iraq Forces Say Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the...

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IS Claims Bangladesh Bombing, Police Kill Militant

The Islamic State Group claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bomb attack on a Bangladesh security forces camp,...

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Germany Owes NATO ‘vast Sums’

US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Germany of owing "vast sums of money" to NATO, and said Berlin should pay...

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Cholesterol-Slashing Drug Does Not Impair Brain

A new cholesterol-slashing drug that has shown promise for high-risk patients does not impair brain function, according...

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Rare Protest In Angola As 200 March For Abortion Rights

About 200 demonstrators protested under heavy police surveillance in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday against a...

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Chelsea Clinton Joins Expanded Expedia Board

Chelsea Clinton will become a member of the board of travel service Expedia. Expedia expanded its board from 13 to 14...

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Pope Francis To Visit Egypt On April 28-29

Pope Francis will visit Cairo on April 28-29 at the invitation of the Egyptian president and the grand imam of the...

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Death Carts Carry Family Ripped Apart By Mosul Campaign

As a convoy of wooden carts descends a hill outside Iraq's war-torn second city of Mosul, a child's foot, greyed with...

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Hundreds Quit Last Rebel-Held District of Syria’s Homs

Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial...

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Central Africa’s Transition To Peace Still Elusive

With a spike in militia killings, a deepening humanitarian crisis and the army still in shambles, the Central African...