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FIFA could pull Under-17 World Cup matches out of New Delhi because of concerns over air quality in the world's...

A Taiwanese man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for detonating a pipe bomb on a busy Taipei...

A UN-backed court on Wednesday dismissed a case against a former Khmer Rouge cadre charged with crimes against humanity, highlighting...

China's former top work-safety official has been jailed for 15 years for graft, a year and a half after he...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home of Tanglewood, one of the premier outdoor venues in classical music, will undergo a...

Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there's no way to communicate to...

North Korea had few friends even before the assassination of the leader's half-brother at a Kuala Lumpur airport last week,...

South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers the annual budget in parliament Wednesday as he battles to revive the economy...

Milan Fashion Week kicks off Wednesday with luxury giants from Versace to Prada sharing the stage with hot up-and-comers from...

Afghanistan is set to lay out stringent penalties for "bacha bazi" -- sexual slavery and abuse of boys -- for...

Malaysian investigators want to question a North Korean diplomat over the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother in Kuala Lumpur, national...

Film-maker Wen Hai had intended to portray the gritty lives of Chinese migrants toiling in factories in his documentary "We...

Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Wednesday after a high-profile corruption trial...

A year ago Israel offered Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and other Hollywood stars all-expenses paid luxury trips, but it seems...

Aboriginal children are 24 times more likely to be detained than non-indigenous Australian children, Amnesty International said Wednesday in a...

A record-breaking century from Ross Taylor steered New Zealand to an imposing 289 for four in the second one-day international...

Women and minorities are faring better in Hollywood and feature prominently at this year's upcoming Oscars, but they are still...

A new Super Rugby season kicks off this week with bosses pledging to tackle its unwieldy conference structure, exhausting travel...

"The Lego Batman Movie" dominated the North American box office over the Presidents' Day weekend, industry data showed Tuesday, almost...

Canada will resettle 1,200 Yezidi refugees who faced persecution by the Islamic State group, the immigration minister said Tuesday. Some...