Infighting between two of the most powerful factions in Syria's opposition-held Idlib province has killed at least 14 people in the past 24 hours, a monitor said Wednesday. The fighting involves the...
Vietnam agreed Wednesday to rescue more than 1,000 bears from illegal farms across the country, in a move to end the traditional medicine trade in the creatures' bile. Though bile farms are already...
The death of Liu Xiaobo deprives China's dissident movement of a crucial figurehead at a time when political activism on the mainland is being forced ever deeper underground, and pro-democracy forces...
Inside a metal shed in southeastern Rwanda, Nicholas Hitimana brandished a plastic container holding a green liquid: geranium essential oil, freshly distilled and ready for export at more than $200...
Donald Trump's first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that -- absent a major course correction -- could spell doom for his entire administration. All US...
President Donald Trump has tapped veteran diplomat and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia, the White House said Tuesday. The announcement came amid swirling controversy and...
Almost a third of the US population - 100 million people - either has diabetes or pre-diabetes, a new federal report has revealed. Diabetes is a serious disease that doubles the risk of early death....
Almost one-third of the US population -- 100 million people -- either has diabetes or its precursor condition, known as pre-diabetes, said a government report Tuesday. Diabetes is a serious disease...
Radiohead is set to defy calls from prominent artists to cancel its concert on Wednesday in Israel over the occupation of Palestinian territory, the latest controversy related to a campaign to...
The 2017 edition of the African Movie Academy Awards was held over the weekend at the Eko Hotels and Suits in Nigeria. Ghanaian representatives, Lydia Forson and Akosua Adoma Owusu missed out on...
Actress Ellen White has dismissed claims that suggested she is currently dating colleague actress Emelia Brobbey’s former husband. She said the alleged photos which went viral on Social media was...
The release of a Hindi movie exploring female sexuality in India this week after a battle with the country's film censors is a victory for women's rights, its director said. "Lipstick Under My...
Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures. Healthy...
Some very "peculiar signals" have been noticed coming from a star just 11 light-years away, scientists in Puerto Rico say. The mystery has gripped the internet as speculation mounts about the...
US filmmaker George A. Romero, whose 1968 cult classic "Night of the Living Dead" spawned the zombie movie genre, died on Sunday aged 77, according to his manager. "Legendary filmmaker George A....
Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim worshippers were refusing to enter due to new security measures including metal...
Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim worshippers were refusing to enter due to new security measures including metal...
Friends of the late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were worried about the fate of his widow on Sunday, with no signs that authorities had freed her after the dissident's sea burial. Close friends lost...
With its $180 million budget, two relatively new stars and obscure source material, Luc Besson is betting the house on the success of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets." The most expensive...
8,275 out of school children in northern Ghana have successfully completed a 9-month learning course on literacy in numeracy. The children, aged between 8 and 14, were selected from seven districts...
