Asuncion: Paraguayans voted Sunday for a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, crime and poverty in elections with possible...

Doha: Afghanistan's Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday on how to handle the crisis-stricken country's...

Cairo: Sudan's already troubled health sector faces the risk of "disaster" after more than two weeks of heavy fighting have...

London: The BBC's chairman on Friday announced his resignation after his involvement in a loan for then UK prime minister...

Tokyo: The Bank of Japan announced a review of its longstanding monetary easing measures on Friday, but said it would...

Frankfurt, Germany: Germany teetered on the brink of recession Friday after official data showed the economy stagnated in the first...

London: Asian and European stock markets mostly edged higher and the dollar dropped Thursday ahead of first-quarter US growth data....

Chinese navy ships sent to rescue citizens from conflict-hit Sudan have also evacuated nationals from five other countries, the foreign...

Finland's conservative leader Petteri Orpo, who won the country's April general election, on Thursday said he plans to form a...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, the US Navy said,...