German car giant Volkswagen said Wednesday it would sell its operations in China's Xinjiang region, where Beijing has been ...

A senior Japanese public prosecutor on Wednesday bowed in apology to Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row ...

Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered lemurs and tortoises back to their home in Madagascar, in what both ...

Namibia's vice president was among the first voters in elections Wednesday that could see her become the desert nation's ...

The South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) led Namibia to independence from South Africa in 1990 and has been the ...

Siem Reap (Cambodia) (AFP) – Washington's decision to give anti-personnel mines to Ukraine is the biggest blow yet to a ...

Seoul (AFP) – South Korea's capital was blanketed Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a ...

The coming year will put incoming US President Donald Trump's geopolitical strategies to the test, as wars rage in the Middle ...

Protesters who marched on the Pakistan capital to demand the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were cleared ...

Eddie Jones has urged Japan to keep faith in him despite lacklustre results that have included several heavy defeats since he ...

Busan (South Korea) (AFP) – Negotiations on a first global treaty to curb plastic pollution are moving "very, very slowly", ...

The wars in the Mideast and Ukraine-Russia have dominated world headlines in 2024 but several other conflicts are ravaging ...