A rare painting of Mahatma Gandhi, believed to be the only oil portrait that the Indian independence leader ever sat for, has ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent camps in ...

Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida Thursday on orders from the Islamist-led government, leaving bodies strewn on the street, AFP journalists reported from the provincia ...

G20 chair South Africa warned Thursday that abandoning the rules-based global order and declining cooperation could derail ...

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis posted Thursday a 29 percent increase in first-half net income, at $7.6 billion -- and ...

A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday, as grief-stricken families searched for ...

Taipei came to a brief standstill on Thursday when air raid sirens forced people off the streets and into underground ...

The UK hoped to win a firm commitment on Thursday from Germany to change its law to help smash people smuggling gangs as well ...

Swatch Group said Thursday that weak sales in China wiped out growth elsewhere in the first half of the year for the world's top watch company, leaving it barely profitable.

Heavy rains have been linked to 54 deaths in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, taking the toll to about 180 since the arrival of the monsoon in late June, ...

Filipino seafarer Cocoy was off-duty and resting in his cabin when the captain's voice boomed over the intercom of the cargo ...

At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall ...