Afghanistan was already facing severe crises when it was rocked by another devastating earthquake, but this time there are ...

After seven years away, US filmmaker Gus Van Sant returns with a new film screening out of competition at this year's Venice ...

The price of gold struck a record high above $3,500 an ounce Tuesday while stock markets mostly retreated as investors sought ...

Last ditch talks between the French far right and Prime Minister Francois Bayrou did not achieve any breakthrough, its ...

Israel intensified its military build-up on Tuesday as reservists began responding to call-up orders ahead of a planned ...

The premiere of "The Outsider" at this year's Venice Film Festival brings to the screen one of the world's most read novels, ...

A Japanese octogenarian was swindled out of thosands of dollars after falling in love online with a self-described astronaut who sought her help to avert a spaceship crisis, police said ...

Record spending of £3 billion ($4 billion) during the summer transfer window further cements the Premier League as the "most ...

A train flying North Korea flags and believed to be carrying leader Kim Jong Un was seen by AFP journalists approaching Beijing Railway Station on Tuesday, ahead of a massive ...

Government gestures to calm deadly protests in Indonesia have done little to address the economic inequality and hardship fuelling the unrest, leaving deep resentment to linger and flare up again, ...

Rescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern ...