Congolese authorities have asked the country’s senate to lift former President Joseph Kabila’s immunity so he can face trial on charges of supporting a rebel insurgency in the country’s east, ...

Police in the Philippines say a speeding passenger bus slammed into a row of vehicles lined up at a highway toll booth killing at least 12 people, including children. Police ...

Political parties in the Cayman Islands are scrambling to form coalitions after not one clinched a majority following a tight general election. The People’s Progressive Movement won seven seats in ...

Hundreds of UN staff rallied in Geneva Thursday over deep funding cuts, especially from key donor the United States, which ...

As Pope Francis's body lay in state in the Vatican last week, one of the mourners -- with eyes downcast and hands clasped -- ...

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football from June 1, England's governing Football Association ...

Bushfires that erupted near Jerusalem were largely brought under control on Thursday, authorities said, with major roads ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that the drugs might increase risk of suicidal thoughts or behaviors ...

British counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap. The Irish-language rappers from ...

There need to be 2.7 children per woman to reliably avoid long-term extinction, higher than the previous estimate of 2.1 children per woman ...

Swathes of New Zealand were under severe weather warnings Thursday with heavy downpours prompting a state of emergency for ...