Gulu, Uganda: Lily Atong's anxious eyes fix on the sky where a helicopter gunship circles over her thatched hut, so low she must...
Gulu, Uganda: Lily Atong's anxious eyes fix on the sky where a helicopter gunship circles over her thatched hut, so low she must...
MIJAS, Spain: British pensioner Judy Swatridge’s spine is held together by titanium pins and plates since breaking her back over 10 years ago....
SCHILLINGSFUERST, Germany: Alongside the traditional gluehwein and sausages on offer at a Christmas market in small-town Bavaria, visitors could also try more exotic...
LIMA: Feminist activists in Peru are fighting a government decision to stop investigating claims by women who say they were forcibly sterilised, arguing...
HELSINKI: Two Finnish journalists quit public broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE) on Wednesday, saying the company had suppressed critical reporting on politicians including Prime Minister...
HONG KONG/BEIJING: Living in Beijing for 23 years, Li Xue has never attended school, not even for a day. China provides a free,...
SIRTE, Libya: One mild morning in October, when the roar of fighter jets over Sirte had died down and the crackle of gunfire...
WASHINGTON: The fall of the last rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo could seal the fate of the “Obama Doctrine,” deepening...
Paris: The seige of Aleppo is brutal but far from unprecedented, with the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and Chechnya's regional capital Grozny previously subjected...
BEIRUT: A cease-fire deal between rebels and the Syrian government in the city of Aleppo effectively collapsed on Wednesday, with fighter jets resuming...
Paris: French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday joined calls for international observers to oversee the evacuation of civilians trapped under fire in the...
Aleppo, Syria: Deadly clashes erupted in Syria's Aleppo on Wednesday as a deal for the evacuation of rebel areas was put on hold,...
Paris: Striking workers kept the Eiffel Tower shut for a second day Wednesday in protest over an upcoming paint job at the famous...
DUBAI: When a group of friends took their cameras to the streets of Damascus to document Syria's 2011 uprising, they could not have...
KABUL: An Afghan police officer shot and killed one foreigner and wounded another at a security checkpoint outside the Kabul airport on Wednesday,...
ISTANBUL: Nearly 1,000 people from Syria's Aleppo evacuated overnight after a ceasefire deal are held at an Iranian militia checkpoint outside the city,...
New Delhi: India's top court on Wednesday ordered the government to come up with a plan to tackle child drug abuse, acting on...
Ankara: Turkey's president said Wednesday he would speak with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an effort to rescue a ceasefire deal which would...
