Hakubun Shimomura, the Japanese sports minister, has resigned over canceled plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Stadium. British-Iraqi architect Zaha…
Supermodel Bar Refaeli’s request to close Israel’s air space over her wedding venue has sparked a row between the country's…
Pope Francis has made a historic address to US Congress, where he received a warm welcome from more than 500…
Chinese police have arrested 19,000 suspects in a three-month cross-border anti-triad operation in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong province, state…
North Korea has blamed the “evil” United States for triggering Europe’s worst refugee crisis since WW II. In a lengthy…
More than 700 people taking part in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic…
More than 300 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy…
China’s President Xi Jinping has met US tech leaders in Seattle. He has promised to strengthen protections on intellectual property…
Pope Francis has canonized 18th-Century missionary Junipero Serra, in a move cheered by Hispanic Catholics but criticized by some Native…
Russia has reopened the 1918 murder case of Tsar Nicolas II and his family, the Romanovs. The bones of Russia’s…