Friday's earthquake is just one of many disasters to strike the Pacific archipelago at the start of

New South Wales premier cites growing COVID-19 outbreak on Sydney's northern beaches suburb

Cocoa industry earns better incomes for thousands of farmers

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from ot

Canberra's decision escalates bitter trade and diplomatic tensions

Killer admitted to nine grisly murders; used Twitter to find, contact victims

UN envoy for peacebuilding in region says Sudan is at critical point 

'Judicial independence is alive and well,' declares one former jurist

Militant funerals cause of concern for Indian authorities

The world rallied around Kaavan after being kept in poor conditions in a Pakistani zoo 

For past three months, Kaavan, who has lived in Pakistani zoo for 35 years, has been on a diet and l

More than 2,000 workers at Malaysia factories test positive

Pam Am Flight 103 was blown up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 en route from Lo

Melbourne's 5 million citizens will be allowed to leave their homes and visit restaurant and bars be

WeChat is an all-in-one mobile app that combines services similar to Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram a

World Health Organization's director-general says nations need to make honest assessments

Derek Chauvin could face 40 years in prison if convicted

Irina Slavina tied herself to bench near Interior Ministry in Nizhny Novgorod and set herself on fir

As Azerbaijan and Armenia fight over a long-disputed region, both sides accused of attacking civilia

Associated Press investigation found many in Malaysia and neighboring Indonesia - an invisible workf

US, India, Brazil lead in number of coronavirus cases

Process has traditionally taken longer than the time remaining before the November general election

Death of the liberal justice gives President Donald Trump an opportunity to add another conservative

Department of Homeland Security acting Deputy Secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli says the administration w

Department of Homeland Security acting Deputy Secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli says the administration w

Judge also says defendants should face trial together

Kaavan has languished at a zoo in Islamabad for more than 35 years

Mark Simon, right-hand man of Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media mogul, returned to US

State helps workers transition out of industries hurt by COVID-19

Legal scholars say the Hong Kong National Security Law, which allows Chinese authorities to prosecut

Fredie Blom was 116 years old and a survivor of the 1918 Spanish Flu

An automated observation system run by the U.S. National Weather Service in the valley's sparsely po

Ambassador says changes to allow Germany a permanent seat has been slow coming

This marked NASA's ninth journey to the Martian surface

In many ways Western leaders are grappling now with the same dilemmas and challenges former US presi

British Foreign Ministry also recommends against all but essential travel to mainland Spain, a move

Lewis' family announced that the funeral will be private, but the public is invited to pay tribute o

US Treasury Department imposed far-reaching sanctions on businesses tied to Yevgeniy Prigozhin

The former head of Mexico's state oil company could be extradited from Spain to face corruption char

Oromia regional authorities said at least 50 people have been killed in the region following the dea

Resignation demands come after a live briefing, where Krewson read the names and addresses of severa

King's daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, planned to deliver remarks at private service, along with fr

Kelly Easley says one of the many things he admires about daughter Erin is that she's eager to try t

Her optimistic ballads boosted British spirits during the darkest days of the war

Deputy secretary-general says merely condemning expressions and acts of racism is not enough to alle

In her statement, Omar said no words can describe what her father meant to her, and she also asked t

A group of African countries wants a Human Rights Council debate on racially inspired violence

Black activists worry that businesses and politicians will hijack the slogan without any real commit

Floyd's death launched massive protests over racial injustice and calls for changes in police conduc

Floyd's death in police custody and subsequent anti-racism protests sweeping US are being used by Af

Sadiq Khan announces that more statues of imperialist figures could be removed from Britain's street

The libertarian-leaning Kentucky lawmaker has worked in recent years with Democrats in pressing for

Floyd's death in custody of white policeman launched massive protests over racial injustice and call

Floyd's death in police custody launched massive protests over racial injustice and calls for change