SAN FRANCISCO:  At least nine people were killed and 25 unaccounted for following a massive fire at

QAYYARAH:  Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces were making gains from the Islamic State group in Mosul

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a member of the royal family for murder, in a rare case involving

KOLKATA:  Eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi, whose writings focused on the marginalised

SYDNEY:  China must abide by the same international rules as everyone else, US Vice President Joe Biden

LONDON: Britain voted to break away from the European Union, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron and

BIRSTALL, United Kindom:  Sole suspect Thomas Mair has been charged with murdering British lawmaker

BOGOTA:  Two people were killed and dozens injured Thursday in Colombia as more than 30,000 farmers

DOUALA:  Can a “pot in a bag” help fight climate change? Some Cameroonian housewives who

TOKYO: The father of a seven-year-old Japanese boy who went missing for nearly a week after his parents

ERSTFELD:  The world’s longest train tunnel will officially open on Wednesday, nearly seven decades

WASHINGTON:  US authorities said Tuesday they are establishing a network of labs that can respond quickly

BAGHDAD:  At least 20,000 children are trapped in jihadist bastion Fallujah under siege by Iraqi forces

PANAMA CITY:  The law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers revelations is closing its offices in the

WASHINGTON:  Workers at the Cincinnati Zoo in the US state of Ohio shot and killed a gorilla on Saturday

WASHINGTON:  US President Barack Obama on Friday wrapped up a historic trip to Asia, where he sought

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq:  Hundreds of people fled the Fallujah area Friday as forces pressed simultaneous

MOSCOW:  Vadim Pokrovsky stunned hundreds of students at a conference in Moscow last week when he reached

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Saturday blamed Islamist extremists for killing the Shiite militant

BRASILIA:  Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer vowed Friday to get Latin America’s largest