Spirit of slain monks lives on at Algerian abbeyThere are no longer Trappist monks at the abbey in Algeria's Tibhirine made infamous by the slaughter of seven men who served there during the country's brutal civil war. But the memory of the French...
As Japan considers allowing more foreigners, tiny rural town wants to go furtherBrazilian Luan Dartora Taniuti settled in the remote municipality of Akitakata in southwest Japan when he was nine. Leonel Maia of East Timor has been there nearly seven years. Filipina Gladys Gayeta...
How a South Korean security law is becoming obsolete amid thaw with North KoreaKim Soo-geun, who founded a youth group called "Welcome Committee for a Great Man", has been drumming up donations from passers-by so they can run a subway advertisement to welcome Kim, who this year...
Malaysia torches 2.8 tonnes of African pangolin scalesMalaysia on Thursday torched nearly three tonnes of seized scales of endangered pangolins worth $9 million in a bid to deter illegal wildlife trafficking from Africa. The Southeast Asian nation is bat...
Five Marines missing after two US aircraft collide, crash into sea off JapanFive US Marines were missing after two Marine Corps aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan during an air-to-air refuelling exercise on Thursday, Japanese and Amer...
Ex-archbishop has conviction for concealing abuse quashedA former Australian archbishop sentenced for concealing child abuse had his conviction quashed Thursday, after winning his appeal. Philip Wilson had been charged with concealing crimes by late paedoph...
Welcoming refugees may have ushered in Merkel’s final actOpening Germany's doors to more than a million refugees may come to define Chancellor Angela Merkel's legacy, a landmark moment in her career that sparked a backlash which could hasten her political e...
From arrows to M16s: PNG tribal fights get ever deadlierTribes in Papua New Guinea's rough and rugged highlands have fought each other for centuries, but a recent influx of automatic weapons risks turning minor beefs into all-out war. Israel Laki misses th...
In the Balkans, winter cheer is darkened by a toxic smogWinter is here and coal is burning, enveloping the Balkans in a toxic smog and turning its cities into some of the most polluted on the planet. As hundreds of nations gather in Poland for the UN's COP...
Parts of ravaged Paradise open for first time since California wildfireThousands of Paradise residents who fled a monster blaze a month ago were allowed on Wednesday to return to some neighbourhoods in the Northern California city nearly obliterated by one of the deadlie...
New Zealand military braces for climate change battleThe New Zealand Defence Force identified climate change as one of its biggest security challenges Thursday, warning that responding to global warming will increasingly stretch its resources. The NZDF...