California fire death toll rises to 23The death toll from destructive fires hitting California rose to 23 Saturday as rescue workers recovered more bodies of people killed by the late-season infernos. Firefighters battled raging fires at...
Ukraine separatists hold elections in defiance of WestPolling stations opened in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Kremlin-backed separatists choose their new leaders despite Western calls on Moscow not to sabotage peace talks. Washington...
Sombre ceremonies from Wellington to New Delhi mark WWI armistice centenaryIndia, Australia and New Zealand paused Sunday on the centenary of the end of World War I to remember the more than 150,000 of their countrymen who died fighting on the other side of the world. In som...
Former coup leaders seen as top contenders in Fiji general electionTwo former coup leaders are seen as the leading contenders in Fiji's general election on Wednesday, the second to be held since 2006 when then-commander of the armed forces Frank Bainimarama seized po...
Singapore PM Lee hints at early election next yearSingapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested on Sunday a general election may be called next year, more than a year before his government's mandate ends, as the city-state braces for growing eco...
Pressure on girls for perfect body ‘worse than ever’, says OrbachGirls and young women are under more pressure than ever to achieve the perfect body in an oppressive social media-driven world that could never have been imagined by 1970s feminists, says psychoanalys...
Ivory Coast twins struggle for a way between superstition and povertyCutely clad in matching white robes and skullcaps, five-year-old twins Salim and Mahamadou Cisse step carefully through blocked traffic and pedestrians in Abidjan's teeming Abobo district, holding up...
Florida orders vote recount in Senate, governor racesFlorida will hold a machine recount of votes in its neck-and-neck races for the US Senate and governor, officials said on Saturday, setting up a days-long wait for closure in two of the most closely-w...
New drug options, risk factors added to US heart guidelinesUpdated US guidelines on heart health advise more personalized assessment of risk as well as two newer types of cholesterol-lowering drugs for people at particularly high risk of heart attack or strok...
Four UK ministers on verge of quitting, EU rejects latest plan — Sunday TimesFour British ministers who back remaining in the European Union are on the verge of quitting Theresa May's government over Brexit, the Sunday Times reported, as pressures built on the prime minister f...
Poland risks controversy on independence centenaryPoles mark a century of independence on Sunday amid tensions in the deeply polarised country over the prominent role that marginal far-right groups gained in shaping the main state parade. Chaos engul...
US marks 100th anniversary of end to WWI with poppies, Bells of PeaceAmericans mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War One on Sunday with celebrations ranging from high-tech light shows to somber gatherings in honor of the country's military ve...
US concerned by rising attacks on human rights in TanzaniaThe United States has spoken out against Tanzanian moves to cut back human rights and civil liberties, including arrests and harassment of "marginalised" people such as homosexuals. President John Mag...