Virgin Galactic aims to reach space with tourism rocketRichard Branson's Virgin Galactic is preparing to take the long-awaited step of trying to fly its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space. Virgin Space Ship Unity was undergoing final checks in prepa...
Pentagon warns against unilateral military action in northeast Syria after Turkish announcementThe Pentagon said on Wednesday that unilateral military action into northeast Syria by any party would be "unacceptable," after Turkey said it would launch a new military operation in the region withi...
Concern mounts over Togo elections after violenceInternational observers on Thursday raised concerns about violence in Togo before elections later this month, which the government has said will go ahead despite the unrest and an opposition boycott....
Australia PM promises stiffer laws against religious discriminationAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday promised stiffer legislation against religious discrimination, and a new commissioner to act as a watchdog on freedom of religion issues. Morrison...
Ukrainian synod seeks to set up church independent of RussiaUkrainian priests will meet on Saturday to work towards an independent church, following an Orthodox "schism", in what Kiev authorities hope will signal a further step out of Russia's orbit. Ties betw...
Green thumb spruces up Bangladesh one tree at a timeOhid Sarder prises a rusted nail from a tree and drops it into his bucket, another eyesore scrubbed from the countryside as he embarks on a one-man mission to clean up Bangladesh. The 53-year-old self...
Militia leader’s bravado shows limits of Libya reformsFor the United Nations, it was a chance to clip the wings of powerful armed groups who had held the levers of power in the Libyan capital for years. The militia were on the back foot after suffering l...
Migration crisis hits Americas, reaches US border in 2018From the Central American caravans trekking desperately northward to the mass exodus from Venezuela, 2018 was the year the migration crisis swept the Americas and reached the doorstep of the United St...
Chinese fishing deal makes waves ahead of Madagascar pollsThe sun glistens on waves lapping against wooden fishing boats as their sails ripple in the breeze coming off the Indian Ocean. Nearby a young man with a diving mask bobs below the water's surface arm...
Scores of migrant girls quietly vanishing from IndonesiaThe stranger showed up at the girl's door one night with a tantalizing job offer: Give up your world, and I will give you a future. It was a chance for 16-year-old Marselina Neonbota to leave her isol...
Lion Air crash victims’ families to rally as hunt for wreckage steps upFamilies of some of the 189 people killed in a Lion Air plane crash plan a protest rally in Indonesia on Thursday, while stalled efforts to bring the main wreckage to the surface and find the second b...
N Korea food production down in 2018: UN bodyFood production has fallen this year in isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. Rice and maize are the North's main staples, but rice output was e...
Poisoning claims, divorce spat in Arizona journalism sagaAn award-winning Arizona newspaper publisher and his wife are locked in a bizarre divorce case that has morphed into something more: a journalism ethics saga. Joseph Soldwedel has accused wife Felice...
Michigan GOP advances bill to make ballot drives harderMichigan Republicans moved Wednesday to curtail ballot initiatives by advancing a measure limiting how many signatures could come from any one region of the state, the latest proposal assailed by crit...
Mexican president says he and Trump discussed joint program on migrationMexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke by telephone with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday and discussed the issue of migration, he said in a tweet. The two leaders discussed the pos...