Cairo looks to curb street sheep slaughter for Eid holidayFaced with scenes of blood flowing in rubbish-strewn roads and of streets littered with animal entrails, authorities in the Egyptian capital say they aim to crack down on the outdoor slaughter that ma...
Tense calm on Brazil-Venezuelan border after anti-immigrant riotFearful Venezuelan immigrants lined up in smaller numbers to enter Brazil on Sunday at the only border crossing between the two countries one day after violent protests by Brazilian residents drove hu...
Leadership fears see Australia PM back away from climate targetsAustralia shelved plans to embed carbon emissions targets in law Monday, after a party revolt against embattled Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. With its heavy use of coal-fired power and relatively s...
Wildfire moves closer to Glacier National Park’s scenic roadA wildfire in Montana's Glacier National Park is forcing more evacuations and has burned within a half-mile of the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road. Protecting the highway through the park is officials' p...
Trump calls Russia probe ‘McCarthyism at its ‘WORST’President Donald Trump insists that his White House counsel isn't a "RAT" like the Watergate-era White House attorney who turned on Richard Nixon, and he is blasting the ongoing Russia investigation a...
Drugs and late nights: micro-engraver carves out nicheUsing Botox, beta-blockers and the stillness of the night, Graham Short produces miniature engravings like nobody else. Often dubbed "the world's smallest engraver", he hand-carves phrases and symbols...
Tears, joy as Korean families separated by war reunite briefly after 65 yearsSome 90 families from the two Koreas were reunited in the North on Monday, weeping and embracing each after being torn apart for more than six decades by the 1950-53 Korean War. The brief reunions, wh...
US Pompeo welcomes Afghanistan Ghani’s truce with TalibanWASHINGTON: The United States is ready to support and facilitate direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on Sunday, following Afghanistan Pr...
Baghdad gun shops thrive after Iraqi rethink on arms controlIn the middle of Baghdad's busy commercial neighbourhood of Karrada, where most retail outlets sell home appliances, shoppers can now also buy handguns and semi-automatic rifles legally for the first...