Passenger plane with 100 onboard crashes in Kazakhastan
A plane with 100 people on board has crashed in Kazakhstan, airport officials say.
They say the Bek Air aircraft went down shortly after taking...
Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass
Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations for the world's 1.3 billion Catholics on Tuesday, saying the celebration of Jesus's birth reminded humanity how "God...
Queen admits ‘bumpy’ year in Christmas message
Queen Elizabeth II called 2019 "quite bumpy" in a Christmas message at the end of a chaotic year which saw Britain bitterly divided over...
Survival surfing: Indonesians riding the waves to beat tsunami trauma
Surfboard tucked under his arm, Dery Setyawan sprints into the crashing waves.
It is not just a physical challenge but an emotional one - most...
40 years on, veterans still grapple with Soviet-Afghan war
At his home in the mountains north of Kabul, former mujahideen fighter Shah Sulaiman closed his damaged eyes, took a sip of green tea...
Qingpu Prison: the ‘cultural exchange’ centre in forced labour scandal
Shanghai's Qingpu Prison, the Chinese prison at the centre of a forced labour scandal, describes itself as a "first-class" facility, where inmates can learn...
Australian PM dismisses ‘reckless’ calls to curb coal
Under-fire Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday rejected calls for "reckless" and "job-destroying" cuts to the country's vast coal industry in the face...
Trump approves Russia-Europe gas pipeline sanctions
President Donald Trump on Friday signed off on US sanctions against companies building a Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany that Congress fears will...
Brexit: MPs back Boris Johnson’s plan to leave EU on 31...
MPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January.
They voted 358 to 234 - a...
Trump seeks rapid exoneration in Senate after impeachment
US President Donald Trump pressed his Republican allies Thursday to exert rigid control of his Senate trial and ensure a swift exoneration, a day...
