Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting to foraging.

Famed Olympic gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, who coached Nadia Comaneci to the sport's first "Perfect 10", has died at the age of 82, USA Gymnastics said on Saturday.

Ottawa is taking "very seriously" the detention of a former member of Canada's elite special forces in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday.

Israel's army said Hezbollah had fired around 80 projectiles at the country Saturday, the same day its forces launched a wave of strikes on the Iran-backed militant group's bastions in Lebanon.

Egypt's economy has been in crisis for years, but as the latest round of International Monetary Fund-backed reforms bites, much of the country's middle class has found itself struggling to afford ...

With a Magritte painting estimated to sell for nearly $100 million, drawings by pop artist Keith Haring and... a rather ...

France captain Antoine Dupont praised his side's "pragmatism" after the 30-29 victory over New Zealand on Saturday in Paris.

China will "strive for a smooth transition" in relations with the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Joe Biden on Saturday as they met in Lima, two months before Donald Trump regains the ...

Mali's civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on Saturday called on the country's military rulers to discuss an end to the so-called "transition" period, in a rare critique of the junta.

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Two flares landed near Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence on Saturday in the central town of Caesarea, security services said,  describing the incident as "serious".

West Indies, led by explosive half centuries from openers Shai Hope and Evin Lewis, chased down a target of 219 to beat ...