At a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday, US President Barack Obama promised to unveil his much-anticipated decision on US involvement in Afghanistan “shortly”.
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court against the former prison chief "Duch" continued Tuesday, with prosecutors calling for the defendant to be handed a lengthy jail term.
A French student of Moroccan descent has claimed police reacting to celebrations in Paris following Algeria's qualification in the World Cup were deliberately and overtly racist.
An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes.
Almost 60 million people have been infected by HIV and 25 million people killed by causes related to the virus since the epidemic started, according to new data published by UNAIDS on Tuesday.
While prevention programmes have helped to cut ...
Iraq's general elections are likely to be postponed after Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi (pictured) and the parliament failed to agree on the terms of a crucial electoral law over sectarian representation.
France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has agreed to appear in the next film of Oscar-winning director Woody Allen, she announced on French television.
The first education sector strike since the beginning of the academic year got underway Tuesday. The educational professionals were joined by striking postal workers, who are protesting the privatisation of postal services.
Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has reiterated his support for a peaceful Iranian nuclear energy programme, urging a "just solution" with the West during a joint press conference with visiting Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a visit to the White House, expressed optimism about an "India-US partnership" to contribute to "global peace and stability."
French senators have rejected an amendment that would have forced the catering industry to bring value-added tax (VAT), currently standing at a discount rate of 5.5 percent, back to the standard rate of 19.6 percent.
A Belgian man thought to have been in a coma for 23 years has told of his "second birth" after doctors realised he was in fact conscious, a German weekly reported Monday.
Champions League winners Barcelona (picture) and Liverpool are in danger of an early exit from the competition. Barcelona has to beat Inter Milan and Liverpool will be hoping that Fiorentina do them a favour and don’t beat already qualified Lyon.
Two people were executed in China on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said.The men were executed after being sentenced to death ...