Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a request to shut down Memorial, the country’s most prominent rights group and chronicler of Stalin-era purges and...

– Denmark is honouring its most famous writer, Hans Christian Andersen, with a revamped museum that aims to immerse visitors in the fantasy worlds...

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced Monday that he was suspending Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, a day after the two men sparred over...

Bangladesh police on Monday arrested the owner of an overcrowded ferry that caught fire and killed at least 39 people last week, after investigators...

Heavy snow caused traffic jams, flight cancellations and disruption to train services in central Japan on Monday, with record drifts recorded in some areas. More...

The funeral of Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner will take place on January 1...

– Brazil on Friday said it registered 164 more deaths and 4,164 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the previous 24 hours. The latest figures...

The number of people who died in the massive floods in Malaysia has risen to 46 as of Saturday, authorities said. Besides those confirmed dead,...

— Six people were killed and 12 others injured as two vehicles crashed into each other on a road in southwest Nigeria’s Ogun state...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday morning in Cape Town at age 90, was a man of strong faith and conviction, but also of...