Tens of thousands of citizens paid their respects to Japanese Emperor Akihito, during his last birthday celebration at Tokyo's Imperial Palace on Sunday before stepping down next year. The 85th birthday of the emperor, whose

Cuba's National Assembly on Saturday approved an update of the country's constitution, the final step before a national referendum expected to approve the new charter in February. The draft new constitution, which has 229

When Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's new president, was running for office, his vow to curb the salaries of top government officials, including his own, was unsurprisingly very popular. Now he is in power,

Afghans are facing water shortages due to the persistent drought that has ravaged the country this year. In many places, including the capital Kabul, local residents have to carry containers to fill at water

Both sides of Indonesia's Sunda Strait - Java on the east and Sumatra on the west - were hit by a tsunami late on Saturday, causing hundreds of deaths and widespread devastation.  The tsunami,

BEIRUT: Turkey on Saturday sent military reinforcements to northern Syria near an area controlled by Kurdish forces as Ankara threatens to carry out a fresh offensive to wipe them out, a war monitor said.The

HAMMAM AL-ALIL 2 DISPLACEMENT CAMP, Iraq: Maareb has big dreams, but she may never get to realize them. Every day, when her friends attend class in the Iraqi displacement camp they call home, she

The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 222, with more than 800 people injured, officials said Sunday. "222 people are dead, 843 people are injured and 28 people are

Thousands of people have been demonstrating in Hungary over the past week in protest against changes to employment rights and pay. The new legislation, which the opposition is calling the "slave law", allows companies

An industrial city in South Korea is now home to the world's largest outdoor painted mural. A series of grain silos in Incheon were painted to resemble a row of books telling the story