One of the winners of this year's Nobel economics prize, France's Philippe Aghion, on Monday warned Europe that it must not let the United States and China dominate technological innovation.

The "King of Afrobeat", "Black President", activist and legendary musician Fela Kuti has returned to his hometown and Nigeria ...

The founder of a prominent Chinese underground church has been detained along with more than 20 of its members in a sweeping ...

The cemetery in Mbandaka, a river port city in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the final resting place of ...

In a dusty alley in the heart of Kenya's largest open-air market, fashion models strut down a makeshift runway in bold, ...

Hamas handed over the first seven of 20 surviving Israeli hostages to Red Cross representatives in Gaza City, the Israeli ...

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers ...

Hamas was set to release all surviving hostages on Monday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as US ...

From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.

China's trade grew faster than expected last month, official data showed Monday, though fresh fears are rising of a major ...

Daubed in Arabic-looking graffiti, London's Big Ben is shown smouldering above piles of rubbish and crowds dressed in ...

The Kansas City Chiefs righted the ship with a convincing 30-17 NFL victory over the in-form Detroit Lions on Sunday as the ...