The last time Noel Joseph saw his uncle, they spent most of their visit discussing a daring proposition: going public with criticism of Eritrean autocrat Isaias Afwerki. It was June 2001, and Noel's uncle, government minister Petros Solomon, was p...

Myanmar's junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said Friday, adding to a raft of ongoing cases that could see her jailed for decades. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since she and her elected governme...

Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease under control, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the Congolese professor who first discovered the virus more than 40 years ago. The 79-year-old virolog...

An ace US fighter pilot and one of the last surviving members of the swashbuckling "Flying Tigers" who fought the Japanese for Nationalist China during World War Two has died at 103, friends and colleagues announced Thursday. The Flying Tigers oper...

Catwalk shows resume at London Fashion Week on Friday, after previous editions of the landmark industry event were forced online by the coronavirus pandemic. The sight of models and audiences together again will be a welcome sight for a country hop...

Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two hours. Across Madagascar's vast southern tip, drought has transformed fields into dust bowls. More than one million people face famine. Across tens of thousands of acr...

Chinese astronauts returned to earth Friday after completing the country's longest-ever crewed mission, the latest landmark in Beijing's drive to become a major space power. The capsule carrying the three astronauts was suspended on a parachute and...

Argentina's Santiago Carreras faces the daunting task of making his first Test appearance at fly-half against the All Blacks Saturday, in a bold selection gamble forced by injuries and poor results. Under pressure coach Mario Ledesma lost his first...

Australia on Friday shrugged off Chinese anger over its decision to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, while vowing to defend the rule of law in airspace and waters where Beijing has staked hotly contested claims. US President Joe Biden announc...

Peru's Congress approved a bill allowing authorities to cremate the body of late guerilla leader Abimael Guzman Thursday, as debate rages over what to do with his remains. Guzman, the founder of the brutal Shining Path guerrilla group, which spread...

Thousands of prisoners were crammed into a squalid prison to the east of Kabul last month until the Taliban set them free as they closed in on the capital. It was a strategy the hardline Islamists used across the country during their lightning offe...

Federal prosecutors are preparing to indict a former Boeing test pilot suspected of misleading aviation regulators over the safety issues blamed for two fatal 737 MAX crashes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Mark Forkner was the lead...

Dustin Hopkins made the most of a second chance gifted by the New York Giants, booting a game-winning field goal as time expired as the Washington Football Team triumphed 30-29 in an entertaining Thursday Night NFL game. New York's Dexter Lawrence ...

Australian Test captain Tim Paine Friday said he was "extremely confident" of being ready for the Ashes against England after invasive neck surgery. The 36-year-old went under the knife on Tuesday after suffering pain in his neck and left arm due t...

A modest Michael Hooper Friday downplayed becoming the most capped Wallabies skipper in history, instead focusing on how to take down world champions South Africa for the second time in six days. The tireless 29-year-old will lead the side out for ...