December2017

The statue of Lionel Messi in Buenos Aires has been vandalised again this time the Argentine hero was cut off at the ankles between Sunday night and Monday morning. Messi’s boots still chased a ball on...

The World Cup of Golf will be held in Melbourne for a third consecutive time in 2018, organisers said Tuesday, with 28 teams teeing off at the Metropolitan club. US PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said...

A bomb blast killed eight people and injured 16 others on a bus in Syria’s Homs on Tuesday, state media said, citing the city’s health authority. Islamic State claimed the attack, saying the blast killed 11...

Romania’s former King Michael died in Switzerland at the age of 96 on Tuesday, the Royal House was quoted by Digi 24 TV as saying on Tuesday. King Michael of Romania withdrew from public life because...

London police said an item that had prompted a security alert in the financial district of the city on Tuesday morning was non-suspicious, after authorities had closed St Paul’s underground station as a precaution. What is...

Theresa May is under pressure to get an agreement from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on the status of the Irish border when the UK leaves the EU. The prime minister pulled out of a deal...

The United Nations human rights chief has said an act of genocide against Rohingya Muslims by state forces in Myanmar cannot be ruled out. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein was addressing a Human Rights Council session in Geneva....

In Wu Qiong’s small cafe in downtown Shanghai, coffee beans nestle in glass jars on the bar while various brews bubble away behind the counter. The cafe – one of thousands of trendy, artisan coffee shops...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defended his handling of America’s foreign service on Tuesday during a visit to Brussels, seeking to reassure U.S. diplomats of American support under President Donald Trump. In his first substantive...

Same-sex couples will be allowed to get married in Austria from 2019, the country’s supreme court ruled on Tuesday, saying a current law to the contrary violated the principle of non-discrimination. The move brings Austria into...