World number one Aryna Sabalenka says she is "fresh and ready to go" in her bid for a third straight Australian Open title, ...

Beside India's holy rivers, a makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected to be so vast it will be ...

With Nepal's snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the ...

The quiet resumption of operations at a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip last month marked a small but significant step ...

Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht race, with gale-force winds and high ...

The number of South Korean students enrolling in Chinese colleges more than tripled last year from 2003. The WSJ’s Jeyup S.

US President Joe Biden and his incoming successor Donald Trump issued starkly contrasting Christmas messages Wednesday, with ...

Shrapnel damage has been found on pieces of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, marking the first official, ...

Syria's new interior minister said Wednesday that 14 personnel were killed by "remnants" of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad's "regime" in Tartus province, after a war monitor reported deadly clashes in ...

In post-Assad Syria, stand-up comedians are re-emerging to challenge taboos, mocking the former president and his regime and even testing the waters with Damascus's new rulers.

Brits devour about 800 million mince pies, but moves to jazz up the festive sweet treats made of dried fruit and pastry are stirring anger among purists.

A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for ...