Members of South Africa's ANC say they hope their newly-elected party leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, will be able to steer the party - and ultimately the country - in the right direction.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received a Russian economic and governmental delegation, after which he said Syria was entering a "reconstruction phase" and that he wanted to e ...

Militants stormed an intelligence agency training facility in Kabul, officials say, triggering intense fighting with police in the latest Islamic State group attack to hit the Afghan capi ...

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Santa Claus, with a red nose and green glasses, and accompanied by a group of volunteers, scans the streets of crisis-hit Caracas Saturday in search of homeless people, young and old, in ...

New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI):  After lots of controversies and protests by Muslim women, the Union Cabinet on Friday cleared the Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill, 2017, ...

For migrants who escape torture and starvation at the hands of people traffickers, a "Safe House" in an oasis town offers a rare commodity in Libya: shelter and medical care. Li ...

An El Salvador court upholds a 30-year prison sentence being served by a woman whose miscarriage in 2007 was prosecuted as homicide under the country's draconian anti-abortion laws.

Many townships in South Africa are notorious for gang-related violence, but in Mpophomeni near the southeastern town of Howick, pet dogs are helping lead the way to a more peaceful future ...