Russian authorities have detained three lawyers representing imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his aides said on Friday. Authorities searched the homes of Vadim ...

In the beginning, it nearly seemed like a feud between two men. On the one side Thierry Breton, an EU commissioner in charge of the ...

The US chemical company Monsanto used glyphosate, a mixture of the organic phosphorus compound with other substances, to create the weedkiller Roundup, which ...

Representatives of European Union governments gave no clear opinion on Friday on a proposal to extend the use of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate ...

Polls opened on Saturday for Australia's historic referendum to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the country's 122-year-old constitution. Almost 18 million ...

Stepwells, subterranean structures built into the ground to store water, were once the focal point of village life in drought-prone areas of India, ...

The Gaza Strip is 365 km² (141 sq. mi.) in size and home to 2.2 million people, 1.7 million of whom are refugees, ...

Forty years after New Delhi hosted the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) plenary assembly, the Congress is to be held in Mumbai in mid-October. ...

China might have to wait longer to enjoy a bigger voice at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world's foremost lender of last resort, ...

Republicans on Friday picked Jim Jordan as their nominee to be the next speaker of the United States House of Representatives. It comes after Steve ...