In Nepal's eastern plains, rival political flags depicting blue bells and red suns flutter over tea farms and brick homes -- ...

Peruvian lawmakers picked Jose Maria Balcazar as the country's new interim president on Wednesday, making him the country's eighth leader in a decade after Jose Jeri was impeached on graft ...

Barbers in Afghanistan risk detention for trimming men's beards too short, they told AFP, as the Taliban authorities enforce their strict interpretation of Islamic law with increasing zeal.

Argentina's Javier Milei faces the fourth general strike of his term Thursday, this time by workers protesting a labor reform bill pushed by the budget-slashing president and set to be ...

The Kansas State women played their best offensive game of Big 12 play Wednesday night, sprinting past UCF for a 93-67 road win at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando.

Zoo visitors are already being charmed by a four-week-old baby giraffe - thanks to his distinctive tuft of hair. Toledo Zoo & ...

By Dean Murray Some birds want pink nests, according to new research. A new study found that birds with strong color ...

Grief over the death of a loved one may be hard-wired in the brain, suggests a new study. Neurologists examined why some ...

Fatal shark attacks more than doubled in 2025, reveals a new report. There was also a 38.3% increase in the number of people ...

Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok were no longer available in Gabon on Wednesday, AFP journalists and a watchdog said, after regulators suspended them over security concerns amid an ...

There are no outward signs of jitters, at least not yet: people in Svalbard are going about their daily lives as normal ...

Vast stretches of a once-verdant acacia forest south of Sudan's capital Khartoum have been reduced to little more than fields of stumps as nearly three years of conflict have fuelled ...