Jordan, one of the world's driest countries, signed an agreement on Sunday with French-led investors to build one of the world's largest desalination plants.

Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, whose return from exile last week sparked confrontations between supporters and police in the capital Maputo, has called for three days of protests this ...

Cyprus' chief prosecutor appointed an independent investigator Sunday to oversee a criminal probe into the death of a Pakistani man who was allegedly shot by police earlier this month.

The toll from a collision of two trams in Strasbourg has risen to 68 injured in a rare accident that sowed panic near the ...

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled a region of southwest Mexico on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

A member of Kenyan President William Ruto's cabinet on Sunday became the first to speak out over a wave of abductions of ...

US President-elect Donald Trump accused California officials on Sunday of incompetence over their handling of deadly wildfires raging around Los Angeles.

The MPS party of Chad's military ruler President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno appears set for a solid majority in parliament after general elections in December that were boycotted by opposition parties, ...

Genoa continued their revival under Patrick Vieira on Sunday with their first home win of the season, 1-0 over relegation rivals Parma, in front of new majority shareholder Dan Sucu.

Clinical world number two Alexander Zverev surged into the Australian Open second round Sunday with a straight sets victory to kickstart his bid to better the semi-final he made last year.

The U.S. stock market has far outpaced other global markets since the financial crisis of 2008-09. The S&P 500, the leading ...

Indian farmer Govind Singh travelled for nearly two days by train to reach what he believes is the "land of the gods" -- just one among legions of Hindu pilgrims joining the largest gathering of ...