TOKYO (Reuters) - Shipping firms may need to pay a fee to use the Baltic Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, in ...

The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a U.S.-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the country's bishops ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said he agreed with the U.S. government on the ...

The Australian Border Force said it had boosted aerial surveillance and intercepted 20 foreign fishing vessels since launching an operation in the Northern Territory in December, after several ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police said on Wednesday they had foiled a planned antisemitic attack involving explosives in New South Wales state.

Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation accused of killing an 8-year-old girl by ...

In a statement, the ministry said the local governor replaced Sofya Alagas, a member of the pro-Kurdish DEM party and mayor of the southeastern province of Siirt because of a prior conviction for ...

A cross-border conservation project centered on barn owls is fostering cooperation between Israeli and Arab scientists, ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered ...

(Reuters) - Czech National Bank Governor Ales Michl said that he will present a plan to the central bank's board to invest in bitcoin and added that it was "very likely" the bank would cut interest ...

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield ...