A colossal data leak obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has exposed the secret offshore accounts of tens of thousands of people and companies -- including more than a few politicians. The ICIJ's deputy director t...

Moves to legalize same-sex marriage in France have drawn a furious response from Catholic hardliners and other groups. The law has passed the National Assembly and is now before the Senate, but opponents are demanding it be put to a referendum.

Israeli soldiers and Palestinians have been fighting on the streets of Hebron as thousands gather for three funerals in the occupied West Bank. In Hebron, a prisoner who died from cancer in an Israeli jail was laid to rest. And two Palestinians s...

Scientists in China are scrambling to learn more about a new strain of bird flu that has infected at leat nine people and killed three. The country's neighbors on high alert as experts check for signs of human-to-human transmission of the mutated ...

A record-breaking April rainfall has turned the streets of Buenos Aires into canals and killed at least 48 people in the surrounding province. The flash floods forced thousands of people from their homes in the city of La Plata.

A Taliban assault on a courthouse in western Afghanistan where some of its members were being tried became one of the deadliest attacks of the war, with 53 people killed, including nine attackers. Police and soldiers battled the insurgents for hou...

Malaysia's parliament has been dissolved ahead of a general election expected to be held later this month. The party of the prime minister, Najib Razak, has ruled for more than 50 years. But the next election is expected to be a tight contest, A...

Running for office for women in the tribal areas of Pakistan is much more than filling out the paperwork. They must also ignore death threats because many believe they have no right to hold a position in Parliament. Badam Zari and Nusrat Begum, wh...

Campaigning is set to begin for Venezuela's upcoming presidential election, a month after the death of Hugo Chavez. His chosen successor Nicolas Maduro has vowed to honour the late president's socialist legacy. However, he could face a strong ch...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a dire warning about one of the most dangerous strains of bacteria, CRE, which resists all known antibiotics. Up to 70 percent of those infected by the bacteria die, and victims are almo...