Two cultural sites, in Cameroon and Malawi, were added Friday to the UNESCO World Heritage List, said the organisation, which ...

Stocks have clawed their way to another record high this week as investors continued to extend increasingly precarious bets ...

The chairman of Agence France-Presse (AFP) outlined his plans Friday to cut costs at the news agency with a retirement incentive scheme and a reduction in spending on expatriate journalists.

Before the white coffin containing Kenyan hawker Boniface Kariuki was carried into a vehicle for his final journey home, his mother screamed in grief -- yet another parent to lose a child in deadly ...

Amazon.com stock has had an underwhelming year, but analysts from Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan believe the shares have much ...

Scottish author Irvine Welsh on Friday described the new sequel to his cult novel "Trainspotting" as an antidote to a world full of "hate and poison", as he took aim at social media, the internet and ...

The president’s attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve could further harm the dollar’s status as the preeminent ...

Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova clash in the Wimbledon final on Saturday with only one thing certain -- there will be an eighth consecutive first-time winner of the women's tournament.

Three notorious Cambodian torture and execution sites used by the Khmer Rouge regime to perpetrate genocide 50 years ago were ...

BP said that second-quarter profit took a hit from lower crude prices, becoming the latest oil major to issue such a warning.

The UN said Friday its agreement with Moscow to facilitate exports of Russian foodstuffs and fertiliser to international markets in a bid to rein in global food prices would end this month.

US special envoy Keith Kellogg will begin his latest visit to Ukraine on Monday, the Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman has told AFP, as Washington-led ceasefire talks with Moscow stall.