Illegal poaching, logging and fishing of sometimes critically endangered species is taking place in nearly half of the world's most

French security services yesterday swooped on two men accused of plotting an attack just five days before the first round of the

After a bruising campaign, Scots voted by 55 percent to 45 percent against independence in September 2014. In the aftermath of

Turkey's opposition yesterday demanded the annulment of a contentious referendum that approved sweeping constitutional changes boosting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers, claiming blatant vote-rigging.

Twelve people were injured when a corrosive substance was thrown inside a packed London nightclub yesterday, police and fire services

The two frontrunners in the French presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron, were staging

Turkey's opposition yesterday called for the annulment of a referendum giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers,

At least 20 migrants trying to reach Europe drowned yesterday in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, a Reuters

Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded yesterday as the

Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th

The Philippine military yesterday said it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its

A week before France's high-stakes presidential election, the four top candidates began a final push yesterday to

Governor of Leningrad in Russia Oblast Alexander Drozdenko expresses his interest in recruiting skilled manpower specially doctors from Bangladesh.

Turkey's top politicians yesterday made a final effort to sway undecided voters in a frenetic end to a bitterly-contested campaign in

Rescue vessels in the Mediterranean worked flat out Friday to rescue over 2,000 people from flimsy dinghies as exhausted saviours

High levels of magnesium in the blood reduce the risk of fractures by 44 percent, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology. The study followed 2,245 men aged between 42 and 61 over a 20-year period.

The European Court of Human Rights yesterday ruled there were "serious failings" in Russia's handling of the Beslan school siege by

UN chief Antonio Guterres has named a German with extensive experience at the world organization, Achim Steiner, as the new

Iran's hardline ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad submitted his name yesterday for registration as a candidate for

Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said yesterday, as pressure grows to improve animal