VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE- Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the UN climate accord reached in Paris but warned the key now lay in its implementation, especially in help for the poor. "The climate conference...
OSLO, NORWAY, Pierre-Henry Deshayes with Mounir Souissi in Tunis- The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Thursday to four civil society groups who led Tunisia's transition to democracy, though the...
TUNIS, TUNISIA- Two Tunisian sisters living in France were among at least 128 people killed in Paris after travelling there to celebrate a birthday, officials and media said Saturday. The women, aged...
ARBIL, IRAQ- Members of Iraq's Yazidi minority, which was brutally attacked by the Islamic State group, looted and burned Muslim homes in Sinjar after its recapture from the jihadists, witnesses said...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Tanya Willmer- More than 400,000 Syrian children living in Turkey are not in school, largely because of financial hardship, a plight which could push more refugees into making a...
DOHA, QATAR- Michelle Obama arrived Monday in Qatar on the opening stage of her first solo Middle East tour, where she is expected to call for addressing "cultural beliefs" obstructing girl's...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Hundreds of British academics said Tuesday they would boycott contact with Israeli universities over the state's "intolerable human rights violations" towards Palestinians....
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Thomas Urbain- New York's status as a major gastronomic destination has been reaffirmed once again by the 2016 Michelin guide, with Brooklyn's dynamic food scene gaining in...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The rise of Jeremy Corbyn from fringe socialist to new leader of Britain's opposition Labour party has unleashed a wave of "Corbynmania" ranging from devoted fandom to...
ALGIERS, ALGERIA, Alexandra Del Peral Martinez- Young people don't have many places to socialise in conservative Algeria. But now the North African's country's youth are discovering something their...