LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Robin Millard- Drinkers raised a glass to the UK's booming brewing scene on Tuesday as the Great British Beer Festival got under way. The number of British breweries is at its...

VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE- Pope Francis said Sunday that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings still evoked "horror and revulsion" 70 years on and called for a ban on nuclear arms and weapons of mass...

BASRA, IRAQ- Authorities blocked a colours festival in southern Iraq, using concrete barriers to close off the park where it was to be held, an AFP journalist reported. The festival in the port city...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- More than 1,500 schools have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the conflict in Iraq's troubled Anbar province alone, a spokesman said Monday. Anbar is Iraq's largest province....

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Taieb Mahjoub- The United Arab Emirates is to try 41 people for allegedly seeking to overthrow the government to set up an Islamic State group-style caliphate in the...

MENLO PARK, UNITED STATES, Sophie Estienne- Facebook on Thursday said it is ready to begin test flights of a high-altitude drone designed to provide Internet access to remote locations of the world....

CAIRO, EGYPT, Tony Gamal-Gabriel- Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, who died Friday aged 83, captivated audiences worldwide for more than half a century, but will forever be remembered as the...

PATNA, INDIA- Some 1,400 primary school teachers have quit in an eastern Indian state in recent months amid an ongoing investigation into fake qualifications, an education official said Friday. More...

RABAT, MOROCCO- Moroccan police said Wednesday that two suspects have been arrested after a crowd attacked a presumed homosexual in public because of his appearance. "Two suspects have been arrested...