WASHINGTON- A large number of US university students fail to develop critical thinking, reasoning and writing skills because of easy classes and too little time spent studying, a study found...

LONDON- The Taliban is to drop its opposition to the education of girls in Afghanistan, the country's education minister has told British media. Farooq Wardak said in an interview with the TES...

OTTAWA- A US fugitive who walked away from a South Dakota prison 16 years ago has been found living a secret family life on a Canadian aboriginal reserve where he was born, police said Thursday....

SANAA- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described as "an inspiration" a young Yemeni girl who broke with tribal tradition to obtain a divorce two years ago, as she spoke at a town-hall meeting...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sebastian Smith- Faith is about all Haitians have left a year after an earthquake destroyed their country, and on the last Sunday before the anguished anniversary, they flocked to...

DHAKA- The headmaster of an Islamic school in Bangladesh said Sunday that he had banned 15 teenage students from attending lessons after they trimmed their beards. Mohammad Mudesser Hussain said...

LONDON- The leader of the world's Anglicans said people needed to reflect on the "big picture" in 2011, however remote it might seem as they battle personally with the global financial downturn's...

NEW YORK- Looking forward to next year was not enough for some New Yorkers Tuesday. First, they needed to shred the bad bits of 2010. So on annual Good Riddance Day, members of the public were...

LONDON- The Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the world's Anglicans, welcomed the forthcoming wedding of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton in his Christmas Day sermon. In extracts...