Pope Francis gave the go-ahead on Friday for John Paul II to be made a saint and granted a rare exception for canonisation at the same time for John XXIII, who shares the current pontiff’s reformist v

North and South Korea held rare talks today on re-opening a joint industrial zone seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation.

Australia’s first female premier Julia Gillard has opened up for the first time on the sexism that plagued her leadership and her famous misogyny speech in her final interview before being ousted.

The African Union suspended Egypt from the continental body Friday after the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, in line with its strict rules against unconstitutional changes of government.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries’ relationship was “sweeter than honey”, during a visit to Beijing with economic ties at the top of the agenda.

India face a test of motivation and fitness against the West Indies in a must-win fixture for the World Cup holders as the tri-nation series resumes on Friday at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain

Just days after claiming his second win of the season in last weekend’s tumultuous British Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg aims this weekend to complete a perfect set of three ‘home’ wins when he leads the M

An outspoken Chinese general known for his nationalist views warned India on Thursday against stirring up “new trouble” in a long-running border dispute, just as New Delhi’s defence minister was set to visit Beijing.

Philippine troops on Thursday killed eight communist rebels, two of them women, in the latest flare-up of violence since talks to end one of Asia’s longest running insurgencies broke down.

The US state department was under fire for spending $630,000 over two years to win millions of “likes” on its Facebook pages at a time of severe government austerity measures.