As UN members meet in Bonn this month to discuss climate strategy, India has said it will not accept any pact that “erodes” the differentiation between rich and developing nations set forth in Bali Ac

A French academic arrested in Iran following 2009 disputed presidential elections will be allowed to leave the country after paying a $300,000 fine, her lawyer said on Saturday.

Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, who helped South Africa chart a peaceful way out of apartheid by leading fellow whites into talks with exiled black leaders, died on Friday. He was 70.

A full recount of votes for Baghdad province from Iraq’s parliamentary elections showed no fraud or major irregularities and are unlikely to change the vote’s final results, the country’s Election Commission said on Friday.

A Chinese court sentenced a man to death on Saturday for an attack on a school that left 29 children and three kindergarten teachers hurt in April.

Thailand’s PM struck a defiant tone on Saturday on national television, saying his government will not bow to demonstrators demanding his resignation.

A 16-year-old Australian who spent seven months at sea in her pink yacht sailed across the finish line of her round-the-world journey on Saturday, becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, nonstop and unassisted.

A solution in the gender case of South African runner Caster Semenya will be reached by the end of June, IAAF president Lamine Diack said on Friday.

Iran has set up new equipment that will allow it to boost its efficiency at enriching uranium at higher levels, diplomats said on Friday.

Al Qaeda in Iraq’s new leader warned Shia on Friday that “dark days soaked with blood” lie ahead and that a new campaign of attacks was under way.