The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law over the southern region of Mindanao, where government forces are battling Islamic militants. More than 460…

A priest in a rural village of central Italy has started offering free alcohol to adults and crisps to children in a bid to boost Mass attendance, as part of…

Nine years ago, Teklit Michael fled Eritrea to avoid military conscription, survived a perilous journey across the Sinai peninsula and sought asylum in Israel. The 29-year-old Eritrean community organizer now…

A Saudi columnist has been suspended after he went too far in praise of the country’s leader, King Salman. Ramadan al-Anzi’s column in al-Jazirah newspaper lauded the monarch using attributes…

A doctor, Henry Bello, who killed another physician at a New York City medical center and wounded six other people before taking his own life had sent an email to…

The hosts of the “Morning Joe” television show are questioning US President Donald Trump’s “unmoored behaviour” after he lashed out at them in a Twitter rant this week. “America’s leaders…

A clear majority of German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote. The reform grants couples now limited to…

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for ramming his car into a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the Arkansas state legislature early on Wednesday, shattering the statue less than…

The Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, has vehemently denied any wrongdoing after being charged with sex offences in his native Australia. He complained that he had been subjected to “relentless…

While many students have just graduated from high school, 18-year-old Nigeria native Nkechinyere Chidi-Ogbolu is not your typical teen. Chidi-Ogbolu just graduated summa cum laude from Howard University with a…