A small English village of just 350 people has found itself on the front line of a national debate on the housing of asylum seekers, holding an "independence referendum" on Tuesday to protest plans to house...

Saudi Arabia and Egypt's leaders called on Tuesday for free navigation in the Red Sea, after Riyadh vowed a firm response to attacks by Yemen's Houthis, who now control the...

Lionel Messi was on Tuesday named in Argentina's squad for a friendly against Benin on October 6, a match that will serve as his farewell appearance after...

Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the "Battery of Southeast Asia", powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its...

More than 280 people were arrested in Chile during demonstrations commemorating victims of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship...

Curry Barker knew he was making a good movie when he directed "Obsession" -- but he never expected it to become a box office phenomenon that...

The US Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation -- and analysts say central bank...