Philippines Senate backs bill to raise sexual consent age from 12...
MANILA: A bill to raise the minimum age of sexual consent in the Philippines from 12 to 16 has moved closer towards becoming law,...
North Korea fires missile, insists on right to weapons tests
SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea fired what appeared to be a short-range ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, the South's military said, as Pyongyang's...
Olympic hero Biles says everything came to a head in Tokyo,...
LOS ANGELES - US gymnastics icon Simone Biles said on Monday she should have quit "way before Tokyo" but held onto her Olympic dream...
Quake on Greek island of Crete kills one, spreads panic
ATHENS - A strong earthquake struck Crete early Monday, killing a man, injuring nearly a dozen others, damaging a town and sending panicked residents...
Germany heads into unknown as rivals scramble to lead next government
FRANKFURT - Germany headed into a period of unpredictability Monday after a close election saw both main parties claim the right to lead Europe's...
Gere belongs in cinema, not as migrant witness: ex-Italian minister
ROME - Plans for actor Richard Gere to testify against former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini for abuse of migrants threaten to turn the...
Merkel legacy in balance as party risks election defeat
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel may be lauded abroad for her cool crisis management -- at home, her legacy risks being tarnished by...
Mali approaches ‘Russian private companies,’ slams France at UN
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Mali has asked private Russian companies to boost security, Russia's foreign minister confirmed Saturday, as the Malian leader accused...
Iceland votes as hung parliament predicted
REYKJAVIK - Icelanders voted on Saturday in an election that could see its unprecedented left-right coalition lose its majority, despite bringing four years of...
Russia’s Communists lead protest over ‘colossal’ vote fraud
MOSCOW - Russia's Communist Party on Saturday led a thousand-strong protest in central Moscow over what they called "colossal" fraud in parliamentary polls as...
