Demand for travel to Cuba may be flattening, with soaring hotel prices on the island, American Airlines cutting some flights, and uncertainty over whether new travel restrictions could be imposed…

Bosnian banks, food producers and hoteliers are adopting halal standards to tap a fast-growing market thanks to the country’s large Muslim population, an influx of Gulf tourists and growing trade…

Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Small Business Administration, was born Linda Marie Edwards in New Bern, North Carolina. She met her future husband, Vince McMahon, when…

Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Small Business Administration, was born Linda Marie Edwards in New Bern, North Carolina. She met her future husband, Vince McMahon, when…

A human rights watchdog says the Philippines has one of the fastest-growing epidemics of HIV in the Asia Pacific which may worsen unless the government changes its approach and removes…

A human rights watchdog says the Philippines has one of the fastest-growing epidemics of HIV in the Asia Pacific which may worsen unless the government changes its approach and removes…

Mining companies in Chile, by far the world’s largest copper producer, are examining their energy contracts to see whether they can renegotiate terms to incorporate now-cheaper renewable power, company sources…

If the Oscars turn out to be “so white” again next year, it will not be for a lack of candidates. A handful of critically acclaimed movies featuring people of…

The incoming Trump administration faced its first test on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as House Republicans, trying to speed up the nomination of the president-elect’s pick for secretary of defense, called…

The incoming Trump administration faced its first test on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as House Republicans, trying to speed up the nomination of the president-elect’s pick for secretary of defense, called…

Images of 18-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili’s emaciated body shocked the world and turned a spotlight on the worsening humanitarian crisis across war-torn Yemen. Now, after weeks of specialist hospital care…

 A documentary film on the slaughter of elephants in Africa produced by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has made an initial Oscar short-list, beating an unlikely rival entry from a former…

Macedonia’s veteran nationalist leader Nikola Gruevski looks set for a comeback in Sunday’s parliamentary election, posing a challenge to the European Union and its strategy of coaxing Balkan nations to…

Macedonia’s veteran nationalist leader Nikola Gruevski looks set for a comeback in Sunday’s parliamentary election, posing a challenge to the European Union and its strategy of coaxing Balkan nations to…

Giraffe numbers have declined by as much as 40 percent since the 1980s in a “silent extinction” driven by illegal hunting and an expansion of farmland in Africa, the Red…

Giraffe numbers have declined by as much as 40 percent since the 1980s in a “silent extinction” driven by illegal hunting and an expansion of farmland in Africa, the Red…

Egypt’s beekeepers say their hives are under threat because of a shortage of sugar, as are the flowers and crops that their bees pollinate. Sugar became hard to find in…

European? Aged 18 to 30? Unemployed? Want to work abroad for pocket money? The EU’s new Solidarity Corps may be for you. Would-be recruits and campaigners on youth issues offered…