Meanwhile the government in the restive French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia collapsed Tuesday in a wave of ...

The incoming U.S. administration should be cautious about involving Mr. Macron or France in restoring some semblance of order ...

As Paris was devising a new military strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa, two of its ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes spewed lava into the air for a second straight day on Tuesday. The eruption of ...

In the ruins left by Cyclone Chido, people from Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa, are calling to deport the ...

A modern legal principle, the origins of universal jurisdiction stretch back to the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials that followed World War II, which embedded the idea that when it comes to ...

Tearful mourners gathered Thursday across Asia to commemorate the 220,000 lives lost in the 2004 tsunami. The disaster ...

Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one ...

THE UK will outperform its struggling European peers in the next 15 years, helping it to cling onto its place among the world ...

THE UK will outperform its struggling European peers in the next 15 years, helping it to cling onto its place among the world ...

In 1803, the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory ... After the transfer, the U.S. government changed the name of the territory to the Virgin Islands of the United States.