The African Union formally took its seat as a new member of the G20 Saturday at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The expansion of the bloc is a notable diplomatic victory for Modi, who faces national elections next year and has u...

Authorities on Friday urged people in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai to stay indoors and work from home as air pollution spiked to hazardous levels.Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has blanketed the popular tourist desti...

By AFP Ten years ago the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus horrified the world and shone a spotlight on high rates of sexual violence in India.Jyoti Singh, 23, and a male friend boarded a bus on the evening of December 16, 2...