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More than 250 million children around the world don't go to school, according to Unicef
World
20.05.2017
Children in war zones need education, say campaigners
An Indonesian customs officer displays a reptile after authorities arrested a suspected wildlife smuggler from Japan
World
19.05.2017
Japanese man arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of reptiles
French businessman Bernard Tapie has been declared bankrupt
World
18.05.2017
French tycoon must repay 404 million euros over Adidas sale
A Mexican farmer in the state of Puebla sets fire to a sugar cane grove before cutting down the scorched stalks for processing
World
18.05.2017
Neighbours engaged in bitter dispute over sugar
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India has a gruesome record on rape, with the capital New Delhi alone registering 2,199 rape cases in 2015 -- an average of six a day
World 17.05.2017
Authorities allow abortion for 10-year-old rape victim
Pictures of journalists recently murdered in different Mexican states lay on the ground at Independence Angel square during a protest by journalists in Mexico City, on May 16, 2017
World 16.05.2017
Journalist killings unpunished - Campaigners
The Democrats cannot actually prevent a Senate vote on a new FBI director, but they could delay it with foot-dragging measures, and that would be rare for a vote on the FBI chief
World 15.05.2017
Democrats threaten to block President's pick for FBI
Previous Haitian governments have shied from keeping fuel prices in sync with world market prices, fearing inflation that would anger the population
World 14.05.2017
Government announces fuel price increases to help public finances
Emmanuel Macron with his wife Brigitte and members of her family at a victory party after his resounding win over far-right rival Marine Le Pen
World 14.05.2017
French president's teacher-turned-wife
US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin snaps a picture with his smartphone at the end of a G7 summit of finance ministers where they pledged to combat cyber crime
World 13.05.2017
Finance chiefs vow cyber action as partners warm to team Trump
The wave of attacks on May 12, 2007 hit Britain's health service, Russia's interior ministry and French carmaker Renault, along with many other organisations around the world
World 13.05.2017
Finance chiefs talk cyber security in wake of attacks
The Valley of the Fallen was built between 1940-1958 and holds the remains of over 30,000 dead from both sides in the Spanish Civil War
World 11.05.2017
Spain parliament calls for military dictator's remains to be moved
Carlos Gil takes on pilgrimages for others, especially Catholics unable because of health or too busy or lazy for the spiritual walk to the Portuguese town of Fatima
World 11.05.2017
'Rent-a-pilgrim' to walk to Fatima for $2,700
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