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The airport in oil-rich Kazakhstan's capital Astana has been renamed after long-reigning President Nursultan Nazarbayev, pictured in 2016
World
21.06.2017
Airport in capital renamed after president
Bordeaux winemakers are becoming increasingly concerned that climate change is putting traditional scenes like this, harvest time at Chateau Marquis de Terme near Bordeaux, in jeopardy.
World
21.06.2017
Growers at Bordeaux winefest unite against climate change
Massive protests against corruption in February forced the Romanian government to abandon legislation seen as easing up on graft
World
21.06.2017
Political crisis explained
Argentinian former President Cristina Kirchner waves during a rally in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2017
World
21.06.2017
Kirchner launches party for Senate bid
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Protesters have in recent years gathered in support of stripping the name of late Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito from a prominent square in Croatia's capital
World 20.06.2017
Party seeks to scrub Tito's name from square
Thousands of migrants are making the perilous crossing across Mediterranean Sea -- from Libya to southern Europe
World 20.06.2017
Country authorities arrests Nigerian torturer dubbed 'Rambo'
Instead of the traditional tranquil Buddhas and mythical beasts that adorn most monasteries in the land, the shimmering Wat Ta Kien temple outside Bangkok is guarded by three towering Transformer robots
World 20.06.2017
Temples transformed: superheroes bolster Buddha's ranks
The US Supreme Court suit went back to a seemingly insignificant event in April 2010, when a man named Lester Packingham learned that authorities had dropped court proceedings stemming from a traffic ticket
World 19.06.2017
Court says sex offenders cannot be barred from social media
A huge wildfire in Portugal killed at least 60 people, including many trapped in cars
World 18.06.2017
Forest fire turns route 236 into road of hell
US President Donald Trump has denied trying to influence the FBI investigation into alleged Russian election meddling
World 18.06.2017
US President again blasts 'distraction of the witch hunt'
Smoke billows behind the emblemati Al-Nuri mosque in Mosul's Old City, where Iraqi forces have launched an assault on the Islamic State group
World 18.06.2017
Mosul's Old City threatened as showdown looms
Chhum Long's daughter was paid $10,000 to be a surrogate mother, a sum worth nearly a decade of average income in Cambodia
World 18.06.2017
Surrogacy remains a lure for Cambodia's poorest despite ban
The chances of rescuing alive two miners trapped in an apparently flooded mine in southern Chile look slim: officials
World 18.06.2017
Chances fade for rescuing trapped miners
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