A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese hill tribe activist to six months in prison for illegally entering the kingdom and staying without a visa, his lawyer told AFP.

Novak Djokovic is confident he can still win Grand Slams, starting at the Australian Open, with the Serbian kickstarting his ...

With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh ...

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A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of ...

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday ...

It has been a long time since a France-based trainer won British horseracing's King George VI Chase but there are three cross-Channel raiders with live hopes for Thursday's fascinating renewal at ...

Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since ...

English Premier League table ahead of Thursday's Boxing Day matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): ...

A top Wall Street regulator ordered Edward Jones, Osaic Wealth, and Cambridge Investment Research to pay more than $8.2 ...

Two crew members are missing after a Russian defence ministry-owned cargo ship sank in international waters in the Mediterranean following an explosion on board, Moscow said Tuesday, giving few ...

Famine has spread across war-torn Sudan and is projected to expand even further, a UN-backed assessment said Tuesday, with refugee camps and displaced communities hit particularly hard.