(Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday offered $20 billion in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that
The Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland has calved an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan, scientists say. Images from a Nasa satellite show the island
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been given the title of marshal, state media has announced. The move followed a high-level military reshuffle in which
(Reuters) – Syria’s defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law were killed in a Damascus suicide bomb attack carried out by a bodyguard on Wednesday,
Some 12 million schoolchildren across South Africa have sung a specially composed song as part of official celebrations for Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday on Wednesday.
Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic has urged the Scottish government to hold a referendum on proposals to legalise same-sex marriage. Cardinal Keith O’Brien said a