Billboards still read "Welcome to Arbil, 2014 Arab Tourism Capital", but most of the visitors welcomed by Iraq's Kurdistan region last year were people made homeless by a jihadist offensive.
Behind a wooden counter in downtown Yangon's Coffee Club, the unmistakable hiss of steaming milk briefly drowns out a funky soundtrack piped through a store filled with students glued to smartphones.
Australia's conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott came under renewed leadership pressure on Sunday, a little more than a year into office, following voter backlash in a state poll and a slump in his personal approval rating.
Mexico's government has cut its 2015 budget by nearly 3 percent after a drop in global prices hurt public finances, and it is shelving a tainted $3.75 billion high-speed train tender as part of its austerity measures.
A foreigner was allegedly among the fatalities in the recent gunbattle that killed 49 police officers and 18 Muslim militants in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, a Muslim group said on Sunday.
The Japanese, who inhabit one of the safest countries in the world, have been reminded in a brutal fashion that the world is a dangerous place.
The National Football League, which will crown its champion on Sunday in the quintessential American sporting spectacle of Super Bowl 49, is gaining fans globally - with China leading the way.
Bath or bar?: Despite being at the top of her game for a decade, Maria Sharapova admits she still gets nervous at big tournaments.
A group of black civil rights activists was exonerated on Wednesday in the United States, more than 50 years after being condemned to hard labor for sitting in a whites-only area of a restaurant.
Renowned for a scarcity of taxis and for grumpy drivers, Paris is fertile ground for new transportation apps such as Uber, but traditional cabbies are not giving up without a fight.
Uber has failed to win a license to resume operations in New Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger in the Indian capital last month, an official said on Thursday.
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