Nigeria-based Boko Haram jihadists are behind horrendous violence in neighboring Cameroon, where they have kidnapped more than 1,000 children and used some youngsters as human shields, a top United Nations official has said.
Dutch scientists have developed a revolutionary system that could one day help isolated villages around the world steadily generate electricity from mundane waterlogged plants such as rice growing in paddy fields.
A local councilor whose zealous anti-waste campaign led to a French law forcing supermarkets to give leftover food to charity is now preparing a petition to take the legislation Europe-wide.
Japan is looking at installing toilets in elevators and providing an emergency supply of drinking water for people trapped by the nation's frequent powerful earthquakes, an official said on Wednesday.
Bolivia's mix of Roman Catholic and indigenous traditions are on display across La Paz as thousands of costumed dancers perform during the annual Feast of the Great Power, a raucous street party that celebrates a rendering of Jesus Christ with native features and outstretched arms.
Claudia is a shy, stout adolescent, but today she looks like a princess in a fluorescent fairy tale as she dances in her electric-blue gown and jewel-encrusted sneakers for the 250 guests at her 15th birthday party in Mexico City.
US President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday legislation that reforms a government surveillance program that swept up millions of US residents' telephone records.
What happens with the phone records collection?
More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the US-led coalition started its campaign against the militant group nine months ago in Iraq and Syria, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Wednesday that everything must be done to stop Middle East respiratory syndrome, as fear of the disease shut hundreds of schools and led to corporate giant Samsung calling off a staff conference.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday that as long as there is one Ebola case in West Africa, "all countries are at risk".
The little Belgian town of Waterloo is feverishly preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of history's greatest battles, hoping it can reclaim its name from a London railway station and an ABBA song.
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