Australian Cardinal George Pell was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for the "brazen" sexual abuse of two choirboys, in what the judge lambasted as a "grave" abuse of power, The Agence France-Presse reported.
KABUL - The peace talks between the United States and Afghan Taliban have made progress after 16-day tough negotiations in Qatar's capital Doha, and conditions for achieving peaceful settlement have improved, US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said in a statement posted on his Twitter account.
BARCELONA, Spain - For the past few weeks, Harry Kajevic has been sleeping in a 2.4-square-meter capsule apartment in a clandestine location.
Australia, Singapore and the United Kingdom on Tuesday banned Boeing 737 MAX planes from their airspaces and airlines around the world grounded the jets following a second deadly accident in just five months.
OSAKA/TOKYO - Osaka, long Japan's "second city", is winning the race against Tokyo to draw foreign tourists, but its retailers and property developers are adapting to shifting tourism spending patterns.
ALGIERS, Algeria - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday announced that he would not run for a fifth presidential term, but he indefinitely postponed presidential elections slated for April 18, the official APS news agency reported.
JAKARTA, Indonesia - With just over a month to go before the presidential election, Indonesian President Joko Widodo holds a double-digit lead over his challenger, retired general Prabowo Subianto, according to an opinion poll released this week.
HREBIENOK, Slovakia - A young nun breathes deeply as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly colored light streaming through a church, and as she exhales, you can see her breath.
NEW DELHI - National elections in India will begin on April 11, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party seeks a second term.
BAGHDAD - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani began his first official visit to Iraq on Monday, aiming to strengthen "brotherly ties" between Teheran and Baghdad.
AUSTIN, Texas - After years of global efforts, the first-ever images of our own galaxy's central black hole are expected to be released within this year, according to scientists working on the Block Hole Initiative.
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Malaysia released an Indonesian woman on Monday after prosecutors dropped the murder charge against her for the death of a man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at Kuala Lumpur airport in 2017.
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