The end of the pager era is nigh in Japan after five decades as the country's last provider announced on Monday that it would be scrapping its service next year.
KABUL - Murtaza Ahmadi moved the world with his love for soccer superstar Lionel Messi in 2016. His dream of meeting the Argentine came true, but now the 7-year-old boy is living a nightmare as one of thousands of Afghans displaced by war.
LONDON - Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against emails showing the social media giant offering Netflix and other popular apps preferential access to people's data.
London is suspending its so-called "gold-plated" visa program in an attempt to crack down on financial crime and corruption.
WASHINGTON - The death of George H.W. Bush is bringing together the five remaining members of an oh-so-exclusive fraternity - the US presidents club. But for President Donald Trump, it may not be an entirely comfortable reunion, throwing him together with former occupants of the Oval Office who have given him decidedly mixed reviews.
Tokyo hopes to welcome US President Donald Trump twice in just two months next year, as a way to create a friendly atmosphere ahead of "tough, going-concrete" bilateral trade talks, analysts say.
YAKUTSK, Russia - Eduard Romanov points to a spot on a block of flats where a major supporting beam has sagged and begun to crack, destabilizing the nine stories of apartments above.
LUMBERTON, North Carolina - For more than 25 years, the man identified as the triggerman in the death of Michael Jordan's father has repeatedly declared his innocence in the murder.
BERLIN - A knife-edge vote on Friday will determine Angela Merkel's successor as head of her party after 18 years at the helm, with the German chancellor's own political fate and legacy on the line.
PARIS - The French government on Tuesday announced the suspension of fuel tax increases for six months, in a bid to quell fierce protests which have ballooned into the deepest crisis of Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
MEXICO CITY - Newly installed Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador launched his "transformation" of the country on Monday with a return to presidential news conferences and a new commission to investigate the internationally condemned disappearance of 43 students in 2014.
BEHROR, India - Ratan Kumar once battled India's brutal summers with damp bedsheets and midnight baths. Now he is among millions of Indians using air conditioning - helping make the world hotter still.
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