NEW YORK - Robert Frank, a trailblazing documentary photographer whose raw, piercing aesthetic placed him among the 20th century's greats, has died, according to his gallery. He was 94 years old.
Australia has started blocking access to websites featuring violent extremist material under new laws introduced in the aftermath of a terror attack at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March. That attack left 51 people dead.
YANGON - NASA is developing a new technique to forecast malaria outbreaks in Myanmar from space, as the emergence of new drug-resistant strains in Southeast Asia threatens efforts to wipe out the deadly disease globally.
The neo-Nazi mayor of a village in Germany said he will not give up his position without a fight after a national outcry led to calls for a new election, just days after his victory.
With steady and sustained development of China-UK relations envisioned, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom on Monday called for both nations to sustain mutual respect, open cooperation, inclusiveness, mutual learning and shoulder due responsibilities as major countries for the well-being of all mankind.
Google and Facebook have dominated internet search and social media for years, and now some states in the United States are saying they may be too big for the nation's own good.
The dark clouds that shrouded the Greek economy for almost a decade are clearing, according to the nation's prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Hundreds dead in the Philippines, a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam, hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia: Dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new strains.
From Nokia to Angry Birds, Finland's technology sector has long been setting global trends.
Because of its "unique" cooperation with Chinese technology companies, Helsinki is now at the fingertips of 1 billion Chinese people, according to Jan Vapaavuori, mayor of the Finnish capital.
The models will be on the catwalk, and photographers and celebrities in the front rows as New York Fashion Week gets underway.
NEW YORK - Jacquelin Febrillet was 26 years old on September 11, 2001 when jihadist hijackers flew two passenger jets into the World Trade Center just two blocks from where she worked.