The country has passed the U.N. threshold of a "super-aged society," with one in five of the population now aged over 65.

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, blurring the border with ...

Palestinian Authority forces are clashing with armed groups in the occupied West Bank in a rare crackdown aimed at restoring ...

The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in Haiti ...

Almost 25 million people are now in urgent need of food aid, amounting to one of the gravest starvation crises in modern ...

Washington says Famine Early Warning System Network inflated estimated civilians in the area by 5 to 10 times; US ambassador ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

In 1996, four years after Slovenia and China established diplomatic relations, Borut Pahor headed an official delegation from ...

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins encourages us all to strive for democracy over war and the pursuit of peace in his ...

While not the most suspenseful NFL game ever played, Wednesday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers ...