The Talara tanker was travelling from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Singapore.

State-owned energy firms will be fully audited and new management brought in, the Ukrainian PM says.

In October more than 260 settler attacks resulted in Palestinians casualties or property damage according to the UN.

"There has been too much pretence and performance, and too little action," says UN human rights chief Volker …

South Korea's national college entry exam is notoriously hard - but blind students face unique challenges.

Almost a year to the day after Boualem Sansal was arrested, the Algerian president grants him a pardon.

Pennies today cost nearly four cents each to make - more than twice the cost of a decade ago.