Switching from beef to alternative proteins could save millions of lives and dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions, the World Economic Forum said Thursday. New research conducted by the Oxford Martin School for WEF showed that efforts to replace meat and especially beef could...

India rejected US President Donald Trump's comments mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funding a library in Afghanistan, saying Thursday that New Delhi has provided $3 billion in development assistance to the war-torn country. The US president on Wednesday took a swipe at what he...

A North Korean diplomat who was until recently acting ambassador to Italy has gone missing, a South Korean member of Parliament said Thursday, after a South Korean newspaper reported he was seeking asylum in the West. The diplomat, Jo Song Gil, disappeared with his wife after leaving...

Saudi state media say that suspects in the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have attended their first court hearing. The state-run Saudi Press Agency said Thursday that prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for five of the 11 who were at the hearing. The brief statement did...