Burundi's environment minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, police said, the first assassination of its kind since the country was plunged into political turmoil in 2015. Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, the country's water, environment and planning minister, was killed...

(Sky News)- Five people have been killed and dozens rescued after a blaze ripped through a boat carrying tourists to Indonesian islands. The craft was heading to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, when it caught fire. Some 17 people were also injured, said Ferry Budiharso,...

Antonio Guterres took the reins of the United Nations on New Year's Day, promising to be a "bridge-builder" but facing an antagonistic incoming U.S. administration led by Donald Trump who thinks the world body's 193 member states do nothing except talk and have a good time. The former...

President-elect Donald Trump again cast doubt Saturday on a U.S. intelligence finding that Russia meddled in the U.S. election through computer hacking, a conclusion that led to U.S. sanctions against Moscow. "Well, I just want them to be sure, because it's a pretty serious charge, and I...