Michael Ondaatje is among one of 13 authors on the Man Booker Prize long list with his latest novel 'Warlight.'

Chinese President Xi Jinping is in South Africa for a state visit ahead of a summit of leaders of the BRICS economies.

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Pakistanis go to the polls Wednesday to elect a third straight civilian government, with more than 12,000 candidates vying for 272 seats in parliament and 577 seats in four provincial assemblies.

PSA Group, the maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, is doing what General Motors failed to do in 20 years: make the mass market brands Opel Vauxhall profitable.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s family business has outlined its 150-million-pound ($196 million) investment plan for the second phase of development of its golf course north of Aberdeen in Scotland.

The chief justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court has appointed the first woman chief justice to Baluchistan province’s highest court.

A hydroelectric dam collapsed in southeastern Laos, leaving an unknown number of people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday.

Israel says it is partially reopening its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip after Hamas hostilities subsided.

The wife of a Tunisian man detained last month over a plot to use the toxin ricin to carry out an attack in Germany was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being an accomplice.