French serial killer 'The Serpent' released from jail
Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series "The Serpent," walked free from a Nepali prison Friday.
They were welcomed into British homes. Celebrating their first Christmas together, Ukrainians wonder if that hospitality will last
Last year, Nataliia Doroshko, a 35-year-old lawyer, celebrated St. Nicholas Day with friends and family in her home city of Cherkasy, on the snowy banks of the Dnipro River, downstream from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
English cricketer Sam Curran becomes most expensive buy in Indian Premier League auction history
English cricketer Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) -- after being sold to the Punjab Kings for 18.5 crore rupees ($2.22 million).
Leaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December: reports
Almost 250 million people in China may have caught Covid-19 in the first 20 days of December, according to an internal estimate from the nation's top health officials, Bloomberg News and the Financial Times reported Friday.
The Taliban pledged to honor women's rights in Afghanistan. Here's how it eroded them instead
When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 in a lightning takeover following the withdrawal of US troops, the radical Islamist group appeared keen to distance itself from its earlier period of rule in the 1990s, presenting itself as more moderate and committed to the internal peace process.
Police fire teargas to quell protesters at site of deadly Paris shooting
• French serial killer Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj released from Nepali jail
US strike kills 6 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia
The US carried out a strike in Somalia that killed six al-Shabaab militants on Friday, US Africa Command said in a statement.
UK wages next year will be at their lowest level since 2006, report says
Brits hoping for a new-year salary bump to offset soaring food and energy costs may be disappointed.
Democracy has its flaws, but it has emerged from the pandemic in much ruder health than the alternative
For nearly half a decade, you could be forgiven for thinking just about everything in Western democracy seemed a bit broken. The social-media yelling in 140 characters. The wild populism, and dog-whistle racism. The clumsy coronavirus lockdowns and their attendant conspiracy theories. The tolerance of absolute, constant falsehoods. The questioning and beleaguering of the electoral process.