A native Appalachian evergreen is being restored to the ecosystem through a multi-year project to plant 10,000 red spruce ...

Tearful mourners prayed Thursday as ceremonies began across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when ...

Under the shade of trees at a mass grave in Indonesia's Aceh province, survivors and mourners recited Islamic prayers, ...

Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor ...

Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the ...

Azerbaijan began a national day of mourning Thursday after a passenger jet from the flag carrier crashed in western Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 of the 67 people onboard.

Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and a massive Christmas morning ...

Santa Pals clothed more than 400 children and provided more than 400 meals earlier this month as part of its second year of ...

With Nepal's snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the ...

Beside India's holy rivers, a makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected to be so vast it will be ...

Asia's stocks rose in thin Boxing Day trade on Thursday, extending a "Santa Rally" with key markets Hong Kong and Sydney ...

The quiet resumption of operations at a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip last month marked a small but significant step ...