Author: Archer Bannister

The foreign ministry of Ecuador announced on Tuesday that it was essentially reintroducing the need for a visa for visitors from China, citing a rise …

An heiress who has criticized Austria for not having inheritance and wealth taxes donated the majority of her fortune, 25 million euros ($27 million), to …

Following Tuesday’s protests, the Kenyan government decided to remove some tax increases that were originally part of its contentious financial package. According to Kuria Kimani, …

Amid simmering tensions over territorial disputes in the strategically significant and resource-rich South China Sea waterway, Manila has accused China of wounding Filipino troops and …

With the Senate voting decisively in favor of a bill that will make the kingdom the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality, …

The latest in a string of attacks on politicians, the assassination of the mayor-elect of a small municipality close to the crime-ridden Mexican vacation city …

Following a catastrophe off the southern coast of Italy on Monday, 64 people were reported missing at sea; 11 of them were saved and brought …

On Monday, German authorities declared that they had apprehended seven individuals and taken cocaine valued at 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) from multiple cargo ships. …

More than 120 people in Moscow sought medical attention after a suspected outbreak of an uncommon and extremely serious food poisoning, with at least 30 …

Sunday saw the invasion of a detention facility in southern Russia by security personnel, executing prisoners who were allegedly connected to Islamist terror groups and …