The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.

A year ago, during an unprecedented ceasefire, Afghan forces and the Taliban put down their weapons to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid. As talks over the country’s future continue, do those who came together feel any closer to a lasting peace?

Concerns overcrowding at prisons for Isis suspects could fuel radicalisation

A 3,000-year-old Tutankhamun bust that Egypt claims was stolen has fetched £4.7m ($6m) at auction.

A floating mass of seaweed stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is now the biggest seaweed bloom in the world, according to satellite observations.

In Malaysia, Riza Aziz – ex-PM Najib Razak’s stepson – was detained then released on bail

President Donald Trump has hailed the “brave men and women” of the US military in a speech at an Independence Day event in Washington DC.

The Justice Department says it was still looking for a way to include a controversial citizenship question on the 2020 census.

Chinese official says death toll from pig fever has risen to 1.2 million but spread has “significantly slowed”.

Russia’s state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom has signed a five-year contract to import gas from the energy-rich Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan.