("The Star-Spangled Banner" plays) The Star-Spangled banner isn't as old as the flag. It was written during another war, the War of 1812, by a man who was glad to see his country's flag. Francis ...

An order by Malaysia’s education ministry requiring pupils to wear a patch of the country’s flag stitched on their uniforms has been questioned by some as unnecessary, with parents and ...

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...

An LGBT activist's comments offend veterans at a council meeting, highlighting tensions in today's activism landscape.

The capital of Vietnam with its population of eight million people has been named Asia's best city break ... tourism website hails its "rambling" Old Quarter and "crumbling" French colonial ...

It also said the blazes, which began last Friday, had scorched or were still burning across 88,000 acres of land in the country’s southeastern ... each more than 1,000 years old.

The hat is a national symbol and appears in the middle of the country's flag. The blankets are made ... Prince Harry first went to Lesotho as a 19-year-old and has returned to the country many ...

Mohammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government in Bangladesh, has played down concerns over deteriorating ties with India, asserting that the Southeast Asian ... the two countries, he replied ...

Mahmoud Muna looked on in disbelief as plain-clothes Israeli police officers rifled the shelves in his decades-old bookstore in occupied ... a Palestinian flag, its colors, or any symbol of ...

Joshua Riibe may have been the last person to see Sudiksha Konanki before the 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh ... “I think Democrats in this country, but I think the broad middle of the ...

Our writer takes us on a journey of a lifetime across the so-named “5-Stans,” with all the wonder and mystery these nations ...

"Other countries produce humidors, but we create them with passion, just like in the old days," said Adrián ... adorned with Cuban flags, intricate train designs, or striking abstract patterns.