Hong Kong authorities said on Friday the death toll from the city's worst fire in decades had risen to at least 94, with the ...

The Israeli army and police said Thursday they were investigating the circumstances in which two Palestinians were shot dead ...

Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bed sheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said ...

Most markets squeezed out gains Friday at the end of a strong week for equities fuelled by growing expectations that the ...

The Winter Egg, one of Faberge's most dazzling creations, is due to be auctioned in London next week and set another sales ...

The world's top wildlife trade organisation increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate ...

The toll from days of flooding in Southeast Asia rose on Friday, with at least 111 dead in Indonesia, and a hospital in ...

Sri Lankan authorities deployed the military for relief and rescue operations Friday as the death toll from floods and ...

Donald Trump said Thursday he would suspend migration from what the US leader called "third world countries", a day after an ...

A worker accused of "stealing" snacks worth less than a dollar in South Korea has finally been acquitted after a legal battle ...

A man who attacked Pope John Paul II in 1981 was escorted from the Turkish town of Iznik on Thursday ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit there, Turkish media reported.