Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after ...

A French theme park said Wednesday that it would close early next year over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals ...

Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, whose romance novels were wildly popular in the Chinese-speaking world, has died, authorities ...

Double Olympic road cycling champion Remco Evenepoel says he faces "a long journey" after breaking a hand, ribs and shoulder ...

Oil prices were edging higher in early trade, supported by a new wave of U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports and ...

Months of fighting on the Ukrainian front have not taken away Kostya's sense of humour -- even when it comes to the topic of ...

Gold futures were edging lower in early trade, but remain in a narrow range as traders await key U.S. data later this week ...

The euro was trading little changed as the French government faces a no confidence vote later after Prime Minister Michel ...

China said Wednesday it had "noted" South Korea's dramatic short-lived declaration of martial law, but that it "will not comment" on the country's internal affairs.

Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, authorities said ...

Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia hopes to make history as the first New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate to secure ...

Four of Britain's five nuclear power plants still in operation will have their lifetime extended, their French operator EDF said Wednesday, as the UK aims to decarbonise its energy grid by 2030.