Japan sweltered in a new record temperature of 41.2C on Wednesday, with the mercury also hitting 40C in the ancient capital ...

Fishers do not usually wish for a "perfect storm". But Latvian boating communities are hoping for exactly that: a rare ...

Like many people affected by serious illness in ex-Soviet Central Asia, Almagul Ibrayeva is having trouble finding medicine ...

The spur to build Toronto's billion-dollar-plus flood prevention project dates back to a devastating hurricane in 1954, but ...

Thousands of carpets and kilim rugs spread out in the sun form a festive and kaleidoscopic patchwork on the outskirts of ...

As teenagers in Norway, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen and his younger cousin Vebjorn Bjelland Berg survived a mass shooting ...

Alexander Zverev made a storming return after a month away from tennis on Tuesday, with the top seed pounding out a 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 win over Adam Walton to reach ...

Thailand accused Cambodia on Wednesday of a "flagrant violation" of a truce deal to end cross-border fighting, saying ...

Stablecoin excitement has gripped Hong Kong as the city prepares to launch a licensing system for the less volatile type of ...

Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as investors kept tabs on China-US developments after they agreed to further talks to ...

Tsunamis hit parts of Russia's Far East and Japan on Wednesday after a huge magnitude 8.8 earthquake, with warnings in place ...

England and India head to the Oval for the decisive fifth and final Test of a hard-fought campaign on Thursday, with both ...