At least 17 people were killed when a fire broke out on Friday at a fuel storage station operated by Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina in the capital Jakarta, an official at the city's main firefighting unit said

Russian troops and mercenaries rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, bringing Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war

Scientists have discovered a hidden passage inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid, the authorities have announced.

UK lawmakers announced yesterday they will question former prime minister Boris Johnson over whether he lied about “Partygate”, in a probe that could trigger his removal as a member of parliament.

Russian troops and mercenaries rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut yesterday, bringing Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war.

Turkey’s opposition alliance fractured yesterday after one of the leaders refused to endorse a joint candidate against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason yesterday, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was

The world cannot recover from a spate of crises if its poorest nations are forgotten, the UN envoy for the least developed countries told AFP ahead of a key summit

A court in Belarus on Friday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison for financing protests and other crimes, in a case that rights groups say was politically motivated.

Xi Jinping will secure a third term as China's president at a rubber-stamp parliament that starts this weekend, enjoying unchallengeable status despite criticism over his handling of Covid and the economy

As the country cleared roads and restored power lines cut by Cyclone Judy, residents were jolted early Friday by twin earthquakes and told to hunker down for a second approaching storm -- Cyclone Kevin.

Wayne Shorter, the storied saxophonist considered one of America's greatest jazz composers and among the genre's leading risk-takers, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 89

Iranian authorities yesterday arrested four people in connection with an assault on a woman outside a girls’ school targeted in a wave of poisoning attacks, a news agency said.

Ukrainian forces hung on to positions in the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut yesterday, while Moscow said its security forces had battled Ukrainian saboteurs who had taken hostages in a cross-border raid.

The Greek government yesterday acknowledged failures in state management of its rail system, following a train collision that killed 48 and has triggered angry protests.

The United States and its European allies sparred with Russia over the war in Ukraine at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi yesterday, with the rival sides each accusing the other of destabilising the world.

A new moai, one of Easter Island’s iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said.

The United States and its European allies sparred with Russia over the war in Ukraine at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on Thursday, with the rival sides each accusing the other of destabilising the world

The FBI has arrested a man who allegedly attempted to bring an explosive device onto an airplane in Pennsylvania, US authorities said Wednesday

Passengers have described scenes of horror and chaos from the crash, many dodging smashed glass and debris as the train keeled over, and breaking windows to climb out.