Oil prices jumped and major stock markets mostly retreated Thursday as investors reacted to fears of widening conflict in the Middle East.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will propose a new happiness index during his first parliamentary policy speech on ...

At a laboratory in Beijing, purple and green hybrid-species grapes are laid out on a board for testing, part of the strategy ...

A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal ...

Japanese shares rallied Thursday as the yen extended losses after the country's new prime minister dampened interest rate ...

Designated members of the EU's new top executive team are to be grilled by lawmakers next month in a showdown every five ...

In the semi-abandoned village of Ulken on a giant steppe, Anna Kapustina, a mother of five, hopes controversial plans to ...

In northern Ivory Coast, thousands of refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso have fled two threats -- jihadist attacks, and ...

"Smile and the whole world smiles with you," goes the expression -- and it seems the same is true for bottlenose dolphins.

Antonio Conte has taken Napoli back to the top of Serie A for the first time since they won the title in 2023 but he says ...

Argentine President Javier Milei has made good on threats to veto proposed increases to university funding, with the measure ...

A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal ...