In a statement, the US Navy said the transit "demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific." Tensions in the Taiwan Strait soared to their highest level in years this month after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited T...

Saturday's 25-18 Rugby Championship loss to a belligerent Argentina in Christchurch was the All Blacks' sixth defeat in eight Tests and a historic first win on New Zealand soil for the Pumas. It came just 10 days after New Zealand Rugby's board una...

The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt. Officials warned torrents of water ar...

It said 119 people had died in the previous 24 hours as heavy rains continued to lash parts of the country. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian subcontinent, but each year it also b...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine had an immediate impact on Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer which has relied on the ex-Soviet states for over 80 percent of its grain. Egypt, which turned to the International Monetary Fund for a loan after the...

Ethereum, whose digital unit ether tumbled in a crypto crash earlier this year, will in September undergo a major technical revolution. So what is the backdrop for the looming reset -- known as the Merge -- and how will it calm prices and cut elect...

Russia's curtailing of gas exports to Germany in the wake of the Ukraine war has forced Berlin to make the radical decision to restart coal power stations, at least temporarily. But infrastructure issues, manpower shortages and logistical problems ...

Official data released this month showed one in five young people in Chinese cities was out of work in July -- more than three times the national average and the highest recorded since January 2018. Nearly 11 million graduates entered China's bleak...

The 45-year-old has traveled all the way from northern England to Florida with her husband and two children for a space-themed vacation, and they're prepared to make sure they don't miss a second of the action as NASA's newest and most powerful rock...

Cheika also delivered a psychological jab at All Blacks counterpart Ian Foster -- whose position is back under fire after a shock first defeat to Argentina on home soil, New Zealand's sixth loss in their last eight Tests. Cheika openly sang the pra...

As the Gulf's increasingly fierce temperatures become dangerous to health amid fears over the pace of climate change, those who can afford not to work outside in the blazing sun stay inside in air-conditioning. And for owners of pampered pets able ...

Host United States defeated the Blitzboks 21-7 in the opening match and New Zealand edged South Africa 17-14 to deny the season leaders a quarter-final berth from Pool B. That left Australia, Argentina and Fiji still in the chase to overtake South ...

According to a document filed Friday in a San Francisco court, Facebook says it is submitting a draft "agreement in principle" and has requested a stay of proceedings for 60 days finalize it. The social network did not indicate the amount or terms...

The Madonna of Trapani procession, marking the Catholic Feast of the Assumption, is an echo of a "forgotten history" researchers of Italian origin say offers a model for coexistence with migrants, among faiths and ethnicities. The annual procession...

But this is not a scene from Game of Thrones or the Adventures of Robin Hood -- it's a breezy Sunday afternoon in the middle of Jakarta, one of the world's biggest megacities. The fighters are practicing sword-fighting techniques that were honed a...