"Woman, life, freedom" and "Death to the dictator", dozens of men and women chanted at the Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Amini's home town in the western province of Kurdistan, in videos shared online. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, die...

Cyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the Atlantic or typhoons in the Pacific -- are a regular menace in the region but scientists say climate change is likely making them more intense and frequent. Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in southern B...

The group's net profit between July and September reached 1.1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), compared with 194 million euros in the same period last year, it said in a statement. It was higher than forecasts by analysts from Factset, who predicted a...

The English are among the title favourites and heavily-fancied to beat Ireland after opening their tournament with a five-wicket win over Afghanistan at the weekend. But the Irish, who lost their opening Super 12 round match by nine wickets to Sri ...

The company posted a net profit of 2.42 billion euros ($2.41 billion) between July and September, thanks to strong commercial performance in Poland and Argentina. It surpassed forecasts of analysts who expected a profit of 2.15 billion euros. In t...

"We need it... especially in this difficult year," says Yiannis Dimitrakopoulos, a 75-year-old pensioner queuing for logs. Dozens of people wait patiently in their cars for their turn. "We try to get as much wood as we can. We have a fuel oil ce...

The budget shortfall for all levels of government from January to September was 7.16 trillion yuan ($980 billion), according to an analysis based on data released by Beijing's Ministry of Finance on Tuesday -- almost three times the 2.6 trillion sho...

An epic 82 not out from Virat Kohli powered India to a stunning last-ball win on Sunday in front of a frenzied crowd of more than 90,000 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pakistan have little room left for further error when they play Zimbabwe in Perth ...

Following talks in Tokyo, the three nations' deputy foreign ministers said they would ramp up their deterrence in the region. "We agreed to further strengthen cooperation ... so that North Korea can immediately stop its illegal activities and retur...

The two were involved in a scheme selling around eight tonnes of precious metals -- mostly gold and palladium -- between 2020 and 2021 for returns "incommensurate" with their backgrounds, customs official Rita Li said at a press conference. It was ...

This was the latest in a series of hacks targeting millions of people that have brought Australian companies' lax approach to cyber security into sharp relief. Medibank chief executive David Koczkar said information about each of the company's 3.9 ...

Hong Kong and Shanghai were among the best performers after China's central bank and forex officials pledged support for the country's equities, bonds and yuan, helping investors bounce back from Monday's rout. The mood across trading floors has be...

The 6.4-magnitude quake struck the mountain town of Dolores in Abra province late Tuesday, followed by numerous aftershocks over the rest of the night, the state seismology office said. "We hid under a table and my family only went out of the house...

"I have no choice but to come here," the 32-year-old nurse told AFP, asking not to be fully named as she discusses her family's financial struggles at a time food prices are surging in Israel. She worries about being able to feed her two children e...

Latin America's largest nation is four days from deciding whether to re-elect far-right President Jair Bolsonaro or leftist former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is leading a very tight race. The two men, both tarnished but with fervent supp...