Europe has been swept by weeks of devastating wildfires fuelled by dry conditions and a historically hot summer that has already contributed to the deaths of thousands of people. France, Greece, Portugal and Spain were also battling major fires ove...

Hopes that the Federal Reserve will not tighten policy next month boosted equities last week -- pushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to records -- as closely watched reports pointed to a softening labour market and inflation easing, even if it is still we...

The site in Kishangarh, a major marble-processing hub in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, is blanketed in white slurry and discarded stone generated when marble and granite blocks are cut and polished. Spread across 82 acres (33 hectares), it r...

Bangladesh pulled off a massive upset in Darwin on Sunday when they crushed the world's top-ranked side, who were at full strength, by nine wickets. Bangladesh had never won a Test in Australia before. "We were poor this Test match," McDonald said...

Sri Lanka trail by 363 runs with five wickets in hand, with Sonal Dinusha on 14 and Niroshan Dickwella eight. After posting 462 all out, India's attack rammed home the advantage with some disciplined bowling on a pitch offering plenty of assistanc...

Sri Lanka trail by 363 runs with five wickets in hand, with Sonal Dinusha on 14 and Niroshan Dickwella eight. After posting 462 all out, India's attack rammed home the advantage with some disciplined bowling on a pitch offering plenty of assistanc...

The 51-year-old was found guilty last year of murdering her husband's parents and an elderly aunt in 2023 by serving them a beef Wellington lunch laced with lethal death cap mushrooms. Patterson was also convicted of the attempted murder of her hus...

"This place was always called Homer's Valley by the locals. Travellers from all over the world would come and see the cave where Homer is said to have composed his poems," explained Turkish researcher Altan Altin, who has written a book on the subje...

The 7.7-magnitude quake early on Saturday killed 54 people and injured more than 100. Rescue officials have said there were no reports of people missing. The number of people unable to return to their homes had risen to 12,800 by Monday morning, di...

Marlene Nino, a 70-year-old retired lawyer who lost her sister Doris, said she felt grateful for the volunteers who helped recover some of her photos from the ruins. "We're left with the memories," she told AFP as she showed a picture of herself wi...