Typhoon Champi is expected to sweep past Taiwan's northeast coast on Friday and Saturday as it moves towards China and Japan, Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. Champi is packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 213 kilometres (13...

Youth-driven protests have been popping up all over Europe: in Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Albania, Serbia and Greece. The spark here in France was deteriorating conditions in high schools and universities, particularly for students from underp...

The mayor of Belen and two young women visited a care home on their trip to Nanmoku, a village of just 1,300 people in Gunma Prefecture, greeting the elderly with broad smiles as some looked on slightly puzzled. "From the moment I arrived, I began ...

The European Parliament has named the Netherlands-based tribunal among the three finalists for its Sakharov Prize alongside Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu and twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi, representing those prosecuted by the Irani...

The Asian Para Games is taking place in the central Japanese hub city through Saturday, featuring around 4,000 athletes and officials in 18 sports. Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa apologised on Wednesday for the latest error, which occurred despite o...

Pyongyang has rejected claims it was behind an explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers last month inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer area that has divided the two Koreas since their 1953 armistice, and mockingly...

The 33-year-old, who was a standout in Australia's recent one-day series against Bangladesh, apologised for "failing to meet the standards" expected of her. Cricket Australia said in a statement she breached "requirements under the Sports Science a...

Indonesia experiences fires regularly during its dry season, and experts say years of deforestation and the draining of peatland for cultivation have rendered previously fire-resistant landscapes vulnerable. Driven by a strong El Nino cycle and res...

For some voters, the 66-year-old Eisenkot's lack of charisma may be one of his greatest assets. Serious and unassuming, Eisenkot is in many ways the opposite of Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving prime minister, who has flawless American-accented ...

Pyongyang has rejected claims it was behind an explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers last month inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer area that has divided the two Koreas since their 1953 armistice, and mockingly...