Despite severe storms in the United States and the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June, the losses were well below the $152 billion recorded in the first half of 2025, the group said in its latest report. The losses were also 10 percen...

The allegation comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned -- without providing evidence -- that Moscow was receiving more ballistic projectiles and troops from its ally Pyongyang. Russia has turned to North Korea for support througho...

Turkey’s parliament on Monday approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government’s peace initiative with their insurgent group. FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer shares ...

Gross domestic product is now expected to expand by 4.5 to 5.5 percent year-on-year in 2026, up from a previous forecast of 2.0 to 4.0 percent, the government said. "This reflects the better-than-expected performance of the Singapore economy in the...

Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday (August 11) as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid expectations that the death toll from the country's most powerful earthquake in de...

Infantino came under renewed fire in an open letter signed by three confederations -- Europe's UEFA, North and Central America's CONCACAF and Asia's AFC -- accusing the world football boss of breaking trust "through deception". But Trump backed Inf...

A leading UK conservation charity is in a crowdfunding race against time in an ambitious bid to buy a swathe of rolling moorlands and woodlands, in the largest land sale in England in three decades. The Wildlife Trusts organisation needs to raise ...

Russia has stepped up ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, with Ukraine responding with strikes deep inside Russian territory. The overnight attacks spanned Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk, regional authorities said....

The French men’s 400 x 200m freestyle relay team won silver at the European Championships. On his return to France, Léon Marchand posted the world’s best time of the year in the 200m.

The post became vacant following the contested removal last month of the previous president, an Orban ally, as pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar pushes to loosen his predecessor's lingering hold over state institutions. Magyar's rulin...

On the island of Borneo, the mayor of the city of Pontianak ordered schools closed due to the smoke wafting over the city from fires elsewhere. Public records show there are tens of thousands of public school pupils in the city, which is in Indones...

Amatosero will, as a result, miss Saturday's return Test against Japan in Townsville. A disciplinary committee ruled that Amatosero had been guilty of dangerous play after his shoulder made contact with the head of Japan captain Warner Dearns at a ...

Poland's Swiatek, a six-time Grand Slam champion, took just 64 minutes to sweep past Russia's Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-1. Ukraine's Svitolina, the ninth seed, beat Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. Swiatek reached just her second WTA semi...