"God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday (Oct 7) ...

Authorities and conservationists are rushing to rescue elephants, pigs and buffaloes from flash flooding in Thailand's ...

The Nobel prizes are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology on Monday (Oct 7). The ...

Amid the rocks, water and greenery at Lower Seletar Reservoir, the blobs of pink stood out. Not only did they catch the ...

Pope Francis will appoint 21 new cardinals from around the world, he announced on Sunday (Oct 6), in an unexpected push to ...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near New Zealand's capital city of Wellington, government seismic monitor GeoNet said on ...

Alphabet's Google is testing showing check marks next to certain companies on its search results, a company spokesperson said ...

At least one person was killed and 10 injured in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday (Oct 6) night, local broadcaster Geo News reported. The ...

At least five people have died and more than 100,000 remain stranded as devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains and ...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM — Israel bombed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday (Oct 6) ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct 7 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel's defence ...

Food delivery rider Roger hates standing still, especially when it is hot. “If I stop moving, that’s when the fatigue hits,” ...