Gunman murders at least 30 in Thai nursery attack: police
Bangkok: A former police officer armed with a gun and a knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on Thursday, shooting dead at least 30 people including children before killing himself and his...
Pitt 'choked' one child, hit another in Jolie plane fight
Los Angeles - Brad Pitt allegedly hit one of his children in the face and choked another during a fight with Angelina Jolie on a private plane, according to court papers filed Tuesday in the United...
OPEC+ mulls big oil output cuts
OPEC+ is considering oil cuts as big as 2 million barrels per day, an OPEC source told Reuters on Tuesday, a day ahead of a formal meeting of the oil-producing group.The OPEC+ meeting set to take...
Yemen ceasefire ends without extension
A six-month truce in Yemen's war has expired without being extended, the United Nations' special envoy said on Sunday, urging calm and adding that negotiations are continuing. Hans Grundberg said...
UK makes major tax U-turn after uproar
Birmingham, United Kingdom - Britain's beleaguered finance minister on Monday announced a dramatic U-turn on a tax cut announced as part of an economic package that has bombed with the markets,...
129 dead in Indonesia football stadium riot
Malang, Indonesia - At least 129 people died at an Indonesian football stadium riot in which thousands of angry home fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas that triggered a...
Hurricane Ian pounds Florida, leaves millions in dark
Punta Gorda, United States: Hurricane Ian left much of coastal southwest Florida in darkness early Thursday, bringing "catastrophic" flooding that left officials readying a huge emergency response to...
Saudi Arabia's crown prince named PM
Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has been named prime minister, a post traditionally held by the king, in a government shuffle announced Tuesday. The move effectively...
India bans group for terror links
New Delhi - India banned on Wednesday a group and its affiliates for five years over alleged terrorism links, after nationwide crackdowns that saw hundreds in the organization arrested.The notice seen...
Pound hits record low versus dollar, Italy stocks up after vote
London: The pound hit a record low against the dollar Monday on surging fears about the ailing UK economy. Stock markets mostly extended losses and oil prices fell further after last week's routs...
Why are climate activists calling for reparations?
New York - Pakistan's catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels, to compensate developing countries for the...
Bangladesh PM denounces rich nations on climate
New York - A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change. But the urgency of the situation is not being...
Iraq's Green Zone: seat of power, heart of protests
Baghdad - In the heart of Iraq's capital lies Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which last month saw angry protesters storm its perimeter -- the latest in nearly two decades of assaults on the seat of...
Markets tumble again as Fed hikes rates
Hong Kong - Markets sank Thursday and the dollar rallied after the Federal Reserve unveiled a third straight jumbo interest rate hike, said more were in the pipeline, and warned the battle against...
Dollar index highest in 20 years
London - The dollar on Wednesday reached the highest level in 20 years against a basket of major rival currencies with traders seeking safety as Russia escalates operations over Ukraine.The Dollar...
Strong quake strikes eastern Taiwan
A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan, bringing at least one building down in a small town and tearing up roads as forecasters said the threat of a regional tsunami had passed. The quake hit...
Key moments in Queen Elizabeth II's reign
LONDON - Here are some of the key moments defining the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.- 1947: Commonwealth broadcast - As heiress presumptive, Princess Elizabeth made a broadcast from Cape Town on her...
Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral
London - The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday will be the culmination of decades of meticulous planning.Here is how the day will unfold:- Return to the abbey...
Kate's task of following Diana as Princess of Wales
London - As the new Princess of Wales, Prince William's wife Catherine is inevitably drawing comparisons with her superstar predecessor, William's late mother Diana, whose legacy still frames...
Google loses appeal against antitrust fine
Luxembourg - The European Union's second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU's record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, slightly reducing the...