China on Friday unveiled some of its most ambitious plans in years to lift local government debt and boost its economy, ...

The UN condemned on Friday the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel's war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 percent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to ...

Missing samosas sparked a police probe in India with five officers facing disciplinary action for allegedly eating a plate of ...

A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to engine failure soon after taking off from Australia's Sydney Airport, ...

Russian attacks overnight wounded more than two dozen people in the Ukrainian border city of Kharkiv and killed one in the ...

China said on Friday lawmakers had agreed to raise the local government debt ceiling by $840 billion, opening up new funds for its ailing economy as they eye the possibility ...

Tom Daley has knitted jumpers, cardigans and speedos, and now the retired Olympic diving champion is displaying his most ...

Itaru Sekiguchi first heard the Great Organ of the Paris Notre Dame cathedral when he was 10. The "infernal sound" changed ...

Sony's net profit jumped in the second quarter thanks to stronger sales in gaming, music and imaging sensors, the PlayStation ...

Asia's markets rally stuttered Friday after early gains as traders struggled to keep up with another Wall Street record following the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut, while they were also ...

Yana, a 12-year-old Moscovite, is worried she will have to give up her hobby of quadrobics -- a fitness and social media ...

Singer Pharrell Williams is due to kick off one of Europe's biggest tech events on Monday, the Web Summit in Lisbon, with ...