Southeast Asian leaders met in Laos on Wednesday for a summit expected to find ways of tackling a worsening civil war in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday the government will aim to compile a supplementary budget after the ...

Renewable energy sources are set to meet nearly half of all electricity demand by the end of the decade, but to fall short of a U.N. goal to triple capacity to reduce carbon emissions, an ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will stage a rally in President Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania ...

A Brazilian nun who has helped refugees and migrants for 40 years on Wednesday won the Nansen prize awarded every year by the ...

Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord following a court decision, the country's infotech regulator ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, as widely expected, but tweaked its policy ...

The estranged sister of Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong died on Wednesday at 69, after being diagnosed with ...

Gravity brought China's soaring stock market back to earth with a thud on Wednesday. Disappointment about the lack - so far - ...

Russia's air defence units destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones targeting its west, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, while regional officials said the attacks caused no casualties.

European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Yannis Stournaras is backing two interest rate cuts this year and expects further ...