Kuwait refinery hit A drone attack on a refinery owned by Kuwait's national oil company sparked a fire at one of the units, state media said. "Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announced that one of the operational units of the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery.....

After a stunning election win in February, parliament put the incumbent back in the pilot's chair on Thursday, with the millionaire conservative tasked with tackling weak growth and other economic turbulence on the horizon. He has a taste for stree...

Tehran carried out attacks on Qatar's huge Ras Laffan LNG facility in retaliation for an Israeli strike Wednesday on Iran's South Pars gas field, part of the world's largest natural gas reservoir. Oil prices soared five percent and European gas jum...

Doncic, the league's leading scorer, added 10 assists and nine rebounds while 41-year-old James hit 13-of-14 shots from the floor for the visiting Lakers. "He pulled it out with big shots, big time," James said, heaping praise on Slovenian Doncic. ...

Chasing a 21st league crown, Inter were given a huge let off last weekend when closest challengers AC Milan lost at Lazio and allowed Christian Chivu's side to move eight points clear. Stuttering Inter will be put to the test by Fiorentina who are ...

"There's no shortage", but over the past few days "there has been a noticeable increase in the price of certain food products", the father of four said. The price of meat in particular has almost doubled, he added. Like most of its neighbours in ...

Kolding -- Denmark's eighth biggest city with 64,000 inhabitants -- lies at the intersection of the main road and rail routes linking Jutland, the continental part of Denmark, to the eastern islands where Copenhagen is located. Campaign posters lin...

Staff at Hobart Airport in Australia's Tasmania state said the disoriented marsupial was spotted among the stuffed toys on Wednesday. Video showed the critter nervously perched on a shelf, seamlessly blending in with the toy kangaroos and bears. "...

Falling shrapnel struck a hair salon in the West Bank town of Beit Awa near Hebron late Wednesday, killing the three women, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, marking the first Palestinian deaths from Iranian attacks in the ongoing Mid...

About half of the expected 15,000 athletes and officials will live in the eye-catching temporary accommodation during the Games, which are in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4 -- coinciding with typhoon season in Japan. ...

Here is a look at some of the key energy facilities that have been targeted in the US-Israel war with Iran. Ras Laffan Ras Laffan in Qatar is the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub. It has been repeatedly targeted by Iranian strikes si...

AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events from the March 20-22 champs: Women's 800m All eyes will be on Keely Hodgkinson after the Briton smashed the indoor 800m world record last month. Untimely injuries have prevented the 24-year-old from taking p...

Moscow's closest partner in the bloc, the nationalist Hungarian leader has long resisted helping Kyiv to repel Russia's invasion, stalling EU aid and repeated rounds of sanctions. This time around, Orban is holding up a 90-billion-euro ($104 billio...

Brent crude soared past $115 per barrel as Tehran threatened to target regional installations after an Israeli hit on a site serving its massive South Pars field, which it shares with Qatar. Iranian missiles struck Qatar's Ras Laffan, the world's ...

The 48-year-old has led the Super Rugby club to a semi-final and a qualifying final over the past two seasons, and guided them to the top of this year's standings after five rounds. "I really feel like I'm at home here. We play a brand of rugby tha...