Floods are a regular menace in India and Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability for the two countries' 1.6 billion people. In India's northeastern state of Assam, three people were ki...

Industry losses are expected to drop to $9.7 billion this year, a "huge improvement" from $137.7 billion in 2020 and $42.1 billion in 2021, IATA said in an upgraded industry outlook ahead of its annual general meeting in Doha. "Airlines are resilie...

While the rest of the world has steadily removed coronavirus curbs, China has remained committed to its zero-Covid strategy, using lockdowns and mass testing to stamp out all infections. But this strategy has hammered businesses and snarled supply ...

The country of 22 million people is in the grip of its worst economic crisis after running out of dollars to finance even the most essential imports, including fuel. On Monday schools were shut and state offices worked with skeleton staff as part o...

As domestic pressure mounted on him to intervene in the WikiLeaks founder's case, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he is sticking to comments he made while in opposition last year that "enough is enough". "I do not see what purpose is served by...

A 21-year-old national of Uzbek origin carried out the April 5 stabbing attack at the Imam Reza shrine which honours one of the most revered figures in Shiite Islam. The killings happened during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when large crowds of...

"The national police notified (us of) the requisition of the place, under the state of emergency," the House of Ecuadorian Culture said. President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency on Friday in three provinces, including the capital Qui...

"I do not want any athlete to be told they cannot compete at the highest level," Husain Al-Musallam, president of governing body FINA, told an extraordinary congress of his organisation. "I understand why transgender athletes want to compete in t...

"If the Russians take me, I won't be exchanged", said the Chechen fighting with the Ukrainian army near the front line. The 33-year-old dissident, a refugee who has been in Poland for nearly two decades, joined the Sheikh Mansur battalion in April....

Hobbled by pain in his knee and forced to use a wheelchair in recent weeks, the 85-year-old pontiff postponed a July trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan last week. That move, along with an unusual decision to hold a consistory...

They change mufflers, remove sports tuning and change the interiors to create pared-down vehicles -- all under the supervision of businessman Volodymyr Tarkhov. Before the Russian invasion, the 32-year-old produced fibreglass catamarans and kayaks....

For more than six years, Sudan-born refugee Abdul Aziz Muhamat was detained by Australian authorities in a small tropical island camp off Papua New Guinea's mainland, hidden from full legal and public oversight. "The simplest way to describe daily...

Singles in southern Japan's Miyazaki are being encouraged to put pen to paper in a low-tech search for their soulmate, part of municipal efforts to boost the low birth rate. The charm of handwritten correspondence has attracted so many young reside...

Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has reportedly told his New Zealand counterpart Stewart Mitchell their partnership could end over an imbalance in broadcast revenue. "We'll honour our commitments in '23 but we need to see what's best for ru...

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake had an estimated depth of 10 kilometres, according to USGS, and struck at 09:05 local time (0105 GMT). A clip of a tranquil lakeside scene suddenly beginning to violently judder as...