Profit after tax jumped to $3.91 billion in the April-June period from $1.62 billion in the second quarter of 2025, BP said in an earnings statement, as prices of fossil fuels soared year-on-year. The five biggest Western energy majors -- BP, Chevr...

The ritzy neighbourhood was made globally famous by K-pop star Psy's 2012 hit single "Gangnam Style" -- lauding the lifestyles of its ultra-rich residents. But under million-dollar luxury apartments chilled by whirling air conditioners, tenants in ...

Ukraine has conducted long-range strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Russia, and in recent weeks stepped up attacks on warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries. Ukraine often fires hundreds of drones into Russia eac...

Fuego erupted on Monday morning and had intensified by nightfall, with lava flows and huge plumes of ash spewed about six kilometers (four miles) into the air. "An orange (danger) alert has been declared nationwide due to the eruption of the Fuego ...

Between May 15 and and August 2 a total of 2,025 people have suffered heat-related illnesses, of which 16 people have died, a ministry statement said. South Korea's heat record has been broken three times over the past week, with the latest all-tim...

Wildfires supercharged by drought and intense heat have torn through the city in Washington state, burning thousands of acres and reducing hundreds of buildings to cinders while anxious families await news on when they can return. A 37-year-old sus...

Behind barbed wire and coded security gates at its site near Cardiff in Wales, the Royal Mint -- the state-owned maker of British coins as well as medals -- is turning electronic waste into luxury jewellery. The initiative remains unusual in a sec...

The unprecedented sight of an estimated 60,000 people streaming into Ceuta from Morocco -- almost all of whom have since left -- exposed the fault lines on migration among the EU's 27 nations. Since images first emerged of the mass arrivals, most o...

Portuguese Amorim has returned to coaching after being sacked in January by Manchester United and faces a Milan derby against bitter rivals Inter in the Western Australia city of Perth on Wednesday. Amorim's reign began with a 2-2 draw in a friendl...

Japan is already beefing up military spending and security cooperation in Asia, deploying missile launchers to outer islands, moving to acquire "counter-strike" capabilities, and easing rules on weapons exports. But Shinjiro Koizumi said in a prefa...

The former general led a 2021 military coup that ousted democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering a civil war estimated to have killed more than 100,000 people on all sides. He was installed as Myanmar's president in April following stage-mana...

"I tried to stay calm because I was responsible for 31 lives, a ship worth $40 million, and cargo valued at $8.2 million," the 51-year-old Bangladeshi mariner told AFP, back home after the ordeal. Islam was the captain of the Banglar Joyjatra, a bu...

Bell is expected to be sidelined for up to six weeks, ruling him out of the All Blacks tour of South Africa, which ends on September 12. "We are all gutted for George, to be ruled out of the tour so early," head coach Dave Rennie said. "He's had ...

Among them was the country's Princess Isabella, 19, who joined as a conscript at at the Guard Hussar Regiment at Antvorskov Barracks in Slagelse. Denmark, a NATO member state, decided in 2024 to extend the length of its military service from four m...

Around 400 shells and pieces of ammunition have been recovered in the area where over 180 homes were ravaged by flames, according to local authorities. During the fire, blasts were heard, initially mistaken for exploding gas cylinders, but they may...