Russia on Thursday banned the British Council as an "undesirable organisation", as Moscow branded London the architect of global crisis and "instigator of wars".

The Indonesian government is allowing environmental damage including deforestation and violations against Indigenous people to go unchecked around a multi-billion dollar industrial park on a ...

After Vietnam removed its two-child limit, pharmacy worker Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga says she still has no plans to have more kids, since she barely has time to see her daughters or the money to provide ...

Imported manpower has a supplementary role to serve, making it less likely to impose a fixed quota on non-resident labour, as ...

The bodies of two Israeli-Americans killed by Palestinian militants in their October 7, 2023 attack and held in Gaza have been returned to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday.

French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies goes on trial in Paris on Thursday over allegations of misleading climate claims, an unprecedented "greenwashing" case against a fossil fuel firm in France.

A Russian drone slammed into a residential house in central Ukraine overnight Thursday, killing three members of one family, including a one-year-old baby, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

US defence chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday pushed NATO to agree a deal on increasing military spending that could satisfy President Donald Trump at a summit this month.

A wooden boat carrying four North Koreans drifted into waters south of the de facto maritime border with the South last month, Seoul's military said on Thursday.

Shares enjoyed a healthy run Thursday after soft US economic data boosted expectations the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates and put the focus on key jobs figures coming at the end of the ...

German industrial orders climbed unexpectedly in April, official data showed Thursday, a positive sign for Europe's largest economy as it looks to exit months of stagnation.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, hoping to build a personal relationship despite discord over Ukraine and the threat of a trade war.