Taipei came to a brief standstill on Thursday when air raid sirens forced people off the streets and into underground ...

The UK hoped to win a firm commitment on Thursday from Germany to change its law to help smash people smuggling gangs as well ...

Swatch Group said Thursday that weak sales in China wiped out growth elsewhere in the first half of the year for the world's ...

The boss of British no-frills airline EasyJet on Thursday bemoaned "unacceptable challenges" for staff and passengers resulting from strike action by air traffic controllers in France earlier this ...

Most markets rose Thursday, tracking a record day on Wall Street where traders endured a rollercoaster fuelled by fears ...

Filipino seafarer Cocoy was off-duty and resting in his cabin when the captain's voice boomed over the intercom of the cargo ...

At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall ...

France will on Thursday formally hand back its last military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent camps in west and central Africa.

Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC reported Thursday a forecast-beating 60 percent rise in net profit for the second quarter on sustained demand for artificial intelligence technology.

The Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission has approved a $15 million dollar grant to modernize the state’s emergency response system. Read more ...

Bulgarian villager Rumyana Tsoneva keeps opening the tap in her yard in Gorna Studena near the Danube -- and keeps finding it dry.

The Syrian government announced Thursday that local leaders would assume control over security in the city of Sweida in an attempt to end violence that has claimed hundreds of lives ...