It was an unlucky day in the Burmese calendar, farmer Yar Swe Kyin warned her husband in July, begging him not to go out to ...

Shares in the Japanese parent of 7-Eleven soared on Wednesday after a media report said its founding family wanted to take the firm private before the end of March as it looks to fend off a ...

Jayson Tatum scored 33 points as the Boston Celtics ended the Cleveland Cavaliers' 15-game unbeaten start to the season with ...

Australia and India have been facing each other in Test cricket since 1947 and renew their rivalry in Perth on Friday, playing a five-match series for the first time since 1991-92.

India head into a hotly anticipated five-Test showdown against Australia starting in Perth on Friday wounded by their first ...

The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on another draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in its latest attempt to exert pressure to end the war.

Russia said it had shot down 50 Ukrainian drones overnight and early Wednesday -- particularly over regions bordering Ukraine.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai told a court on Wednesday that he entered the media business after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown to "participate in delivering freedom".

Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar was about to make her dream of playing for the national women's team come true, but debris ...

Iraq is holding its first nationwide census in nearly four decades this week, a long-awaited count in a nation that has been ...

Melting plastic pellets into chunky discs then squashed flat, a worker presses records in what claims to be the first vinyl plant to open in India in decades.

Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai will take the stand in his collusion trial on Wednesday, testifying in court for the first time despite five previous trials in almost four years.