A lithium battery factory in South Korea caught fire after multiple batteries exploded, killing 22 workers, most of them Chinese nationals, fire officials say.
An official from PM Rishi Sunak's party is being investigated by Britain's gambling regulator over allegations he placed bets on the date of the general election before it was announced, the Sunday Times reported.
Israeli forces have pounded Rafah in southern Gaza, as well as other areas across the enclave, killing at least 45 Palestinians as troops engaged in close-quarter combat with Hamas militants,...
"Stop the killing, stop the dying." That was the mantra of the police officer who confronted and shot dead a man who fatally stabbed six people at a Sydney shopping centre.
Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marked the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record-breaking heat.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed into law a bill that makes the state the only one in the country to require displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.
The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah says nowhere in Israel would be safe if a full-fledged war breaks out between the two foes, and also threatened EU member Cyprus for the first time and other parts...
Vladimir Putin has signed a deal with North Korea's Kim Jong Un that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia's most significant moves in Asia for years that Kim said amounted to an "alliance".
Thailand's Senate has passed the final reading of a marriage equality law, paving the way for it to become the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex couples.