France's Champagne region kicked off its official grape harvest Wednesday, with producers predicting a "promising" yield ...

England coach John Mitchell has named an unchanged team from their final warm-up game for their Women's Rugby World Cup ...

Chimps have recognized familiar humans, even when they had masks on. While field studies have suggested that apes might be ...

Europe has registered a record number of outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses such as chikungunya and West Nile virus this ...

China's assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and tensions in the Taiwan Strait threaten international security and ...

Markets were mixed Wednesday in the face of worrying signs for Japanese exports, as investors await signals from US ...

The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western ...

More than 20 people have died on Wednesday in a torrential spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, where downpours have swept away ...

Israel's defence minister has approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 ...

Syria's foreign minister met with an Israeli delegation in Paris to discuss de-escalation and the situation in Druze-majority ...

Fluminense goalkeeper Fabio on Tuesday claimed the record for most competitive appearances in men's football when the ...

Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China ...