GARESSIO: Torrential downpours caused flooding in parts of northwest Italy on Thursday, with the rains expected to continue until the…

PARIS: Freakishly high temperatures in the Arctic driven by heat-packed oceans and northward winds have been reinforced by a “vicious…

CAIRO: An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday reduced and suspended the prison sentence of author Fatima Naoot who was convicted…

REYKJAVIK: Iceland said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against a Britain-based supermarket chain called Iceland Foods to ensure that…

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TOKYO: Tokyo woke up yesterday to its first November snowfall in more than half a century, leaving commuters to grapple…

SYDNEY: A man accused of making hoax calls to pilots in Australia, which saw at least one passenger plane…

BEIJING: A young man in eastern China believed to have committed suicide by deliberately crashing his car after a…