The benchmark S&P 500 rose to a record closing high on Thursday, as investors assessed a mixed bag of corporate earnings and ...

Things took a wrong turn for a Filipino tourist after she posed for a photo in front of an oncoming train in Taiwan. She suffered a deep cut to her face, and will possibly be fined for trespassing on ...

The Isla­mic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel.

Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in the world, pound-for-pound. It can pull over 1,000 times its body weight.

An Indian appeals tribunal has put on hold the antitrust authority’s five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta Platforms’ other applications such as Facebook and Instagram for ...

One of Japan’s biggest boy band stars and best-known television hosts announced his retirement after being accused of sexual misconduct, Japanese media reported.

The nation’s anti-corruption agency transferred to prosecutors its case against impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol, recommending his indictment for insurrection and abuse of power over his brief ...

A man stabbed three people at a train station in central Japan before fleeing the scene, leaving one person dead, local media reported.

SEREMBAN: Putrajaya is awaiting a response from Tokyo to bring forward a conference with a specific focus on rebuilding Gaza that is due to be held in July, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (pic). The ...

(Reuters) - "Fortnite" maker Epic Games said on Thursday it will add 19 third-party games to its own marketplace app on Google's Android globally and 16 games on Apple's iOS in the European Union.

The death toll from a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java rose to 21 with five people still missing, officials said, as rescuers raced against time and bad weather to find survivors.

The decision to discontinue free tolls during festive seasons is not final and may still be revised, says Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.