Emergency services in Germany were fighting two forest fires covering several hundred hectares in the east of the country on Thursday after a particularly hot and dry start to the year. The largest of ...

US Republicans are on the cusp of passing a major legislative package, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill," giving President Donald Trump his biggest legislative victory of his second term. After ...

Activity in the US services sector picked up in June, survey data showed Thursday, bouncing back from a contraction while businesses grapple with worries over President Donald Trump's tariffs. The ...

Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens of others, Ukrainian officials said. Among the sites hit were a military enlistment office ...

Russian attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Poltava killed two people, wounded nearly a dozen and also struck a military recruitment centre, officials said Thursday. The Ukrainian army reported ...

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves lashed out at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, a day after it asked Congress to strip him of immunity from prosecution to be tried for corruption. "The court ...

Armed gangs have tightened their grip on Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, UN officials warned Wednesday, saying it is possible a "total collapse" of state presence in the city could occur. "We have ...

Barcelona adopted plans Wednesday to tighten safety rules to protect sanitation workers from heatwaves after a woman died in the searing temperatures that have hit Spain and much of Europe. The woman, ...

A punishing early summer heatwave that has already scorched western and southern Europe spread east Wednesday, bringing extreme weather warnings to Germany and reportedly causing motorways to buckle.

The US private sector unexpectedly lost jobs in June, according to data from payroll firm ADP on Wednesday, a potential sign of labor market weakness amid uncertainty from President Donald Trump's ...

The threat from espionage is high in Switzerland as global insecurity increases, with the main threats emanating from Russia and China, the country's Federal Intelligence Service warned Wednesday.

The online retail platform of Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced Wednesday that it will issue $7 billion in subsidies for certain purchases, providing a much-needed boost for a country struggling ...