People visit Beirut Arab International Book Fair in Lebanon

An intensifying El Niño broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength.Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Niño would likely become the strongest

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Moscow wanted someone in the Ukrainian leadership to demonstrate the political will to recognize realities on the ground and work toward a peaceful settlement.

A fire has destroyed the French capital's oldest covered food market, a popular street food venue named after red-clad orphans, authorities said on Monday.

Singapore rolled out subsidies for haze-related medical treatment Monday and schools were closed in parts of neighbouring Malaysia, as both countries grapple with persistently unhealthy air quality due to fires in nearby Indonesia.

A UN global poverty index has risen for the first time since its creation in 2010, bringing the number of people affected to 1.2 billion, the United Nations Development Programme reported Monday.

An intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, in another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength.

Hurricane Simon shifted track slightly on Sunday and was forecast to skirt Mexico's west coast without making landfall, while packing heavy rain and severe winds.

Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation on Monday extended the suspension of operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh in order to complete the necessary procedures to verify the safety of the facilities.

Great Big Bulb Dig held in Canberra, Australia

Across the vast grasslands of Jwaneng, Botswana, rows of solar panels gleam in the sunlight.The Jwaneng solar power plant, the country's first large-scale, centralized photovoltaic facility with a capacity of 100 megawatts, was built by China Harbor Engineering Company as part of a Chinese-Botswana

When asked to comment on US President Donald Trump's announcement that Russia and Ukraine had reached an "energy ceasefire," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday that China's position on the Ukraine crisis remains consistent and clear: dialogue and negotiations are the only

Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm on Sunday, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean.

A man whose toddler was among eight people killed in a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, said Sunday that the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary.

New Zealand's residential property values fell by an average of 1.5 percent in the three months to the end of September, according to property valuation company Quotable Value (QV).