North Korea said Thursday that it carried out a series of weapons tests this week, including a tactical ballistic missile with a cluster-bomb warhead.

Chiang Mai's Maetaeng Elephant Park has seen visitor numbers fall by 50% due to the war in the Middle East dampening demand for travel. Nina Liu has more.

Russia’s Supreme Court has effectively criminalized the activities of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group Memorial, the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent and civil

W HEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP announced a two-week ceasefire in the Gulf and “the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz”, energy traders breathed a sigh of relief. For almost six weeks 15% of the world’s oil production and a fifth of its liquefied natural gas ( LNG) output have been trapped by Iran’s blockade.

Migrants were carried away by dangerous currents while trying to embark on a boat used by traffickers, French authorities said, the latest in a series of deaths in the English Channel.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan is cutting down on official and luxury vehicles to save fuel as oil prices rise due to the Iran war. Several African governments are taking steps to cope

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change​ pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife says.

With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo. “We are now at about minus 430 meters (1,411 feet),” muttered geologist Tuomas Pere as he steered a car through a labyrinth of man-made tunnels.