British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-percent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as ...

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Thursday handed over Israeli woman hostage Agam Berger, a soldier, as a third hostage-prisoner exchange got under way, an AFP journalist reported.

The Red Cross museum in Geneva is warning that it risks closure after its funding was axed in a broad government cost-cutting plan, with some suggesting it could be moved ...

EU talks to relaunch Europe's embattled car industry are to get underway on Thursday, with automotive CEOs awaited in Brussels to discuss fines and competition from China.

Japanese authorities have asked 1.2 million people to cut back on showers and laundry to prevent leaking sewage aggravating an operation to rescue a truck driver in a sinkhole.

Twenty games in, the Kansas State men may have cracked the code for dependable play on the court. Wednesday night was no ...

Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by ...

Chuck Harris led the way with 20 points, Matt Cross posted his second straight double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds ...

Israel will cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Thursday following accusations it provided cover for Hamas militants, a move likely to hamper delivery of its vital ...

Despite US President Donald Trump's sabre-rattling, the European Central Bank is set to press on with interest rate cuts ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

Asian equities were mixed in another holiday-thinned trading day Thursday, with investors digesting broadly positive tech ...