Many world leaders have announced they will travel to Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, which is expected to draw a huge crowd in the square in front of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Tens of thousands of mourners began saying their last goodbyes to Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica Wednesday, as the body of the late Argentine pontiff began three days of lying in state.

Thailand will conduct tests of a cellphone disaster alert system, senior officials said on Wednesday, after criticism that no alarm was sent after last month's deadly Myanmar earthquake caused damage ...

Swedish heavy truck maker Volvo Group on Wednesday posted a 30-percent drop in net profit in the first quarter as vehicle sales fell by nine percent on uncertainty over trade tariffs.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its forecast for South Africa's economic growth in 2025, cutting it from 1.5 percent to 1 percent, according to the latest World Economic Outlook ...

France's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday that Iraq should not be pulled into conflicts in a turbulent Middle East during his first visit to the country, which has suffered from decades of ...

Vladimir Putin has offered to halt Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the current front line, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, as Donald Trump seeks to make good on his promise to end the three-year ...

Non-gaming offerings from the six casino operators have been introduced as an initiative to foster emerging industries rather than as a "charitable ...

National flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said Wednesday that British airline industry veteran Richard Nuttall would become its new president from May 29.

Singapore's election campaign officially kicked off Wednesday, with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong facing his first major test amid public frustration over rising living costs and a rejuvenated ...

Indian security forces in Kashmir were conducting a major manhunt on Wednesday, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists and killed 26 people in the region's worst attack on civilians in a quarter ...

An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists warned ...