In the Russian capital Moscow, history teacher Polina Ibragimova was shocked when a utility bill arrived that amounted to more than half her monthly pay.

Singapore will work with ASEAN member states to strengthen the implementation of an agreement on transboundary haze when it chairs the regional bloc next year, the country's environment minister said ...

Attacks on cargo vessels off the coast of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria have surged in recent weeks, the latest fallout from the escalating fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea and ...

Indian farmer Amarsingh Gushinge wants to sow wheat and chickpeas in coming weeks to capitalise on attractive prices, but dwindling water supplies after below-average monsoon rains are preventing him ...

American voters will deliver a verdict on the first two years of President Donald Trump's second term in Tuesday's midterm elections, with polls and nonpartisan analysts favoring Democrats to wrest ...

Australia's world-first teen social media ban was "ill thought out" and amounted to a "profound restriction on political ...

Australia's central bank raised its cash rate to an 18-year high on Tuesday in its fifth hike of the year, though the vote was closer than many expected with three of the nine board members wanting to ...

Oil prices edged up on Tuesday after a report that the United States had struck Iran's Qeshm Island, raising concerns about ...

After seven strikes on cargo ships near NATO members Romania and Bulgaria last month, the US-led military alliance said it would deploy maritime patrol aircraft, radars and drones to bolster its ...

North Korea said on Tuesday it tested on Monday a strategic cruise missile mounted with a dispersal warhead and assessed the ...

Malaysia's chief secretary of the government and the governor of the central bank will hold separate meetings with government departments and financial institutions in an effort to prepare the country ...

Washington County election officials secure voting machines with the results from individual polling places after the polls close during the U.S. General Election on Nov. 5, 2024. Andy Dossett / ...