Bushfires burned dangerously out of control on Australia's east coast on Saturday, fuelled by soaring temperatures and strong winds that had firefighters battling to save lives and property. By mid-afternoon, Victoria had 19 fires rated at emergency

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In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile. Israel is widely believed to have an atomic arsenal but has neve

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral on Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief. Iranians pou

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Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East. Iran fired more than a dozen b

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Several major airlines said on Wednesday they were re-routing flights to avoid airspace over Iraq and Iran after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. carriers from the area following an Iranian missile attack on U.S.-led forces in Iraq. Te

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A Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines has crashed due to technical problems after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport with 180 passengers and crew aboard, the semi-official Fars news agency tweeted on Wednesday. There was no

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By Sam Nussey Japanese fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa is giving away $9 million to his Twitter followers in what he says is a "social experiment" to see if the payment boosts their happiness. Maezawa will give 1 million yen ($9,000) to 1,000 followers

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A protest will take place on Wednesday in the north over the steep rises in road taxes, while the bad state of roads remains the same. According to daily Afrika, around 30,000 people have expressed an interest in attending the protest taking place in

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In 2018, 22 per cent of Cypriots reported they could not afford to keep their homes adequately warm, placing them fourth on the list of EU member states whose inhabitants cannot afford adequate heating. According to Eurostat data published on Tuesday

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A number of archaeological sites in Paphos and Limassol will be closed to the public due to scheduled conservation works, the antiquities department announced on Tuesday. The House of Dionysos in Kato Paphos will be closed for four days from February

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Two more large reservoirs - Kouris and Evretou - filled up between Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the overall water level in the reservoirs close to 100 per cent, while problems resulted from the overflowing water. Kalavassos residents on Wednesday,

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