Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday (Aug 11) abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to formally end the practice.

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a "small revolution" for the sales industry.

The captain of an Air India Phuket-Delhi flight that suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude last week has tested positive for marijuana in a confirmatory drug test, Indian news television channels reported on Tuesday (Aug 11).

Four crew members were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a small cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday (Aug 11), Yemen's transport ministry said, while sources reported a missile attack on a container ship off Pakistan in a suspected US strike.

Australia will roll out bird flu vaccines in the "coming days and weeks" with native species and birds in captivity first in line for protection from the deadly disease.

A daily glass of 100% fruit juice or a smoothie may help improve more than just fruit intake.

The cancellation of a flight in Canada after a child refused to wear a seat belt has reignited a debate about the etiquette and safety procedures relating to children travelling on planes.

Jackie, a bald eagle in California who became an online star, died on Monday after receiving weeks of veterinary treatment.

The world's oceans hit their hottest ever recorded temperatures for July, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific, according to the EU's climate monitoring service.

Police in India have fired tear gas shells on protesters demanding reforms to recruitment exams in the eastern state of Jharkhand.

Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the European Union's global warming monitor said Monday (Aug 10).

Former President Joe Biden’s aggressive prostate cancer has spread further through his body and is causing him significant pain, his son, Hunter Biden, revealed in an emotional interview with the BBC.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, as his government entered its third year in office, with the two sides discussing the country’s most important domestic and foreign affairs.

A rare turtle that washed up on a Welsh beach is being flown 5,000 miles (8,047km) back home to the Gulf of Mexico.

Former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Nawalapitiya organiser K.L.A. Gunasinghe and several local constituency representatives have joined the Sarvajana Balaya alliance.

Safety regulators launched an investigation on Sunday (Aug 9) into a "near collision" between two passenger aircraft at Australia's busiest airport that injured a crew member.

From the killer shark of "Jaws" to the tornado-tossed predators of the "Sharknado" movies, films long have portrayed sharks as objects of summer fear. But when a shark ​cuts through the waters off the U.S. East Coast, it now may be doing more than hunting. It may also be

India's food safety regulator will not ​agree to demands by global beverage companies to extend to one year its 90-day deadline to drop "energy drink" labels, ‌a government source said on Friday, a decision which is set to disrupt the industry.