The service will enable rail travel from Portugal to Lapland - what is believed to be the longest train journey in Europe.

Russia's only liberal, anti-war party will not be able to take part in next month's parliamentary elections, a Moscow court rules.

Infection rates are high, adding to concern that authorities are struggling to get to grips with the disease.

More than 12,000 people have been forced to evacuate over the weekend after a wildfire quickly tore through Canada's picturesque Okanagan region.

Chalong Riewrang called a YouTube livestream to say he had shot a government official.

The Trump administration is said to be unbothered by the Israeli prime minister's rejection of the deal, viewing it as campaign rhetoric ahead of a general election.

Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan, one of the world's most wanted men, has spent his first night in custody in Ireland after being extradited from Dubai.

The army says it was involved in fierce fighting but disputes that Islamists took control of the garrison.

The military operation against Hernando Forero Mosquera was carried out just days after Colombia's new president was sworn in.

The military operation against Hernando Forero Mosquera was carried out just days after Colombia's new president was sworn in.

Thousands of students and job seekers have gathered in Jharkhand state, weeks after the "cockroach" protests took place in Delhi.

Global oceans recorded their hottest July on record, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions, as wildfires continue to ravage western Europe.

Osaka Prefectural Police searched an office linked to the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on July 29 as part of an investigation into suspected receipt of money obtained through special fraud. (News On Japan)

Prime Minister Takaichi said on August 10 that the government expects to apply the Disaster Victims' Livelihood Recovery Support Act across all of Kumamoto Prefecture, allowing households whose homes were completely destroyed in the Kumamoto earthquake to receive up to 3 million yen in assistance. (News On Japan)

Chalong Riewrang called a YouTube livestream to say he had shot a government official.

The Irish Prison Service bought a bulletproof and bombproof van to transport the 49-year-old to court after his extradition from Dubai.

It is one of the deadliest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow's war on Ukraine.

Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai.

Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai.

Forensics revealed that the "realistic" looking body was in fact not human.