British retailer Marks and Spencer said Tuesday it will shut more than 100 stores, among them many foreign shops including its Champs Elysees branch in Paris, in order to cut costs after posting a first-half loss.
A giant sinkhole appeared in the middle of a busy Japanese city on Tuesday, swallowing part of a five-lane street near the main railway station.
The move comes amid a major political scandal
The Michelin food guide unveiled its first Seoul edition on Monday, with two upscale South Korean restaurants receiving the coveted three stars, but recognition also for a more humble diner serving vegetarian temple food.
A federal jury has awarded $3 million in damages to a University of Virginia official found to have been defamed in a discredited 2014 story about a purported gang rape on campus.
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives progressed against the two Islamic State group strongholds.
Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would cancel an order for about 27,000 American-made assault rifles, in his latest display of defiance against the United States.
A British teacher wanted by police after his colleague was found dead in his Yangon apartment has fled the country, the Myanmar government said on Monday.
White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were still flailing for a knockout blow Monday as a presidential race that has cast a pall over US democracy neared its end.
Authorities in Delhi on Monday closed schools, halted construction work and shut down a major power plant after days of choking smog led to warnings of a health "emergency" in the world's most polluted capital.
Islamic militants who specialise in kidnappings-for-ransom have reported killing a German sailor and abducting her elderly male companion from their yacht in waters off the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.
Walking sticks outnumbered by selfie-sticks at once popular hiking spot that has become hugely commercialised
Dutch activists said on Saturday they have garnered nearly two-thirds of the signatures needed to force the government to hold a referendum on the new EU-Canada trade pact, in what may prove a fresh setback to the deal.
British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday not to block Brexit, after the High Court ruled that she cannot start the process of leaving the European Union without parliament's approval.
Paris authorities began an operation early on Friday (Nov 4) to clear more than 3,000 migrants from a camp in the north-east of the French capital.
Chinese electronics firm Huawei on Thursday unveiled its latest Mate 9 smartphone in Munich, designed to challenge global market leaders Apple and Samsung with features including a high-quality camera and higher-capacity battery.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday (Nov 3) accused Germany of being one of the worst countries in the world for harbouring "terrorists", saying Berlin had not responded to requests to hand over suspects from the July 15 failed coup.
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