Unrest, economic sanctions and infrastructure disruptions are crimping the world’s supply of oil – yet prices, rather than rising, remain far cheaper than anticipated.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Brexit and the “horror show” of the British government leadership contest are signs that Scotland needs to chart a different path, probably outside the United Kingdom.

Vietnam’s government says it is taking more steps to prevent Chinese companies from using illegal “Made in Vietnam” labels to avoid high tariffs that have been imposed by the United States on Chinese goods.

Hungarian rescue officials are soon set to start the difficult process of raising a sunken tour boat from the floor of the Danube River.

More than a third of Europe’s fastest-growing tech firms are based in the UK, says research published ahead of London Tech Week.

With its bare cells, the Tokyo Detention House looks much like a high-security prison, but those who get incarcerated here, including former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, have not been convicted of any crime.

Chinese state media say the government will create a system to protect China’s technology in a spiraling trade dispute with the US.

Every morning Dagadu Beldar, 75, wakes up and cooks rice and lentils in his village home in India’s western state of Maharashtra. After that, there’s little else to do.

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies have wrapped up a meeting in Japan with a pledge to use all the policies they can to protect global growth.

Elbe No 5, restored at a cost of €1.5m, collided with container vessel near Hamburg