Paris has come top of a ranking of the world’s most expensive cities, alongside Hong Kong and Singapore.

OTTAWA – Canada will keep a 200-strong military training mission in Ukraine for another three years to help domestic security forces handle continuing tensions with Russia, Ottawa said on Monday.

A dead whale that washed up in the Philippines had 40kg (88lbs) of plastic bags inside its stomach, researchers have said.

Drought has been declared in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, despite an ambitious government scheme to replenish ground water supplies. So what went wrong? BBC Marathi investigates.

Asian shares gain as investors await progress in China-US trade talks.

Passenger services on network used by 6 million people brought to rush-hour standstill

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated a new phase in the development of a massive natural gas field.

As the Hungarian prime minister’s conflicts with the European Union appear headed to a breaking point, calls are increasing for greater scrutiny of his government’s spending of EU funds.

Ireland has received 230,000 requests since January, with 76,000 coming from outside country

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, which crashed killing 157 people, had an unusually high speed after take-off before the plane reported problems and asked permission to climb quickly, said a source who has listened to the air traffic control recording.