A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour ...

Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to boost cooperation bilateral cooperation in the face of a "challenging" environment, as they met in Tokyo on Saturday.

A firefighter killed in Portugal while battling a wildfire has become the fourth fatality in the emergency the country has faced this summer, the presidency said on Saturday.

In-form US sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden will return home to fine-tune final touches before heading to the world championships in Tokyo as the big favourite for a sprint double.

Bosnia's Serb statelet, whose President Milorad Dodik is defying a ban on him holding office, will hold a referendum on October 25 on the federal court verdict against him.

A picture-perfect Alpine mountain lake in Germany draws so many visitors every summer that the first thing they see is crowded busses, traffic jams and a packed-out carpark.

Guinea's junta has suspended three main political parties -- including that of former president Alpha Conde -- for three months, ahead of an electoral campaign for a rewrite of the constitution, ...