The lawyer for a man who six times visited a French home to rape a woman while unconscious on Wednesday pleaded for leniency, arguing that her "wolf" of a husband was the one who drugged her.

The UK government is banning daytime TV adverts for sugary foods like granola and muffins in its battle against child obesity, branding such popular items as junk food.

A relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin accidentally revealed a confidential figure that gives a possible official insight into the extent of Russia's war dead in Ukraine.

A leading Niger civil society figure and critic of the military-led authorities has been arrested after returning from a trip abroad, his NGO and other sources said.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Wednesday that at least 44,532 people have been killed in nearly 14 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants.

Treasury yields and the dollar weaken after a disappointing services-activity purchasing manager's survey. The ISM services PMI November print declined to 52.1 from October's 56. Economists polled by ...

The White House on Wednesday praised South Korea's "democratic resilience" as lawmakers in Seoul moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law.

Near gaping holes where walls used to be, workers at a centre for women and children in south Beirut assess the damage after ...

A French appeals court Wednesday confirmed the acquittal of French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski over a British actor accusing him of defaming her after she accused him of rape.

A historic drought across southern Africa has pushed 26 million people into food insecurity, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned Wednesday, calling for urgent funding.

Clermont's Samoan back-rower Fritz Lee will be sentenced for aggravated assault next spring, the public prosecutor's office in the French town announced on Wednesday.

Cash-strapped Cuba was plunged into darkness on Wednesday for the third time in two months after the power grid failed.