Venezuela‘s president has raised the country’s minimum wage by 300 per cent as part of routine wage increases as his government battles hyperinflation. Nicolas Maduro increased the minimum wage to 18,000 bolivars, around £5.20, per month amid an economy suffering from annual inflation...

A Japanese volcano erupted on Thursday, spewing ash and smoke six kilometres into the air over a small southern island. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption on Kuchinoerabu, in the far south of Japan. A local official said there had been no evacuations on the...

A fresh group of at least 700 Honduran migrants headed for the U.S. arrived Wednesday at Agua Caliente border crossing on the Guatemalan frontier, according to La Prensa newspaper. Migrants who held proper documents for travel were allowed to cross into Guatemala as border guards have taken...

The number of refugees that have arrived in Sudan from Ethiopia has reached 1,500, the Khartoum-based Al-Shuruq satellite channel reported Thursday. The channel said Ethiopian refugees have been facing tough humanitarian conditions following their decision to flee the Amhara region...