At least 19 people have been killed and 300 wounded after a shallow earthquake rattled north-eastern Pakistan, a senior police officer said, with the tremor tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infrastructure. The quake sent people in cities across the country running...

The Mediterranean's leading tourist hotspots were bracing Tuesday for a "tsunami" of losses, which could amount to hundreds of millions of euros, following the devastating collapse of British tour operator Thomas Cook. Beyond the urgent need to repatriate hundreds of thousands of tourists,...

The head of the Swedish shipping firm that owns the British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July said Tuesday the Stena Impero was still in Iranian waters, a day after Iran said the vessel was free to move. Erik Hanell, CEO of Stena Bulk, told The Associated Press that "we know...

At least five civilians were killed and 11 injured on Tuesday in a possible YPG/PKK terrorist attack in northwestern Syria. The attack came though a car bomb explosion in a crowded area of Jinderes in the city of Afrin. The blast also caused material damage.  Local security...