Saudi Aramco Q2 profit dips 3% as output stays low
Saudi oil giant Aramco on Tuesday reported net income of $29.07 billion in the second quarter, a slight drop from the same period last year as output remained subdued.
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Families wait as some political prisoners freed in Bangladesh
Families of political prisoners secretly jailed in Bangladesh under the autocratic rule of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina waited desperately Tuesday for news of their relatives, as some of those missing were released.
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'Ferrari' Will Jordan returns to rev up All Blacks
Try-scoring "Ferrari" Will Jordan is set to rev up the All Blacks attack as he returns from shoulder surgery for Saturday's home clash against Argentina in Wellington.
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Turkish duo pen bestselling novel though prison bars
A jailed Kurdish leader and a Turkish writer on the other side of the bars have used their penpal exchanges to write one of Turkey's highest-selling books.
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Chill-seeking: Japan's haunted house summer tradition
Halloween may not be for months, but it's already peak haunted house season in Japan, where seeking a bone-chilling fright is a long established summer tradition.
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Trotting ahead of K-pop? South Korean crooner rivals BTS
Lim Young-woong may not have as many fans as BTS, but the trot singer is rivalling the global superstars, showing there's more to South Korean music than K-pop with his billions of streams and a sold-out stadium tour.
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Ukraine's electrician 'heroes' restoring power near the front
Vitaliy Asinenko watched anxiously as his colleague sat perched on a crane, hovering over power cables in a village just a few kilometres from the frontline in east Ukraine.
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Danish PM attack suspect goes on trial
A Polish man accused of drunkenly punching Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen goes on trial in Copenhagen on Tuesday, risking prison time and deportation if convicted.
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Hiroshima remembers A-bomb victims as 'global tragedies' unfold
The mayor of Hiroshima said Tuesday that wars in Ukraine and Gaza were deepening fear and distrust worldwide, on the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing that devastated the Japanese city.
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Reigning champion Korda hoping to bounce back at Olympics
Nelly Korda will start her Olympic women's golf title defence on Wednesday as the gold-medal favourite despite her brilliant season threatening to come off the rails in recent months.
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