The Iran war’s most tangible and immediate effect for many people outside the Middle East has been spiking gasoline prices. But crude oil isn’t just refined as fuel. Petrochemicals derived ...

Saffron-robed Buddhist monks began a week-long peace walk across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, accompanied by a rescued stray dog ...

NASA unveiled a new telescope on Tuesday to scan vast swathes of the universe for planets outside our solar system and probe ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers, on a four-game home winning streak, host the Pittsburgh Pirates. Texas is 12-11 overall and 4-3 in home games. The Rangers have a 9-2 record in games when they scored ...

The New York Yankees are looking to build upon a four-game win streak with a victory against the Boston Red Sox.

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs, on a six-game home winning streak, host the Philadelphia Phillies. Chicago has gone 9-5 at home and 14-9 overall. The Cubs have hit 27 total home runs to rank third in ...

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Connor Prielipp (0-0); Mets: Clay Holmes (2-2, 1.96 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 16 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets look to stop their 12-game losing streak when they play the ...

The Boston Bruins host the Buffalo Sabres in game three of the first round of the NHL Playoffs with the series tied 1-1.

India's blood-soaked six-decade Maoist insurgency may be over, but a lethal legacy remains: hundreds of crude landmines planted by the rebels along forest tracks.

An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a ...

Chinese carmakers have quickly built up their presence in the lucrative European auto market, buoyed by technological ...