Taken alone, then held for weeks, months or years. Confined in captors' homes or Hamas tunnels as war raged above them.

The US dollar remained lower on Wednesday after stress in European bond markets abated ​and as eyes turned to the release of ...

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as the market weighed supply constraints from a storm heading for US oil-producing regions and ...

The world's rich view rising rates and yields as the biggest threat to global economic ​growth, while a large majority expect Asia to ‌be the most stable geopolitical region for the next 12 months, ...

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz said on Wednesday sales ​in its core car business ‌continued to fall in the third ...

The governing board of the International Energy Agency ​will hold an informal ‌meeting at 1300 local time on Wednesday to ...

NASA has released a striking image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover, ​showing sunlight bathing jagged crags formed billions of years ago as the car-sized vehicle continues ...

More than two-thirds of refugee and migrant children who reached Europe via Mediterranean and Balkan routes last year were unaccompanied, and many experienced exploitation, a report ​by UN agencies ...

Porsche is steeling itself for persistently lower sales, the Volkswagen brand said on Wednesday, pitching a turnaround plan ...

Traders have turned more discerning following a bond market rout, dumping the debt of European countries they deem the riskiest and rushing to safe-haven Germany.

Asian markets were slightly weaker on Wednesday even though US stocks touched new highs, as oil prices rose with a storm ...

Germany's main trade association raised its 2026 export ​growth forecast to 1% from ‌0.6% on Wednesday, thanks to a ...