A Russian court on Thursday jailed a teenaged supporter of the Islamic State jihadist group over a plot to carry out a suicide attack at Saint Petersburg's Kazan cathedral.

German police on Sunday said they had shot and injured a man who had rampaged with a knife through the Berlin Cathedral, and also said there were no signs the incident was politically motivated.

President Rodrigo Duterte had branded the renowned white-sand resort a "cesspool" fouled by dumped sewage and imposed the temporary ban on visitors that is due to take effect on Thursday.

The display of various birds and small pets, and the bidding process itself evokes curiosity among the onlookers, who comprise most of the crowd.

More than 70 firefighters have brought a fire under control at London's Camden Market after a blaze broke out at a building at the popular tourist attraction overnight, firefighters said.

A young woman was bitten by a wild green snake at an Australian zoo, paramedics said on Monday, a year after a keeper was attacked by a tiger at the same popular tourist attraction.

Scaffolding will cover the Taj Mahal's main dome next year while a "mud pack" is applied to its yellowing marble, authorities said on Thursday as they battle the effects of smog on the country's top tourist attraction.

Jose Mourinho’s selection gamble paid off as Chelsea got their spluttering season back on track with a 4-0 rout of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of Asia’s largest and most successful budget airline AirAsia.

Serena and Venus Williams will clash at Wimbledon for the first time in six years today.

Italy beat the world record for the longest ever pizza on Saturday, serving up a sizzling margherita over one and a half kilometres long at Milan's 2015 Expo.

The head of the nuclear missile wing at a base in Montana has resigned and nine officers were removed from their jobs