The World Bank is in discussions with 30 to 40 countries about potential crisis aid to help them ​manage energy shocks and price increases triggered by the war in the Middle ‌East, its president, Ajay Banga, told Reuters in an interview.

A craft beer producer in central Japan is hoping that its U-shaped "wobbly" glass will encourage people to drink water along with their beer, in a bid to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and dehydration.

NEW DELHI - The founder of India's youth-led online "cockroach" movement and two other leaders were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained to thwart a major protest against the election commissioner.

Finance officials from around the world will gather in Thailand this week under the shadow of a widening war in the Middle East, ​the biggest energy supply shock ever and rising interest rates that together pose daunting risks to already-sluggish g...

Police have arrested two women in Bangkok who allegedly supplied balloons of laughing gas to customers on Khao San Road in Bangkok.