International

Debuting its first flights in January 2020, Taiwanese start-up Starlux Airlines could be the first new player in 30 years to upend the island’s duopoly aviation market.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has claimed victory over the ongoing unrest in the country, state media reported Wednesday, six days after nationwide protests erupted following an abrupt spike in gas prices.

Police have called on protesters to resign after they occupied the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.

They’re not the world’s tallest or longest bridges, but a string of humble river crossings sculpted from tree roots in India are engineering marvels that contain lessons for modern architects.

A pregnant woman was killed by dogs in a forest in France as a hunt took place nearby, investigators have said.

Israel hit dozens of Iranian and Syrian military targets in a series of raids in the early hours of Wednesday, the Israeli military said, in response to four rockets fired from Syrian territory into Israel in the early hours of Tuesday.

In explosive testimony, a key US envoy says they sought a so-called “quid pro quo” with Ukraine.

Israel’s military says the strikes inside Syria were in response to rockets fired by Iranian troops.

On the eve of India’s independence, the man who would soon become the country’s first Prime Minister outlined an aspirational vision.