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The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.
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At least eight people died in Japan as heavy rains flooded roads and disrupted traffic while firefighters from Britain to France and Croatia struggled to contain blazes in Europe's fifth heatwave this summer
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?Record rainfall in Japan stranded thousands of travelers at Tokyo's Narita airport on Friday, bringing floods to the surrounding area that disrupted transport, knocked out power to 20,000 homes and killed eight.
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Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election.
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The election called by Reform UK's leader was dismissed as a stunt by major parties, which declined to field candidates. A trash-can-wearing "alien" came in second with nearly 10,000 votes.
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European Cup winner and former Aston Villa and Manchester United goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer dies at the age of 78.
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Prichard Colon, who suffered a severe brain injury during a 2015 fight, dies aged 33, his father Richard confirms on social media.
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Keeping gas prices low is now the United States' "goal number one" in the Iran war, Vice President JD Vance has said, as Washington threatened an indefinite naval blockade and signaled it would soon intensify economic pressure on Tehran.
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The Trump administration pushed out thousands of veteran U.S. Forest Service staff. An ‘extraordinary' fire season is testing those who are left.
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Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are selling payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to San Francisco-based investment firm Francisco Partners. Some analysts are raising concerns around what the deal means for Canada's digital sovereignty amid the country's trade war with the U.S.
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Experts tell BBC Verify pollution has spread from a ship attacked on 3 August and threatens vulnerable wildlife.
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At a proliferating number of stores, discounts on items like sushi are offered after 8 p.m. To get the best meals, you have to be there early.
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The Kennedy Center board voted on Thursday to close for two years for renovations and to again add President Trump's name to the facade, Rep. Joyce Beatty said.
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The leader of Russia's only registered anti-war party said he will stay in the country and keep pushing for change, despite increased pressure from the authorities ?that has led to the party's exclusion from upcoming parliamentary elections.
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Solar specs are tricky to recycle because of their lenses, so here are three things to do instead.
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Summer McIntosh earned a gold medal Thursday night, defeating Jenna Forrester of Australia in championship record time in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the Pac Pacific swimming competition in Irvine, Calif.
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Thousands of sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard.
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Russia maintained an iron grip on Crimea since seizing it from Ukraine in 2014. Many Russian civilians go there to enjoy the beaches. But now Ukraine is hitting Crimea hard, upending daily life.
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The U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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