The eastern DRCongo city of Goma was almost deserted Friday after residents fled following a warning that the Mount Nyiragongo volcano might erupt again. Goma, located on the shore of Lake Kivu, has been on edge since Africa's most active volcano e...

When she returns home, 22-year-old Luana Myrtollari immediately locks the door and draws the curtains, a reflexive gesture that comes from fear. Transgender people find little acceptance in conservative societies like Albania. "Every time you go o...

Anthony Davis scored 34 points and 11 rebounds and LeBron James delivered 21 points and nine assists as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the short-handed Phoenix Suns 109-95 in a heated Western Conference playoff game Thursday. Davis is looking like...

Hong Kong democracy campaigner Figo Chan wore an "Avengers" hoodie into court for his jail sentence in a nod to his love of the comic series and its tale of heroic redemption. He says prison will make him a "better man". Chan, 25, was one of eight ...

Tonnes of charred plastic pellets from a burning container ship washed shore near Sri Lanka's capital Friday as an international effort to salvage the vessel dragged into a ninth day. Thick black smoke rose from the Singapore-registered MV X-Press ...

The Old Forge pub in Inverie, western Scotland, is Britain's most remote watering hole, situated in what has been described as the country's "last true wilderness". Just getting there requires a 30-minute boat trip or, for the more adventurous, an ...

Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta is staging world dance premieres at one of Britain's top ballet companies to welcome audiences back after the "nightmare" of the pandemic lockdowns. The 47-year-old, who took over as director of the Birmingham Royal ...

Australia on Friday moved ahead with a World Trade Organization case against Chinese tariffs on barley imports, as strains between the two countries showed little sign of abating. Trade Minister Dan Tehan said Canberra would ask the WTO to establis...

Inside an abandoned house, onions sizzle as mother-of-four Seror struggles to cook an Iraqi speciality over an open fire, trying to maintain an illusion of home for her loved ones. The Alhayani family are among hundreds of people from the Middle Ea...

A steady decline in coronavirus cases and rising levels of immunity from vaccination or infection suggest that the worst of the pandemic may be over for hard-hit Mexico, experts say. The improvement has led to a gradual loosening of lockdown measur...

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown. Lai, who...

Nike said Thursday it parted ways with Neymar last year after the superstar Brazil attacker "refused to cooperate in a good faith investigation" as the company probed an employee's claim that he sexually assaulted her. The apparel giant said in a s...

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown. Lai, who...

Good friends Danielle Kang and Lizette Salas won Thursday to set up a showdown for a last 16 berth in the LPGA Match-Play at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kang never trailed in a 2 & 1 victory over Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom, although her 3-up...

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in South Africa on Friday for a lightning trip dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its widening economic damage. Macron, arriving from a historic visit to Rwanda where he acknowledged French respon...