The Cuban Embassy in Paris said on Tuesday that its building had been attacked with petrol bombs, causing serious damage but no injuries to diplomatic staff.

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka's dreams of home Olympic gold were crushed by a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova Tuesday as her return to action came to an abrupt end. Osaka, who lit the Olympic cauldron and was one of the faces of the Games...

Authorities in Haiti arrested a top official who served as general security coordinator when President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, his attorney told The Associated Press on Monday.

A vast forest complex in Thailand has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, despite the UN's own experts warning of human rights violations against indigenous people in the area. The Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in western Thailand is rich in...

Bangladesh have ruled out batsmen Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das for a Twenty20 series against Australia next month after they left the team's coronavirus bubble, a top official said Tuesday. Mushfiqur and Liton left a recent tour of Zimbabwe early ...

Cheering is frowned upon at the virus-postponed Olympics, but training continues at a Tokyo gym for an energetic squad of cheerleaders whose average age is 70. To the beat of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", Fumie Takino, 89, twirled and waved her po...

British author Kazuo Ishiguro could win his second Booker Prize after judges Tuesday named him among 13 finalists on this year's longlist for one of literature's most prestigious awards. Ishiguro, who first landed the prize in 1989 with "The Remain...

Lebanon's new prime minister-designate Najib Mikati was due to start consultations with leading political parties Tuesday with a view to forming a long-awaited government. The billionaire politician, already twice a prime minister, was designated o...

The first person charged under Hong Kong's national security law was found guilty on Tuesday of terrorism and inciting secession in a landmark case with long-term implications for how the legislation reshapes the city's common law traditions.

Cyrille Tchatchet II is preparing to make history at the Tokyo Olympics -- seven years after finding himself homeless and penniless on Britain's streets. In June, the weightlifter was officially selected for the International Olympic Committee's re...

The bodies of three mountaineers who died during a winter expedition on Pakistan's K2 have been found months after they went missing while scaling the world's second-highest peak, officials said Tuesday. The remains of Pakistani mountaineering lege...

A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with terrorism-related offences, following his arrest that drew international concern and criticism of the country's new president. Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe was detained ...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz will meet his French counterpart in Paris this week for talks that will include an "update" on the Pegasus spyware scandal, his office said Tuesday. A ministry statement said Gantz will leave Wednesday for talk...

Lebanon's new prime minister-designate Najib Mikati was due to start consultations with leading political parties Tuesday with a view to forming a long-awaited government. The billionaire politician, already twice a prime minister, was designated o...

US Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama is hoping to draw inspiration from Japan's early momentum at Tokyo 2020 when he begins his quest for Olympic gold at the Kasumigaseki Country Club on Thursday. Asia's first US Masters champion is revered in Japa...