Protesters gathered at Italian ports on Friday as the country braced for widespread disruption over new coronavirus requirements for workers. Roughly 300 people blocked an entrance to the port of Genoa in the northwest, causing delays in what was f...

Lebanon prepared to bury the victims of its deadliest sectarian unrest in years Friday after gunfire gripped central Beirut for hours and revived the ghosts of the civil war. Six people were killed and dozens wounded Thursday when violence erupted ...

Lebanon prepared to bury the victims of its deadliest sectarian unrest in years Friday after gunfire gripped cental Beirut for hours and revived the ghosts of the civil war. Six people were killed and dozens wounded Thursday when violence erupted f...

The husband of Kenyan record-breaking runner Agnes Tirop, who was stabbed to death in a killing that has shocked her home country and the world of athletics, was due in court Friday after a dramatic late-night arrest. Emmanuel Rotich was detained i...

With a single kick, Victor Medina collapses a burning pyre, then crosses the smouldering embers in his bare feet. He walks purposefully with a distant gaze, while embodying an indigenous spirit during a ritual on Mount Sorte in northwestern Venezue...

Ronald Koeman said his players will benefit from knowing he is staying on as Barcelona coach and his theory will be tested by a pivotal week that starts with a trip to Valencia on Sunday. After Valencia, Barca face Dynamo Kiev in the Champions Leag...

Australia's prime minister on Friday withdrew a threat to skip next month's landmark UN climate summit, describing the meeting as "an important event". "I confirmed my attendance at the Glasgow Summit, which I'm looking forward to attending," Scott...

Beijing, which will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, is staging a series of test events -- giving a strong taste of what the Games will look like and what coronavirus measures will be in place. AFP Sport takes a look at what athletes and spectators -...

Sydney will scrap all quarantine requirements for travellers from next month, officials said Friday, an abrupt step toward reopening Australia's long-shuttered borders. In a surprise announcement, Premier Dominic Perrottet of New South Wales said t...

In the heart of Belgrade, a convicted war criminal known as "Captain Dragan" pushes for the pardon of the man who assassinated a Serbian prime minister. He smiles for the cameras, and nobody in the busy street seems surprised by the campaign. Th...

Cody Bellinger drove in the winning run in the ninth inning Thursday as the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Francisco Giants 2-1 to advance to baseball's National League Championship Series. With one swing, Bellinger put a d...

Shares in Taiwan's microchip giant TSMC soared on Friday forecasting posting better-than-expected profits for the rest of the year and following the announcement of plans to build its first factory in Japan. The world is in the midst of a severe s...

The chief lawyer for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday he had been banned by the junta from speaking to journalists, diplomats or international organisations. The gag order came after he relayed vivid testimony from the country's d...

Tom Brady shrugged off an injured thumb to throw two touchdown passes and Leonard Fournette ran for two TDs as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-22 in a Thursday NFL game. The defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers saw anot...

Harvard University's endowment shot up 27 percent in a year, according to its annual financial report published Thursday, making it more than ever the world's richest university. Such endowments, very common in US higher education, are funded large...