The island country has been in the grips of a severe economic crisis, with a lack of foreign exchange triggering shortages of food, crude oil and other essential goods. Authorities had already walked back restrictions on fertiliser imports last mon...

The move paves the way for him to be the likely starter for Sunday's NFL game against the Los Angeles Chargers. The 39-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 last Saturday. Roethlisberger is expected to fly separately from the rest of the team to ...

Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne was unbeaten on 32 with three boundaries while Pathum Nissanka was on 25. Solozano was fielding close in at short-leg when Karunaratne attempted a full blooded pull shot off the bowling of Chase and the ball smacked a fie...

Burhan on October 25 declared a state of emergency and ousted the government in a move that upended a two-year transition to civilian rule, drew international condemnation and punitive measures, and provoked large protests. "A political agreement h...

The 34-year-old Crawford knocked Porter down twice in the 10th before Porter's father and trainer Ken Porter stepped in to call off the fight. Crawford felled Porter intially with a left uppercut on the button that buckled his knees. It was all o...

Lithuania allowing Taipei to open an office using the name Taiwan was a significant diplomatic departure that defied a pressure campaign by Beijing. China baulks at any official use of the word "Taiwan", lest it lend a sense of international legiti...

After years of retreat, Egypt is making its presence felt again in the neighbouring Palestinian enclave, emerging as a key benefactor in the aftermath of the last bout of fighting between Hamas and Israel in May. In the weeks following the deadly v...

Long condemned for harsh restrictions on women, Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-old ban on female footballers only a few years ago, and it is now aiming to develop a national team strong enough to contest major tournaments. The ultra-conservative Mus...

A woman in Texas was shot in the back last week while shielding her seven-year-old daughter from gunfire toward their vehicle, and another driver in Kentucky is recovering from gunshot wounds sustained after an argument involving a parking space. R...

Within hours, he had strapped a bag holding $200,000 in ransom to himself -- today worth about $1.3 million -- and parachuted off the plane, never to be found. Fifty years after his leap into the unknown, the case of D.B. Cooper -- an alias spawne...

The poll comes two years after a social revolt against deep-rooted inequality, and months after elections for a body that will draft the new constitution -- a key demand of the protesters. That ballot, in May, saw voters massively reject traditiona...

Burks, who scored just three points in the first three quarters, helped put the finishing touches on a contest that featured 12 lead changes and nine ties at Madison Square Garden. Randle had 16 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, while Emmanuel ...

Within an hour, his phone rang. "Someone from Hamas called and told me to erase everything," Sawaf said, referring to the Islamist group that runs the Israeli-blockaded coastal strip. The caller said the border business was "a very sensitive subje...

The 36-year-old abruptly quit on Friday ahead of the Ashes series against England over a series of lewd text messages with a female colleague in 2017 that he had learnt were about to be made public. Paine insisted it was his decision to resign and ...

The 145 women and 455 men, who hailed from not only Central America but also Africa and the Indian subcontinent, were found in the southeastern state of Veracruz, the institute said in a statement. The vast majority were from Central America with 4...