The former leader has been detained since a putsch that ousted her government in the early hours of February 1, ending a brief democratic interlude for the country. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the coup, with more than 1,200 people killed in a...

In telephone talks on Monday, Macron urged Raisi to engage in a "constructive manner" in the talks that resumed after a suspension of almost half a year, following the election of the hardliner to the Iranian presidency. European powers are seeking...

The former strongman ruled the Indian Ocean archipelago -- best known for opulent beachside resorts and their frequent celebrity guests -- until his shock election loss in 2018. He was convicted a year later for illegally holding millions of dollar...

Although China has largely quashed the coronavirus within its borders through travel restrictions and snap lockdowns, recurrent domestic outbreaks linked to the Delta variant have put the authorities on high alert. "I think it will definitely lead...

Kenta Izumi, who is far from a household name in Japan, takes the helm of the Constitutional Democratic Party after its celebrated founder Yukio Edano stepped down over poor results in October's election. Izumi faces the difficult task of uniting ...

New Zealand rugby said the highly-rated backrow and sometime All Black captain will stay with the side "through to the end of the 2025 season." The 28-year-old also signed a deal to keep him with Super Rugby's Hurricanes until the end of 2023. As ...

Baker will be just the sixth woman to be honoured in the secular temple to the "great men" of the French Republic, which sits on a hill in Paris's Left Bank. She will also be the first entertainer to be immortalised alongside the likes of Victor Hu...

"Regarding the traveller arriving from Namibia, it was confirmed to be a case of Omicron after analysis at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases," government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. "This is the first Omicron case confirm...

Uber announced the "difficult decision" in an online statement, which gave no reason for why it was winding down operations. The company said it would now redouble its commitment to its ride-sharing in Hong Kong, a business that remains in a legal ...

Stephane Bancel told the newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that data would be available on the effectiveness of current vaccines in the next two weeks but scientists were not optimistic. "All the scientists I've talked to ... are like '...

With more than half of the votes counted, experts say Castro's 20 percentage point lead is "irreversible." Here AFP looks at the toughest obstacles Castro is likely to face when taking office as head of a country wracked by gang violence, drug traf...

"The US Supreme Court can right what we believe is a grievous wrong," Kevin Steele, district attorney for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania said in a statement announcing that the appeal had been filed last Wednesday. Cosby was freed from prison on J...

The United Nations has repeatedly warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and Qureshi said the OIC "must step in to help our Afghan brethren". "We should step up our collective efforts to alleviate the huma...

Ali's 151-run stand with fellow opener Abdullah Shafique helped bring play to an end before lunch on the final day, beating their first-innings partnership by five. The duo had already made 109 overnight, chasing 202. Bangladesh had to wait until ...

Cricket officials had been confident the potentially pivotal clash between Australia and England would go ahead in the city after suggestions that some of its tough Covid restrictions would be relaxed or exemptions granted. But the emergence of the...