France’s foreign minister said on Friday that a standoff with an “out of control” junta in Mali was untenable, and that Paris was discussing with partners how to adapt its operations to continue the fight against Islamist militants there.

Last year the 28-year-old American had emergency surgery for endometriosis and at the French Open suffered an abdominal injury. Nine months later the world number 30 is in the Australian Open final after blowing away Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek...

Few athletes can boost such a varied sporting resume, but the down-to-earth Australian has taken it in her stride. Widely seen as one of the nicest players on tour, the 25-year-old began playing tennis as a child in the Queensland state capital Bri...

But the resurgent American is reday to tackle top seed and clear favourite Ashleigh Barty. A raging Collins was in "the zone" to take apart Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek and make her first Grand Slam final. She knows if she can find the sweet spo...

Rwanda said Friday it will reopen its land border with Uganda at the end of the month after a three-year closure, signalling a thaw in frosty relations between the neighbours.

The 35-year-old Spanish great, seeded sixth, was too solid for the Italian seventh seed, winning 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in 2hr 55min, and will face either Daniil Medvedev or Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's final. Nadal is level on 20 majors with his gol...

The violence that broke out Thursday evening and continued into the night was the bloodiest escalation between the countries since deadly clashes last year. Kyrgyz and Tajik frontier communities regularly clash over land and water supplies, with bo...

Tourism operators across the archipelago nation famed for its beaches and dive spots have been devastated by a plunge in international visitors and restrictions on domestic travel. Their misery was worsened by a super typhoon that smashed into the...

At the Africa Cup of Nations, the action on the pitch has been overshadowed by Monday's deadly stampede outside the stadium hosting Cameroon's match with Comoros that left eight people dead. Questions have also been raised over host country Camer...

Neil Young's music is being removed from Spotify's streaming service after the singer-songwriter released a letter addressed to his manager and record label, Warner Music Group, demanding that Spotify no longer carry his music. The legendary musician...

The head of the Paris hospitals system has set off a fierce debate by questioning whether people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should continue to have their treatment covered by public health insurance.

Fighter jets could be heard carrying out drills above the Finnish capital this week, while Sweden recently deployed troops to a Baltic outpost in response to rising tensions. President Vladimir Putin's demands that NATO not expand eastwards have al...

Federal District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras declared existing contracts invalid, saying the Department of the Interior did not adequately consider the leases' impact on climate change when issuing them. According to the ruling, officials had us...

Like mainland China, Hong Kong is one of the few places left in the world still pursuing a zero-Covid strategy that has largely kept the virus at bay but left the finance hub internationally isolated. On Thursday, city leader Carrie Lam announced t...

Cameroon's economic capital is a loud and chaotic port city, hot and humid. It is here that the country's Indomitable Lions will face Gambia in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Saturday as Cameroon come to Douala for the first time in th...