The draft text introduced by Norway reshapes the global body's relations with Kabul to account for last year's seizure of power by the Taliban, whose rule is still not recognized by the international community and who have yet to name new representa...

A Honduran judge authorized on Wednesday the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States on drug-trafficking and firearms charges, a decision his defense said it will appeal.

Events celebrating Ireland's patron saint were some of the first to be called off in 2020 as mass gatherings were shelved, pubs closed and international travel stopped. But restrictions have been lifted, and organisers are billing this year's celeb...

The 44-year-old delayed declaring his intention to seek re-election to the last possible moment and is now under pressure to engage with voters and rivals ahead of polls on April 10. The centrist had focused in recent weeks on Western diplomatic ou...

A judge "decided to accept the request for extradition presented by the Court of the Southern District of New York against ex-president of the republic Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado," the court said. The decision can still be appealed within the...

But on a desolate platform, far from the main hall, carriages disgorge small huddles of refugees returning home despite the conflict still raging with Russia to the east. While grateful for Europe's welcome, many find themselves unable to start a n...

The latest assaults on civilians across Ukraine came as President Volodymyr Zelensky made a searing appeal for help to the US, which responded by pledging $1 billion in new weapons to fight Russia's invading army. Officials across Ukraine are strug...

Toshiyuki Kusumoto, a father of two in western Japan's Oita, is seeking court intervention to protect his younger son from regulations he calls "unreasonable". They include rules on hair length, a ban on styles including ponytails and braids, prohi...

The North test-fired what was most likely a ballistic missile from the Sunan area of the capital, home to some three million people, early Wednesday, South Korea's military said. The projectile exploded moments after launch, with Seoul-based speci...

These days everyone wants a selfie. Gillian is back in Pakistan with a small troupe of Australian super fans, dubbed the "Fanatics", on their first tour of the country in nearly a quarter of a century -- and has been blown away by the welcome they...

Regional sentiment remains buoyant after China's top economic official vowed measures to support beaten-down markets and indicated that a debilitating crackdown on the technology sector was nearing its end. The news lit a fire under Asia on Wednesd...

The championship features a loaded field including 12 gold medallists from the Tokyo Olympics and a host of other world champions. "Wherever you look, we've got some tasty head-to-heads," Coe said, describing the likes of Swedish pole vault star Mo...

Dinwiddie's 25-foot winner sealed a pulsating tussle in Brooklyn which had been dominated by a thrilling duel between Nets star Kevin Durant and the Mavericks' Luka Doncic. Durant looked to have edged the Nets into a game-winning position with 10 s...

While Aden is now relatively stable, economically the ancient port city has been left on its knees. Water and electricity are intermittent, serving a population that officials say has tripled to more than three million, as people seek safety from f...

The ticket office has been abandoned at the entrance to the 19-hectare (47-acre) site in Yemen's southern city of Aden, where trees have been cut down and construction waste dumped. What was long a haven for flamingos and other migratory birds is n...