Armed troops in Sri Lanka blocked a Sunday opposition protest march staged in defiance of an emergency curfew to protest the island nation's worsening economic crisis, after authorities imposed a social media blackout to contain public dissent.

Swiatek scooped her third successive WTA 1000 title by beating Naomi Osaka in the Miami Open final on Saturday. Swiatak said cumulative fatigue was on the verge of leaving her injured. "Sorry everyone but after playing a marathon three finals I'm ...

The Russian defence ministry confirmed the strike. "This morning, high-precision sea and air-based missiles destroyed an oil refinery and three storage facilities for fuel and lubricants near the city of Odessa, from which fuel was supplied to a g...

Australia amassed a daunting 356 for five but the defending champions England, faced with a record target, kept up the run rate but ran out of wickets to be dismissed for 285 in the 44th over, with Nat Sciver unbeaten on 148. The victory continued ...

On the final day of his weekend trip to Malta, the 85-year-old pontiff will also hold open-air mass before visiting a migrant centre that will soon host refugees from the Ukraine war. According to Christian tradition, Paul was shipwrecked on Malta ...

The country of around seven million will elect the president, deputies for the 250-seat parliament and cast votes in several municipal contests. The latest opinion polls say Vucic's centre-right Serbian Progressive Party should maintain its contro...

Former president Jose Maria Figueres was once investigated for corruption while ex-finance minister Rodrigo Chaves was previously demoted for sexual harassment. But with 23 percent of the population living in poverty and unemployment soaring to 14 ...

According to Christian tradition, the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked on the tiny Mediterranean island in the year 60 AD, and performed several miracles in his three months there. The grotto, at the Basilica of St Paul in Rabat, is an important place...

An official in Ukraine’s interior ministry said that air strikes rocked the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa early Sunday morning. Russian forces’ retreat from the town of Bucha in the Kyiv region revealed evidence of civilian killings. Read ou...

So when prison staff woke him up from a nap one day to hand him candidate manifestos for this month's presidential election in France, he was taken aback. "They knocked at the door, and that's how I found out that I can vote even while in prison," ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called Sunday for the president to dissolve parliament and hold a fresh election, minutes after the national assembly deputy speaker declined to hear a no-confidence motion into his rule.

Two years later her elder sister Banaz, who had left a marriage she was forced into aged 17, was murdered by members of her family in a so-called honour killing. Laws in England and Wales, which allow 16- and 17-year-olds to get married as long as ...

Beekeeper Brahim Chatoui says he has lost almost a third of his hives in just two months -- and he is not alone. "At this time of year, this area would normally be buzzing with bees," said Chatoui, sweating under a blazing springtime sun. "Today, t...

Akram Johari is one of thousands who fled Lebanon's tumbling currency and skyrocketing poverty rates. Last year, he packed his bags and boarded a plane from Beirut to Baghdad, using social media to search for opportunities. "I didn't have enough t...

No premier of Pakistan has ever completed a full term, and Khan faces the biggest challenge to his rule since being elected in 2018, with opponents accusing him of economic mismanagement and bungling foreign policy. Sunday's newspapers splashed for...