Yemen's government blamed the Iran-backed Huthi rebels for the postponement, claiming they had tried to "smuggle" members of Tehran's Revolutionary Guards and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah onto the flight, while authorities in Sanaa said it "vio...

Under the rain at a military position in the eastern town of Lyman, on the frontline, soldiers traded the usual patriotic salutation of "Glory to Ukraine!" for the ritual "Christ has risen!" "Truly risen!" came the reply. In the town's small Ortho...

Auckland produced a sub-par effort but were still good enough to secure a bonus point with a 35-18 win over the Fijian Drua to go a point clear of the Brumbies who beat the Highlanders 28-17. After two months of local derbies in their home-based c...

The world's second-largest economy has been struggling to stamp out its worst outbreak in two years with a playbook of harsh lockdowns and mass testing as it sticks to a strict zero-Covid policy, taking a heavy toll on businesses and public morale. ...

Raine were commissioned to lead the sale process by Roman Abramovich before the Russian was hit by UK government sanctions last month over his connections to Vladimir Putin. The European champions have since been operating under a special licence t...

Jose de Jesus Gonzalez's diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa is located in the southwestern state of Guerrero, where gangs fight over drug production and trafficking as well as access to Pacific ports such as Acapulco. The violence used to be even wors...

The boat capsized on Saturday night near the coast of the northern city of Tripoli, the departure point for a growing number of people attempting a potentially lethal sea escape from crisis-hit Lebanon. "The search is ongoing by the Lebanese navy w...

Ukraine's second city has been pummelled by strikes day and night since Russian forces attempted to seize it at the start of the invasion. The bitter fighting has rendered the city of 1.5 million a tangle of blown-out shops and smouldering apartmen...

Egypt's digital gig economy is growing, as economic pressures push more of its key demographic -– educated, urban youth –- into the work-on-demand model. Engineer Mohamed Sherif, 37, joined online food ordering company Talabat as a bicycle cour...

Five years later, Jak is one of thousands in open rebellion against the place they once saw as a safe haven -- part of a growing trend of users rising up against tech platforms. "We were lured in with the 'shop small' slogans and low fees and usefu...

North Korea on Monday celebrates the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army and the nuclear-armed country has staged military parades in the past to mark key holidays. Pyongyang has carried out more than a dozen ...

The trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin comes as the war enters its third month with thousands dead and millions displaced. A series of European leaders have already travelled to Kyiv to meet President Volod...

Jansa, 63, an ally of nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and admirer of US ex-president Donald Trump, is polling head-to-head with newcomer Robert Golob, former chief of a leading power company. Analysts say concerns over the rule of...

"As of 11am (0200GMT), coastguard aircraft have rescued four people, local police aircraft rescued four people and a Self Defence Force aircraft rescued one person from waters or rocky coastal areas," Japan's coastguard said in a press release. Ear...

Macron goes into the election with a reasonable lead in polls over Le Pen, an advantage he consolidated in the frenetic final days of campaigning, including a no-holds-barred performance in the pre-election debate. But analysts have warned Macron, ...