A large section of the 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in Abadan, Khuzestan province, crumbled on Monday in one of Iran's deadliest such disasters in years. It was the third night of protests in Abadan and other cities of th...

The visit by the nine-member delegation to the region is the latest stage in a case the plaintiffs hope will set a new worldwide precedent. Leading the demand for "climate justice" is 41-year-old Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who lives in th...

Informal recyclers, they rifle through the trash of the rich looking for waste plastic, glass bottles and cardboard they can sell for a handful of pesos. It is back-breaking work for little reward, but a salvation for thousands in a country where o...

Speaking to parliament in Port Vila on Friday, Prime Minister Bob Loughman said rising sea levels and severe weather were already disproportionately affecting the Pacific -- highlighting two devastating tropical cyclones and a hard-hitting drought i...

As the lights dim and a hush settles over the Nairobi audience, the theatre explodes into song and actors dance down the aisle. It is a scene few could have imagined. Although "Ngaahika Ndeenda" ("I Will Marry When I Want") occupies a special plac...

The billionaire former premier's unwillingness to speak ill of Putin is echoed by other leading Italian politicians, while in the media, there are concerns that pro-Russian sentiment has warped into propaganda. Prime Minister Mario Draghi is commit...

The 12 days of the world's foremost film fest has been a blast of technicolour grandeur, kickstarted by Tom Cruise with his first trip to Cannes in 30 years to launch "Top Gun: Maverick", accompanied by a French Air Force display team. It was a gre...

The deal's details are unclear, coming midway through a Chinese delegation's eight-nation trip -- but an earlier leaked draft agreement sent to several Pacific countries outlined plans to expand security and economic engagement. The mission has pro...

Masson booked a round-of-16 tilt with Andrea Lee on Saturday at Shadow Creek. Lee beat Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow 2&1 to win her four-woman group. Lee, the world number four coming off a victory at the Founders Cup two weeks ago, won the ...

The Heat leveled the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals at 3-3 to set up a seventh-game clash with the Celtics on Sunday at Miami. "We know what we're capable of. We get to take it back to the crib and win game seven," Butler said. "We knew w...

Russia is waging all-out war for the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions that make up Donbas -- the country's industrial heartland -- where Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide". In his daily address...

The Socceroos' bid to directly make a fifth straight World Cup ended with defeats to Japan and Saudi Arabia in March. It thrust them into an Asian qualifying playoff against the UAE in Doha on June 7, with the winner then facing Peru a week later t...

ESPN reported the Lakers have hired Ham while The Athletic said the team was signing a four-year deal with Ham, who would be getting his first NBA head coaching post. The Lakers fired Frank Vogel last month after going 33-49 and missing the playoff...

Days after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered in a Texas town, the debate rages on as outsiders wonder why Americans are so wedded to the firearms that stoke such massacres with appalling frequency. The answer, experts say, lies both in ...

The global surge in fuel costs comes at the worst possible time for Haitian authorities: Last December, they had for the first time in five years made the highly sensitive move to hike the price at the pump -- just two months before Russia invaded i...