Unlike many countries with wall-to-wall coverage, state television in the Islamic republic reported the bare minimum on the death Thursday of the woman who had been the world's longest reigning monarch, with just a brief announcement along with arch...

"It was shocking because we had never heard of something like this here," Villamizar, a government employee in the farming town of 90,000, told AFP on Friday. More than 160 police officers aided by dogs and drones were deployed to find the group a...

Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers a third of the country -- an area the size of the United Kingdom -- wiping out crops and destroying homes, businesses, roads and bridges. Guterres hopes his visit will galvanise support for Paki...

The island nation had to abandon plans to host the Twenty20 competition due to political unrest and stumbled in their opener to Afghanistan by eight wickets, with nearly 10 overs remaining. But the five-time champions bounced back to beat Banglades...

If confirmed, this will be his first overseas trip since he ascended the Chrysanthemum throne in 2019 following his father's abdication. Naruhito was scheduled to visit Britain as his first overseas trip after the ascension, but it was postponed du...

Stoinis lasted just six balls with the bat and bowled only three overs in the second ODI in Cairns on Thursday that Australia won by 113 runs. With the three-match series wrapped up and Sunday's final game a dead rubber, he will go for treatment on...

The 85-year-old pontiff, who uses a wheelchair and has admitted he must slow down or consider retirement, will take part in an inter-religious summit in the capital city, Nur-Sultan, from September 13 to 15. Some 100 delegations from 50 countries a...

The UN Human Rights Council, which will host a month-long session in Geneva from Monday, frequently acts to investigate and rein in abuses inside countries. But that task is trickier and more fraught when the countries involved are among the world'...

Critics have been deeply divided on many of the 23 films in competition at the 79th Venice Film Festival, but it has been a stellar year for individual actors. There was a huge standing ovation for Fraser, who made an unlikely comeback from the H...

Beyond this shoreline in southern Sindh, hundreds of villages and swathes of farmland are lost beneath the water -- destroyed by floods that have affected nearly a third of Pakistan. "Nobody knows where their village is anymore, the common man can...

Six decades later, aged 86, she showed a surprising gift for comedy, joining "James Bond" star Daniel Craig for a sketch in which both appeared to parachute into the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. And she topped British television ra...

A termination letter sent to Twitter accused the firm of not informing him about a multi-million dollar severance payment it made in June to departing security chief Peiter Zatko, who went on to file a whistleblower complaint criticizing Twitter's s...

"Canada is a monarchist exception in the middle of a rather republican continent," said Marc Chevrier, a politics professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal. In a few weeks, after the period of mourning, "the debates will resurface, Pandora'...

Catherine, who married the now heir to the throne Prince William in 2011, stepped up appearances as his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II retreated from the public eye. The couple, both 40, played a prominent role during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic...

The Imperial State Crown The crown was commissioned for king George VI's coronation in 1937. Used for formal events such as the state opening of parliament, Queen Elizabeth II wore it following her coronation ceremony. The crown bears 2,868 diamond...