Le Pen, who failed to unseat Emmanuel Macron in last spring's presidential vote, has nonetheless turned her party into a sizable force since taking over from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, 11 years ago. Efforts to shed its legacy of virulent anti-S...

Eager to avoid another global crisis alongside Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden's administration has focused on a more narrow goal of reassuring allies that the United States will defend them. North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Un ...

Some of the congregation had tears in their eyes as they waited to see the 85-year-old at Bahrain National Stadium, the kingdom's biggest venue. Francis, who uses a wheelchair and walking stick due to knee problems, smiled and waved to the crowds f...

"Of course it is very difficult," Elena Zhemkova told AFP in an interview, stressing though that there had never been any question about whether or not to carry on working. "We continue our work." Memorial, which shared this year's Nobel Peace Pri...

With the rain pouring down and the clouds low, there will be no Russian drones overflying his remote outpost in northern Ukraine, the last one before the frontier. Clutching a monocular and wearing a balaclava that only shows his eyes, the guard p...

Like in 2018, Les Bleus begin their World Cup campaign against Australia and they will also take on Denmark in Group D. The only difference in Qatar is that Tunisia complete the section instead of Peru, who lost an intercontinental qualifying play-...

The winger's rise from humble beginnings is the stuff dreams are made of and the 27-year-old, who plays in La Liga for Cadiz, has never forgotten where he came from. "Obviously it was the foundation for me. It gave me a lot of values that I still ...

Aubameyang was exiled by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta last season following a series of disciplinary issues before joining Barcelona in January. The 33-year-old's misdemeanours mainly surrounded his poor time-keeping. He was stripped of the Arsenal...

Captain Babar Azam's side need to win their final Super 12 match against Bangladesh in Adelaide on Sunday -- and for other results to go their way -- to grab a place in the final four. Pakistan suffered heartbreaking losses to arch-rivals India and...

The Middelfart-born playmaker spent eight months out following his collapse on June 12, 2021. He returned in a Premier League game for Brentford on February 26 this year. A few weeks later, he was back playing for Denmark in a game against the Neth...

But injuries, recent results and off-field matters have raised doubts about their prospects of becoming the first team to successfully defend the World Cup trophy since Brazil in 1962. After the ups and downs of last year, when Didier Deschamps' te...

Yet to concede his loss to Joe Biden, Trump is now signaling he will seek the White House again in 2024. And with midterm elections Tuesday, he is doubling down on voting conspiracy theories he has wielded ever since the 2016 election, which he won...

The two sides meet at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday after India's narrow five-run win over Bangladesh put them top of Group 2 with six points from four games. They will power into the last four with a victory over the Africans. On the fl...

Twitter fired roughly half of its 7,500-strong workforce, only days before next week's midterm elections in the United States, when a spike in fake content is expected across social media. The cuts, which comes after Musk's blockbuster $44 million ...

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob called for elections 10 months ahead of schedule, with the graft-tainted ruling party of jailed ex-leader Najib Razak seeking to cement its political comeback four years after it was dramatically voted out. A Guin...