Myanmar has been embroiled in civil war since a military coup in 2021 ousted the elected government of Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, ending the country's decade-long experiment with democracy. The United Nations formed a credentials committee this month...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for "cooperation" within the bloc, which he has said represents "50 percent of the world's population, 40 percent of global GDP and more than 25 percent of global trade". "The power of BRICS lies in our di...

Described as the worst team to tour England in the last 50 years, Pakistan's cycle of chopping and changing continued when head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling chief Umar Gul were sacked from their posts. Seven players were expelled from the squad...

The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 passengers and crew, had lost contact with its shipping company early on Sunday after departing from Surabaya in East Java. "We can inform you that the total number of evacuated passengers is 103 people," local s...

Garcia delivered a hammering right hand to the chin that dropped Benn to the canvas 45 seconds into the second round and followed with punishing flurries of punches until referee Thomas Taylor stopped the fight after one minute and 25 seconds of the...

Messi curled in a superb strike on 62 minutes at Miami's Nu Stadium to fire Inter into a 2-1 lead but Nashville grabbed a share of the points after striker Sam Surridge bundled in an injury-time equaliser. The 39-year-old Messi has now scored a re...

Kazakhstan's Rybakina beat two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday to claim her third Grand Slam title. She'd already assured herself of toppling Sabalenka from the number one spot just by reaching the semi-finals. "I...

The US president caught his Irish hosts and the neighbouring UK off-guard Saturday when he waded into highly sensitive political territory by announcing he would "love to see" a united Ireland. Breaking with Washington's traditional neutrality on t...

The powerful game is there to see, but the thoughts and emotions driving it are largely shrouded -- and that's the way Rybakina prefers it to be. "Elena is not nonchalant, I don't want to say that, but just no reaction ever," said American Coco Gau...

"I think overall I should be happy with the level I played, and there's lots of things to take from this tournament," said the 28-year-old Belarusian, who had looked more than capable of salvaging her Grand Slam season before she ran into the buzzsa...

The Springboks, who led the series 2-1 after the opening three Tests in South Africa, produced a devastating second-half display at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium to seal victory. Tries from Damian de Allende, Morne van den Berg, Malcolm Marx, Pieter...

Rybakina, already assured of supplanting Sabalenka atop the rankings by reaching the semi-finals in New York, triumphed 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her third Grand Slam title. She won her first at Wimbledon in 2022 and beat Sabalenka in the Australian O...

Sunderland had the chance to take the lead early in the second period when Ezri Konsa was penalised for wrestling Dan Ballard to the floor. Arteta was furious as pictures showed Ballard was also pulling the England international as the pair fell to...

Attissogbe crossed in both halves as Pau, who lost in the play-offs last season, secured their second victory of the campaign after winning at Montpellier last weekend. Bayonne notched four tries, all converted by South Africa fly-half Robert du Pr...