Extreme weather has wreaked havoc on the country's south and centre this week, with a super typhoon heading towards eastern provinces this weekend. In the southern region of Guangxi, six people died and at least 130,000 people were moved to safety ...

After a month of scintillating action that has dispelled pre-tournament anxieties over sky-high ticket prices and geopolitics, the biggest, boldest and most logistically complex World Cup ever staged has been whittled down to eight teams. France, w...

Modi is set to receive a rockstar welcome at a community rally held inside a Melbourne stadium on Thursday, with organisers anticipating more than 20,000 people could flock to the event. India and Australia have grown considerably closer in recent ...

A Chinese submarine test-fired a "strategic" missile carrying a dummy warhead on Monday, with monitors saying the rocket appeared to land in a patch of ocean somewhere between Solomon Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu. Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo said...

The 30-year-old, who was looking for work in the United States at the time, said he was "taken aback" by the comments made by Chief Justice Surya Kant -- who later claimed they were taken out of context. Despite rapid economic growth, millions of p...

The 55-year-old retired leg-spinner was found guilty in 2025 of taking part in the supply of the drug. He was spared jail and sentenced to an "intensive corrections order" of one year and 10 months that included 495 hours of community service. Mac...

So he is "not happy" about a plan to reintroduce the big cats, a decade after they were declared extinct in Cambodia. "I saw the tiger take him with my own eyes," he said, describing the attack that took place over 30 years ago. "He was screaming...

Iran began six days of public funeral ceremonies for Khamenei on Saturday, including a dedicated day to neighbouring Iraq, a Shia powerhouse with close ties to Tehran. The Islamic republic hopes the marathon ceremonies will project strength and uni...

Simon Bolivar International Airport is in La Guaira, north of Caracas and the epicenter of the June 24 quakes that toppled scores of residential buildings and killed nearly 3,700 people. One of Latin America's worst earthquake disasters has left th...

"There is complete commitment of the United States to NATO," he told reporters before the opening of the main session. "But there's also an expectation... that the Europeans and the Canadians will equalise their spending with the United States... w...

AFP Sport looks at the match-ups, all of which are taking place in the United States. France v Morocco Imperious France have lived up to their billing as World Cup favourites, sweeping through the group stage and swatting aside Sweden before edgin...

The 43-year-old former defender -- a member of Spain's 2010 World Cup-winning squad -- signed a three-year contract. "The Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Alvaro Arbeloa as the new Head Coach of Fulham," Fulham said in a statement. ...

Djokovic is 14 years older than Auger-Aliassime and had to battle a calf injury throughout a Centre Court classic lasting five hours and 15 minutes in sweltering temperatures. The 39-year-old Serb somehow summoned up the energy, focus and will-powe...

The two teams cancelled each other out in the final game of the last 16 -- the game in Vancouver was also the last at the 2026 tournament to be played outside the United States. Colombia's Davinson Sanchez hit the bar in a nerve-wracking shootout b...

"These are the kind of moments that I still play tennis for, for sure. I wish it was the final so I don't need to worry about how the body will feel tomorrow, but yeah, I'm happy." -- Novak Djokovic after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-hou...