Haakon automatically succeeded to the throne Friday after his father, King Harald, passed away peacefully earlier in the day. He is due to swear an oath before the government later Friday. He has increasingly seen his family's affairs plastered acr...

The tale of the single mother from humble beginnings, whose chance encounter with then-Crown Prince Haakon propelled her to the heart of the monarchy, won the affection of Norwegians. She was long seen as the embodiment of a modern monarchy capable...

Japan Rugby League One (JRLO) planned to introduce a new rule from next season that would limit the number of players in a matchday squad who had not completed at least six years of compulsory education in Japan, even if they were naturalised citize...

"It is with deep sadness that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital on Friday, August 28 at 6:35 am," (0435 GMT) it said in a statement. The flag at the royal pala...

The Australian reigning Olympic and world 100m and 200m backstroke champion has been sidelined with glandular fever and a broken wrist. She missed the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships and could only watch as Italian teenager Sara Cu...

In both overall outlay and net spend, Serie A is a clear second among the 'Big Five' leagues. While fee structures, conditional payments and financial sleights-of-hand can make the precise transfer values a little hazy, German site Transfermarkt o...

Lock Eben Etzebeth boasts a Springbok record 143 caps and the starting line-up total is 1,012. The average caps among the forwards is 73 and 61 for the backs. The All Blacks went one up in the four-match series last weekend in Johannesburg, winnin...

South Korean company SK Gas paid the record sum for the G. Spirit to transit the shipping lane on September 1, two days before canal authorities reduce the number of transits due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, Bloomberg reported. Panama on Tues...

About 15,000 athletes and officials were initially expected at the Games, which are being held in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4. That was already more than the Olympics, but the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) last we...

Instead, scores of pilgrims were caught in deadly floods that tore through the Nepal-Tibet region on Wednesday, wiping out entire villages and killing more than 470 people. Sivaranjani Muthunathan was travelling in Nepal by bus with 56 others from ...

Emergency teams have recovered 472 bodies after a tsunami-like wall of water and mud crashed down on Wednesday, burying homes, smashing bridges and sweeping away vehicles in both Nepal and Tibet. More than 1,400 people are missing, including trekke...

Almost six months into the Middle East war, Washington this week laid out plans to expand sanctions against the Islamic republic, warning that any nation which continued to enable Tehran would become a "global pariah". China is among countries whos...

With the euphoria following Nvidia's blistering earnings report petering out, the attention is back on the economy as debate surrounds if or when the US central bank will tighten monetary policy. Last month's Fed meeting saw policymakers keep borro...

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has poured tens of millions of dollars into races nationwide through its main election-spending vehicle, the United Democracy Project (UDP). The so-called "super PAC" -- a group allowed to lavish...

Then the dragons emerged from beneath the pagoda, their brightly coloured fabric bodies hoisted on poles by teenagers moving with surprising precision. Nearby, smaller children tumbled across a weather-beaten foam mattress, twisting into barrels an...