A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has battered Southeast and South Asia, setting off landslides, flooding vast tracts and cutting off communities from Sumatra island's rainforests to the highland plantations of Sri Lanka. At least 1,81...

Speaking to the media for the first time since he made the comment last month, Conrad said he regretted his choice of word. "On reflection it was never my intention to cause any malice or not be humble about anything," the 58-year-old said after hi...

It capped a breakthrough year for the 26-year-old Dane, who booked promotion to the PGA Tour next year by finishing third at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai last month. He mixed four birdies with three bogeys in his 70 to be 15-under for t...

The hosts chased down the paltry target of 65 in just 10 overs, captain Steve Smith pulling Gus Atkinson for a huge six over square leg for the winning runs. Although not as humiliating as the two-day loss in the first Test in Perth, England were c...

More than two million people -- nearly 10 percent of the population -- have been affected by last week's floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, the worst on the island this century. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said monsoon stor...

The Northern Irishman completed golf's career grand slam in April with an emotional breakthrough to claim the Masters at Augusta. He was also part of an away Ryder Cup triumph, won his home Irish Open and topped the European tour's season-ending ra...

Beijing revamped Hong Kong's electoral system in 2021 following the city's huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests, but the first contest under those rules saw a record low turnout of 30 percent. The voter turnout just before noon Sunday ...

Harden, 36, came into the contest needing 20 points to knock Carmelo Anthony out of the No. 10 spot with 28,289 points. After scoring 19 points before halftime, he surpassed Anthony with four minutes left in the third quarter. Harden is one of onl...

Canada's McIntosh, the reigning Olympic and world champion, clocked 2min 02.62sec to win the women's 200m fly, posting the fourth-fastest time ever to beat American Regan Smith by 4.27sec. France's Marchand, who counted the 200m fly among his four ...

Tourists were among the dead in the blaze, which broke out at about midnight at a club in Arpora in the north of the coastal state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a statement that the deaths were "deeply saddening". Goa, a former Portuguese...

Hegseth -- a former Army National Guard major who went from Fox News co-host to leader of the world's most powerful military -- is no stranger to controversy and was only narrowly confirmed by the Senate earlier this year. The strikes on alleged na...

Archer was pictured arriving at the Gabba in Brisbane with the pillow for day three on Saturday when Australia resumed at 378-6 in reply to England's first innings 334. He presumably thought Australia's last four wickets would fall quickly and he c...

The 32-year-old pace spearhead has not played since picking up the issue against the West Indies mid-year. Selectors flirted with including him for the second Test at Brisbane, but erred on the side of caution. "First of all, yeah, I should be rig...

"Let no one be mistaken," Sheinbaum told the huge crowd, many of whom had arrived by bus from across the country. "The vast majority of young people support the transformation" of public life in Mexico, she stressed. Authorities said around 600,000...

Lamine Yamal and Roony Bardghji scored the other goals as the champions racked up what was mostly a comfortable victory in Seville, until they conceded two late goals. Real Madrid, second, host Celta Vigo on Sunday aiming to reel Hansi Flick's side...