Relations between nuclear-armed neighbours plummeted last year after an April 22 attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 26 men, mostly Hindu tourists, leading to their worst conflict in decades. India blamed Pakistan for backing t...

Traditionalists hit out after the Badminton World Federation said that from January 2027 it will adjust the scoring system, partly with an eye on the next generation of fans. Currently matches are the best of three games, with the winner of each th...

The country is one of the world's largest exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG), a key fuel source in hot demand as war in the Middle East upends global energy markets. In a bid to shield the nation from "global price volatility", Australia's l...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has accelerated Japan's shift towards a more muscular defence policy, further casting off -- with US encouragement -- Tokyo's pacifist stance in place since the end of World War II. The firing on Wednesday of two Type-...

The hosts won the semi-final 5-2 on aggregate and will face Tigres UANL in North and Central America's top club competition -- the first final without a Major League Soccer side in five years. Helinho scored a penalty and Everardo Lopez added a thu...

A hammering by new champions Inter Milan a month ago seemed to signal the end of Roma's hopes of ending a long absence from Europe's top club competition. But 10 points from their subsequent four matches have taken Roma to within one point of fourt...

Already a two-time Tour winner, Vingegaard is the clear favourite for the Giro, with Pogacar sitting out this year's edition, and the Dane has been in great form this season. The 29-year-old, who rides for Visma-Lease a Bike, has won two prestigiou...

Risk sentiment was surging on hopes Washington and Tehran will conclude the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since the start of March, choking off a fifth of the world's crude. Optimism got a huge boost We...

The 39-year-old faces a "middle-range" drink-driving charge, court documents showed, after allegedly being more than twice the legal limit in Sydney in April. Warner -- one of Australia's best-known sportsmen -- is accused of being at the wheel of ...

Bouncing back from a home-court upset loss on Monday, the Western Conference second-seeded Spurs' resounding win reestablishes them as favorites to progress. Seven-foot-four (2.24m) phenom Wembanyama was in imperious form again in San Antonio, with...

The US secretary of state arrived in Rome after Trump's extraordinary criticism of Leo, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, over his anti-war stance. Rubio, a devout Catholic, sought to play down the rift ahead of the private audience, w...

Experts warn that cheaper, more advanced artificial intelligence models are driving the global spread of online disinformation -- a major concern in South Korea, which has adopted AI particularly rapidly. The government strengthened the law in 2023...

The Melbourne Arts Precinct, which manages the square, had said it would stop hosting the big-screen events because of the risk posed by unruly fans, who have used flares in the past. Jacinta Allan, premier of the state of Victoria, intervened to r...

The 56-year-old from the city of Santa Marta now earns his keep saving coral, which is vital for marine biodiversity. "We used to destroy them," Granados told AFP, his body half-submerged in the sea and diving goggles concealing his face. "We didn...

LAR holds a 30-year concession to operate the Benguela railway, a key artery of the planned Lobito Corridor linking Angola to the mining belt of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a longer-term ambition to connect to Zambia. Western governments...