Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. The highly anticipated ruling, which was broadcast live on national televisi...

The pull out comes six months after the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey, drawing a line under four decades of violence that had claimed some 50,000 lives. "As of the evening of November 16, our fo...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on November 7 that the use of force against self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims, could warrant a military response from Tokyo. "What does our country's unification have to do with them?" said 36-year-o...

The list, assembled by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), names oil and gas giants such as ExxonMobil, Shell and BP, along with Brazil's state-owned Petrobras and China National Petroleum Corp. CIEL's inventory is broad, with th...

De'Aaron Fox delivered a season-high 28 points with 11 assists, Harrison Barnes added 20 points and Luke Kornet had 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots in the home triumph. "We did a great job being disciplined in our approach," Kornet s...

"House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The 79-year-old Republican has accused Democrats of pushing an "Epstein hoax" after emails emerged in which the...

Gauff and Fritz, ranked three and six in the world respectively, begin their 2026 season in Perth at the fourth edition of the tournament from January 2-11 ahead of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park later in the month. Spain are led by Juame Mu...

AFP Sport looks at five of the most memorable series between cricket's oldest enemies, a rivalry which stretches back to 1882: 2019: Stokes heroics, brilliant Smith Australia retained the Ashes as holders despite the series being drawn for the first...

The two young opponents, clad in crisp white karategi with coloured belts and protective headgear, circled each other on the tatami, the floor covering used for practising Japanese martial arts. Their movements were sharp and deliberate, each kick ...

The draft, which has been revised several times as a result of high-stakes negotiations, "endorses" the plan, which allowed for a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to take hold on October 10 in the war-wracked Palestinian territory. The Ga...

A senior Japanese official meanwhile arrived in China, reports said, seeking to defuse the row sparked by Takaichi's suggestion that Tokyo could intervene militarily in any attack on the self-ruled island. Asia's two top economies are closely entwi...

The US president spoke after Washington further upped the ante by announcing plans to designate as a terrorist group a cartel that it claims Maduro runs. "We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we'll see how that turns out," Trump told ...

Greco smashed her own world record in storming to victory in the women's C1-C3 class 3,000m individual pursuit at the Tokyo Games in 2021. She went on to add bronze in the C1–3 road race and time trial, cementing her status as a top competitor ac...

Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her in August 2024. She faces a possible death penalty if convicted. Bangladesh ...

Here is a brief biography of both: Reluctant communist Jeannette Jara is a rare working-class candidate in a country where political leaders are usually drawn from descendants of the European immigrant elite. A former labor minister under outgoing ...