The vast Southeast Asian archipelago has for weeks been fighting wildfires blanketing parts of Borneo and Sumatra with smog, with haze also contributing to air pollution in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The orangutan pair had been unde...

Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano said "pyrotechnic material" was stored at the base in Viacha, southwest of Bolivia's administrative capital La Paz. The exact cause of the blasts, which happened at around 2:30 pm (1830 GMT), was under investigat...

The hazardous smoke has led to an increase in respiratory problems, forced schools to close, and has been drifting to neighbouring countries including -- Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Here's what to know: - Where are the fires? - Mos...

The move marks Washington's latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. A senior Ukrainian official told AFP the envoys were due in ...

The superstar sisters, whose 14 Grand Slam doubles titles include two US Opens, rallied from a break down in the third set and led the deciding 10-point tiebreaker 5-0 but fell 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (10/7). Venus, 46, and Serena, 44, hadn't played Gr...

Aimed at "a more accurate representation" of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries while the United States voted against it and six other states abstained. The new map -- known as the Equal Earth cartographic project...

The funeral of the convicted war criminal who oversaw the massacre, the Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, takes place on Monday after his death in prison on August 27. Srebrenica would be ruled a genocide by an international court. Here i...

The South African Weather Service told AFP there is a "60% chance of rain and thunderstorms" at Soccer City stadium during the match. "That (bad weather) will not affect how we play. We need to be a little bit better in all areas than last week to ...

Isak scored both goals of the 2-0 victory on Friday inside the opening 10 minutes to take his tally for the season to three in three games. After a Premier League record £125 million ($169 million) move from Newcastle 12 months ago, Isak's first s...

Bilal El Khannouss scored a brilliant individual goal, while Josha Vagnoman thumped in a stunning long-range volley. Stuttgart, who secured a return to the Champions League with a fourth-placed finish last season but lost 5-1 to Bayern last week, w...

Madrid had won each of their first three matches under Mourinho in his second spell in charge, but Betis goalkeeper Alvaro Valles denied Mbappe from the spot deep into stoppage time to seal a memorable victory at La Cartuja. Vinicius Junior hit the...

Captain Marquinhos gave PSG the lead just past the half-hour mark at the Parc des Princes, where Luis Enrique's team were playing in front of their own fans for the first time in this campaign. But Monaco hit back in the second half as Flavio Nazin...

Isak's Premier League record £125 million ($169 million) move from Newcastle was matched this week by Manchester City's signing of Enzo Fernandez, but 12 months on the Swede is finally beginning to deliver on his price tag. Ipswich never recovered...

China's Wu kept Alcaraz hopping with an aggressive baseline game, but Alcaraz came through 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to line up a meeting with American Tommy Paul for a place in the quarter-finals. Paul, seeded 20th, beat 15th-seeded Alexander Bublik 6-4, 3-6,...

Trump's comments came a day after Vice President JD Vance said that "I wouldn't call it a war" despite an upsurge in clashes between Iran and the United States over the Strait of Hormuz. "A lot of people don't call it a war. I call it a military co...