Iran hangs man Iran hanged a man convicted of involvement in the killing of a security forces volunteer during anti-government protests, the judiciary said. "Mehrab Abdollahzadeh's death sentence was carried out this morning after completing the leg...

India's World Cup-winning T20 skipper Suryakumar fell for another low score of 21 in his team's defeat to Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. Suryakumar, a swashbuckling batter with an audacious range of strokes in T20 cricket, has managed just 183 ru...

Electric microbus driver Purushottam Adhikari said he was now shuttling more passengers along the 300-kilometre (186-mile) journey between his town in Chitwan district and the capital Kathmandu. "My profession is not affected (by the conflict)," sa...

Under Japan's once-strict stance adopted following its World War II surrender and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it has generally restricted arms exports in recent times to non-lethal categories like rescue, transport and surveillanc...

Miami appeared to be on their way in Argentine superstar Messi's 100th match with the South Florida side. But Orlando scored the final four goals to hand the Herons their second defeat of the Major League Soccer season. Messi's brilliant strike in...

Wittenberg, better known to many as a cradle of the Protestant Reformation, is also home to a chemical plant founded in 1915, in the midst of World War I. At that time the aim was to produce nitrogen for explosives and fertilisers to circumvent a b...

The UAE, one of the world's top producers, announced April 28 it was withdrawing from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the expanded OPEC+ group, after chafing at their production quotas. The withdrawal took effect on ...

Tyrese Maxey scored 10 of his 30 points in a frantic fourth quarter as the seventh-seeded Sixers thwarted the second-seeded Celtics' comeback bid, completing their own comeback from 3-1 down in the series to book an Eastern Conference semi-final sho...

At the heart of it is the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom. Several thousand attend the annual ceremony in Koovagam, ...

Detectives last week discovered the body of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby near the outback town of Alice Springs. Soon after they arrested Jefferson Lewis, 47, who had been beaten unconscious after turning himself in to Indigenous community m...

The 22-year-old Wu will now look to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Zhao Xintong, the 2025 champion, when he faces Shaun Murphy in the final at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre after the Englishman defeated his compatriot in the last eight. North...

Showing no signs of fatigue after last week's triumph at the Chevron Championship, Korda has gone 43 holes since her sole opening-round bogey at Mexico's El Camaleon Golf Course. And the 27-year-old American rarely even came close to dropping a sho...

"I don't even have any words right now, I just can't," an emotional DeVaux told broadcaster NBC as she made her way toward the winner's circle. "I'm just so, so happy for Golden Tempo." Jockey Jose Ortiz guided Golden Tempo's late surge and held of...

Charles left for the UK from Bermuda Saturday following what a senior royal aide called a "historic" visit to the United States, aimed at healing strained ties between Washington and London. The highlight of the four-day visit was the 77-year-old k...

The 28-year-old Dutchman, frustrated by progress at Red Bull and the driving experience of racing in the new hybrid era of F1 cars, said his team's upgrades had made his car far more comfortable and pleasing to drive. "For sure, the car has not bee...