The comments came after thousands of protesters, led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, rallied in New Delhi on Wednesday, triggering fresh clashes with the police. "Nothing is more important than the welfare and futur...

The draft statement expected to emerge from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathering in Manila will also repeat calls for self-restraint in a Middle East conflict that has carried economic ripple effects throughout the region. V...

With the campaign lacking a clear favorite and struggling to generate real enthusiasm, the hopefuls will face 90 minutes of questions from diplomats, UN employees and civil society representatives at an event starting at 5:00 pm (2100 GMT) and broad...

Thousands of orange-clad, booze-fuelled cycling enthusiasts and young revellers flock to corner seven of Alpe d'Huez every time the Tour de France climbs the iconic mountain. And they create a unique, noisy and hectic atmosphere -- even by Tour de ...

Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces. The sunfish is already dead -- this isn't an el...

Oil prices climbed, however, after the United States and Iran ratcheted up Middle East tensions. Investors' appetite for all things artificial intelligence has been tested in recent months on concern about elevated valuations and as they question w...

Uruguayan veteran Suarez captained Miami with Messi and fellow Argentine Rodrigo de Paul missing four days after Argentina lost 1-0 to Spain in the World Cup final. The 37-year-old Poland striker Lewandowski was making his MLS debut having signed f...

Three years ago, a powerful militia that had come under the auspices of the state -- the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) -- turned against the army, sparking a conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people by some estimates. Now, with S...

Cats, dogs, turtles and even a goat were made homeless by the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes on June 24, adding to the human misery of the disaster. The tremors that struck within a minute of each other killed over 5,000 people, and left over 23,000 ...

His sixth win of the year, from his sixth pole position, in Belgium last Sunday lifted him beyond immediate reach and endorsed the impression that he has mastered the new hybrid era with its AI-controlled engine and power management. An aggressive...

The Games were plunged into crisis when the Australian state of Victoria withdrew as hosts in July 2023, citing rising costs. Glasgow also played host 12 years ago and was therefore in position to offer the solution of a condensed format using exis...

Once abundant along Ghana's shores, esene, or guitarfish -- with the flattened body of a ray and the tail of a shark -- have become increasingly difficult to find. For conservationist Issah Seidu, 36, every landing is a reminder that time is runnin...

The former Queensland Reds coach Kiss replaced Joe Schmidt after Australia's 57-10 thrashing of Italy in the Nations Championship last week. It snapped a six-game losing streak at the end of a disappointing tenure by the New Zealander. Schmidt's t...

Satellite images obtained by AFP show that during a 25-day period in May, a road was cleared, an entire zone deforested and a bridge built to span the channel connecting the Narta lagoon to the sea. "Bulldozers on the beaches have already damaged t...

Legal proceedings have been ongoing since April over allegations that negligence by seven medical workers contributed to the Argentine star's death in 2020. The larger-than-life footballer died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condit...