But AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa also said they were in "no hurry" to make a decision over Asia's premier football tournament. The 2027 Asian Cup is supposed to kick off on January 7 in the Saudi cities of Jeddah, Riyadh and A...

Stubbs was dropped from the squad altogether while Verreynne remains as back-up wicketkeeper. Conrad signalled a major shake-up of the batting order, saying Ryan Rickelton would keep wicket, which could mean he is shifted down the order after two f...

Asim Khan from Peshawar's Lady Reading Hospital confirmed the toll to AFP, adding that over 30 people were injured, with six believed to be in a critical condition. A spokesman for the emergency rescue service in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said t...

"The pope had a good night in the hospital. He got up and had breakfast," the Vatican said in a short statement on Telegram. The 71-year-old leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics announced on Sunday that he would undergo an operation to remov...

Kuala Lumpur topped monitoring site IQAir's ranking of most polluted major global cities by Thursday, followed closely by Singapore, and with Indonesia's Medan and capital Jakarta just behind. Fires burning for months in Indonesia have sent smoke a...

Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez, who took office in May, campaigned on a promise to crack down on the wave of crime sweeping what was once Central America's safest country. In a vast corridor with rows of cells, the right-wing leader and ally...

Austria's conservative-led government has insisted that the ban, introduced on September 1, promotes gender equality and protects Muslim girls from "segregation and oppression". But critics argue that it disproportionately targets Muslims, infringe...

Sunday's matches in the Indonesia Women's League will be the first since 2019 and a new chapter for women's football in the Muslim-majority country of 290 million people. "I really believe that if Indonesia's women's football is properly managed we...

"We chose Shell because it's an emblematic company. It meets all the criteria," Thales Miola, a lawyer for the Brazilian NGO Instituto Preservar, told AFP. On Friday, the organization and federal prosecutors jointly filed a lawsuit against Shell's ...

The French side won their first major title in the 2024 Champions Cup before successfully defending their crown last season. Toulon are the only club to have won the tournament in three successive years, between 2013 and 2015, with a squad includin...

China is its neighbour's largest trading partner and a vital diplomatic and political backer, although relations have not always been smooth with the ruling Kim dynasty. Hundreds of people gathered on Thursday in the northern Chinese border town of...

The All Blacks whipped the Wallabies 50-19 at Eden Park last weekend to secure the trans-Tasman trophy for a 24th straight time. They head into the return clash in Sydney on Saturday eyeing a 13th straight victory over their arch-rivals. "Last wee...

Goals from Argentine forward Jose Manuel Lopez in the 45th minute and Maron Freitas in the 85th put the Verdao ahead at Maracana Stadium, where Wesley Nata's header breathed some life into host Fluminense's hopes in the tie. Palmeiras host the retu...

Global fuel prices have soared since the United States launched its war on Iran in late February, with Tehran's retaliations against Washington's Gulf allies curtailing major oil and natural gas supplies. Fiscal deficits and debt-to-GDP ratios arou...

Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell blasted back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to hand the Brewers a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series. The star-studded Dodgers line-up -- chasing a rare hat-trick o...