AFP Sport previews the play-off finals that will decide the last four European qualifiers for this summer's 48-team tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada: Bosnia and Hercegovina v Italy Gennaro Gattuso, a 2006 World Cup winner, is try...

Reza Pahlavi, the US-based son of Iran's last shah who was ousted by the 1979 Islamic revolution, has positioned himself as a potential transitional leader following the killing of Tehran's supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes last month. The rally...

Kuomintang (KMT) chairperson Cheng Li-wun, who took up her role in November, has insisted on meeting Xi before she makes an official trip to the United States, drawing criticism from inside and outside her party that she is too pro-China. The KMT ...

Seven of the defendants -- who include former intelligence agents, soldiers and businessmen -- risk life imprisonment. The 22 are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside th...

"The military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that's under construction, and we're doing very well, so we're ahead of schedule," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. "It's part of it, the ballroom essentially becomes a s...

Green was snapped up by three-time champions Kolkata in the December auction for 252 million rupees to become the most expensive overseas buy in Indian Premier League history. Kolkata posted 220 against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday,...

The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February and Tehran has hit back by targeting crude-exporting countries in the region and halting shipments through the Gulf. The squeeze on supply has pushed oil and natural gas prices ...

A recent UEFA report found English football's "Big Six" -- Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham -- earned nearly 20 percent more from selling tickets for home matches in the 2024/25 season than 12 months befo...

Albanese announced the step after meeting with the leaders of Australia's states and territories on Monday, agreeing a plan to tackle fuel shortages as the war in the Middle East continues. Australia charges a sales tax of 52 cents on each litre of...

China has acted as a lifeline for North Korea's moribund economy as its largest trading partner as well as an important source of diplomatic and political support. Access to North Korea has always been heavily restricted, but the country became alm...

Jalen Williams added 22 points while Isaiah Hartenstein grabbed 13 rebounds as the reigning NBA champion Thunder improved to 59-16, 2.5 games ahead of San Antonio atop the Western Conference. Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander ext...

AFP Sport looks at three talking points from the third race weekend on the 2026 Formula One calendar: Mercedes protect teen hero Antonelli is in only his second season, but already Mercedes are playing down expectations of the 19-year-old -- now the...

Sharaa, on his first trip to Germany since ousting Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad in late 2024, is expected to meet Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The former Islamist rebel leader has managed to build rela...

The 25-year-old is under medical care after being diagnosed with discitis -– an infection in one of the discs in his spine, his club said. Williams will remain in hospital until he is stable enough to return home. He will play no further part i...

As AI falsehoods explode across social media, often outpacing the capacity of professional fact-checkers, bogus detectors risk adding another layer of deception to an already fractured information ecosystem. While even reliable AI detectors can pro...