On day six of the Beijing Winter Paralympics the team held a solemn ceremony to call for peace and honour their fallen countrymen and women, during a break from training commitments as well as cross-country skiing and biathlon races. The United Nat...

Fury at children's hospital attack Ukraine accuses Russia of a "war crime" over a devastating attack on a children's hospital in besieged Mariupol, with Washington branding the bombing "barbaric". At least 17 staff are injured with footage showing t...

Violent clashes broke out between protesters and police overnight Wednesday to Thursday on France’s Mediterranean island of Corsica as local anger intensified over the assault in prison of a nationalist figure.

The anti-graft campaign has already taken down big-name detractors but experts say Xi will use the crucial months ahead of a key leadership summit this autumn to cement his grip. "This period is the closest thing President Xi has to a campaign seas...

The rare mode of dismissal -- where a bowler runs out the non-striker in their delivery stride if the batter is out of his crease -- was named after Indian all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, who 75 years ago ran out Bill Brown twice in that fashion on a tour...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, the foreign ministers of the warring countries are meeting Thursday in Turkey. Shifting the focus to the diplomatic front, France 24 is joined by Natia Seskuria, Associate Fellow at the Roy...

In the wake of his crushing loss to the Spanish star in Melbourne -- where Nadal rallied from two sets down to win a record 21st Grand Slam title -- Medvedev complained about "disrespectful" fans. But he said Wednesday at Indian Wells that those co...

"I believe that our own history is important for what we want for the future," Maya Fernandez, the incoming defense minister, told AFP. The 50-year-old biologist is the granddaughter of socialist former president Salvador Allende, who was deposed b...

The volcano -- one of the most active in the world -- erupted multiple times overnight, spewing gas, volcanic ash and rocks that flowed over five kilometres down its slopes, the head of Indonesia's National Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency ...

For the last five years Seoul has pursued a policy of engagement with Pyongyang, brokering high-level summits between Kim and then-US president Donald Trump while reducing joint US military drills the North sees as provocative. For president-elect ...

"I pray for my country because Russia is killing people there," said Sova, whose husband had stayed behind in Ukraine to help with the war effort. "I want this to stop." Sova fled her home in western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk after Russian missiles...

The last edition was in March 2020, just before Britain locked down as coronavirus swept the globe and before the country geared up to leave the European Union after Brexit. More than 20,000 dogs are due to attend the four-day event competing on lo...

The chart-topping septet's three-concert series -- dubbed "Permission to Dance on Stage - Seoul" -- kicks off at the capital's Olympic Stadium Thursday evening. Since BTS' last performance for homegrown fans in 2019, the band have gone from strengt...

The hosts thrashed Sri Lanka inside three days in Mohali to lead the two-match series 1-0 and the visitors need to quickly get their act together under the lights in Bangalore. The world's top-ranked all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja hit an unbeaten 175 ...

Officials from Kyiv and Moscow have held several rounds of discussions in Belarus, but the meeting in the southern city of Antalya represents the first time Russia has sent a minister for talks on the crisis. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleb...