Les Bleus, the World Cup hosts, edged the Springboks 30-26 to claim a 12th straight victory in a run including successes against the likes of New Zealand, Australia last week and world number one ranked side Ireland. Ramos' side kick the tournament...

After a period of unprecedented political gridlock that forced five elections in less than four years, polls on November 1 gave Netanyahu and his far-right allies a clear majority in the 120-seat parliament. The result has all but sealed Netanyahu'...

The 24-nation fund is viewed as one of the early global outcomes of the summit next week where little progress is expected on the Ukraine crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin not in attendance. It was launched at a news conference Sunday op...

Evans started the day 4.0sec behind overnight leader Neuville and closed the gap to just 0.6sec after a strong performance in the opening stage. But a collision in the morning session forced Evans and co-driver Scott Martin to change a tyre on thei...

Natasa Pirc Musar, backed by the centre-left government, is running against ex-foreign minister Anze Logar, a veteran of conservative politics, in the EU country of two million. A lawyer, Pirc Musar was hired to protect the interests of Slovenian-b...

Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy was at the time a small opposition party, but took office last month after a sweeping election victory driven in part by its promise to stop the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean. Saviano, who is best kn...

The German doctor was in a spotter aircraft for the rescue charity Sea-Watch when she encountered the Fezzan patrol boat as it picked up migrants in Maltese waters on October 25. "Get away from Libyan territorial (waters), otherwise we'll shoot you...

Natasa Pirc Musar, backed by the centre-left government, is running against ex-foreign minister Anze Logar, a veteran of conservative politics, in the EU country of two million. A lawyer, Pirc Musar was hired to protect the interests of Slovenian-b...

"If I spoke out for abortion rights in front of my brothers, I'd be risking my life," said student Leila, 21, adding that she comes from a relatively "modern" family. In September, a 14-year-old identified as Meriem died following an unsafe procedu...

A record-breaking spate of launches by the North in recent weeks has sent fears soaring that the reclusive regime will soon carry out its seventh nuclear test. The White House says Biden will press China to curb Pyongyang's activities when he holds...

It was not immediately clear how many people were in the two craft, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a smaller Bell P-63 Kingcobra, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Nor was it clear whether anyone survived the early afternoon crash, whic...

While industry insiders complain of red tape, fossil fuel prices that soared after Russia's February invasion of Ukraine created a powerful incentive for such investments across the Maghreb region. "Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, each have an abunda...

"Unauthorized access to certain assets has occurred," CEO John Ray said in a statement posted to Twitter by FTX's general counsel, Ryne Miller. FTX officials did not detail the quantity of unauthorized transactions made, but cryptocurrency analysis...

Eight years and four months ago his daughter Frederique, 19, and son Robert-Jan, 18, died with 296 others when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot from the sky over war-torn Ukraine. Now the 67-year-old is hoping for justice and closure in a hig...

All 298 passengers and crew were killed when the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was hit over separatist-held eastern Ukraine by what prosecutors say was a missile supplied by Moscow. Russians Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky, Oleg Pul...