Trump has repeatedly said the strait, which Tehran effectively closed at the start of the Middle East war in late February, is under US control -- an assertion the Islamic republic denies. "The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and wil...

Nazar Khan, 65, is among a four-member team of "monkey whisperers" hired to stop rhesus macaques from gatecrashing the showpiece event, which begins Monday at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The venue has an unenviable reputation. During the In...

The home side ran in seven tries to the visitors' three in Townsville for another boost to new coach Les Kiss, who got his reign off to a winning start with a tense 35-32 victory in Osaka last weekend. Josh Nasser, Angus Bell, debutant Massimo De L...

The tourists lost opener Yashasvi Jaiswal for 32 after he was run out following a mix-up with Rahul, with both batters ending up at the non-striker's end. The duo put on 47 runs for the first wicket to give India a steady start in the country's lan...

Like many European countries, the Netherlands has been hit by a historic summer drought caused by a prolonged dry spell, exceptional heat and intense evaporation. The Dutch -- with their dikes, dams and vast waterworks--have long been admired for ...

Pallister led all the way to win in 3min 58.42sec, setting a blistering early pace and hanging on as nine-time Olympic gold medallist Ledecky charged late to take silver in 4:00.15. "It felt good until it didn't," said Pallister, who arrived in Irv...

At the close Australia trailed the visitors by 67 runs in their second innings, with Cameron Green on 43 and Alex Carey 19. After being dismissed for 426 shortly after lunch, Bangladesh seamer Hasan Mahmud stunned Australia when he claimed both ope...

Rescue official Fathur Rahman told AFP at least 20 people were confirmed dead on the popular tourist island and six others reported injured. At least two people were known to be trapped alive under rubble following the 7.7-magnitude quake, he said....

Shinjiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni shrine took place 81 years after Japan's surrender in World War II, an anniversary when crowds, including a small number in military-style uniform -- and senior political figures -- throng the site. There ha...

"I was in a park with a friend and we both needed to use the bathroom. He could go for free, but I had to pay 50 cents. I thought to myself: How is that possible?" Melanie Gradik, 27, told AFP in the Austrian capital's Augarten park. "I want everyo...

Residents in Nagekeo regency, the area closest to the epicentre, raced for higher ground as the sea retreated -- a possible sign of an approaching tsunami, AFP journalists saw. The warning was later lifted. The epicentre of the shallow quake was l...

The 17-year-old has since had her leg amputated, joining hundreds more Venezuelans who lost limbs during the devastating twin tremors on June 24. The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude quakes killed over 6,300 people and injured almost 18,000 more. On the day...

Coe, the man who delivered the London Games as head of the local organising committee, says the organisers of the Los Angeles Olympics in two years' time will have to accept working shoulder-to-shoulder with the US administration. "I know it's real...

The 30-year-old American sank 11 birdies against two bogeys to stand on 11-under 129 after 36 holes in the PGA FedEx Cup playoff opener at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. "I felt like I did a lot of stuff well," Scheffler said. "I gave myself ...