President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud plunged Somalia into a fresh political crisis in mid-May after announcing a one-year extension of his term, which had been due to expire on May 15. The opposition and regional leaders have rejected the move and demon...

His wife had even begun to offer last rite prayers for his soul, she told AFP at the hospital in the capital Kathmandu, where he is recovering from "some frostbite" but is conscious. Mountaineer Dawa Sherpa -- who is in his 50s, and is better known...

The experienced Hillary Dawa Sherpa vanished on the upper reaches of the world's highest mountain early on May 30. He was found on Thursday morning close to Base Camp by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), a Nepali team that helps se...

The vote was seen as an early referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office. He took power after months of political upheaval triggered by his conservative predecessor's declaration of martial law. While Lee's party won most major ra...

Brunson scored 13 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter as the Knicks rallied from a 14-point deficit to post their 12th straight victory after sweeping the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semi-finals and finals...

"There were forests of pistachio trees," he told AFP, gesturing to the bare mountains that surround Char Bagh's mud homes. "During the conflicts and the civil war, they were destroyed; no one could stop the logging." From the 1979 Soviet invasio...

Lee Dong-gyeong scored 10 minutes into the second half at their training base in Utah to give South Korea their second straight friendly win following a 5-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago last week. "We had some difficulties offensively early in ...

Knicks talisman Brunson shrugged off an early injury scare to inspire a magnificent fightback and give New York a precious early advantage in the best-of-seven series, with game two set for Friday. Brunson upstaged Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama...

Knicks talisman Brunson shrugged off an early injury scare to inspire a magnificent fightback and give New York a precious early advantage in the best-of-seven series. Brunson upstaged Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama with a masterful clutch fourt...

The nuclear-armed country is believed to operate uranium enrichment facilities at three sites — Yongbyon, Kangson and Kusong. Kim on Wednesday went to a "newly-inaugurated nuclear materials production factory", Pyongyang's state-run Korean Centr...

Leclerc, who this week agreed a contract extension with Ferrari, won his home race in 2024 and has claimed pole position three times in the last five years, but he was out-qualified and out-raced by a revived Hamilton, who finished second, in Montre...

During his first public appearance in days, the 79-year-old leader kicked off an executive order signing ceremony with discussion of the Reflecting Pool refurbishment, which has shut down one of the US capital's most popular tourist attractions. "I...

With several million views across multiple platforms on Tuesday, the song, a reworked version of one of the local rock band Dubioza Kolektiv earlier hits, is emerging as one of the standout anthems of the tournament, which kicks off on June 11. In ...

Back when Morocco saw recruiting dual nationals as an occasional backup option, many foreign-born Moroccan players opted for their countries of birth instead. They included the Netherlands' Ibrahim Afellay, Belgium's Marouane Fellaini, and France's...

The Canberra-based side face the table-topping Hurricanes in Wellington on Friday, desperate to bounce back after being stunned by bottom-dwellers Moana Pasifika last week. That defeat left them in sixth-place and set up a do-or-die qualifying fina...