Thousands of protesters gathered in the heart of the Indian capital on Monday, demanding Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation and wider examination reforms, in a show of force by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) online movement. The CJP has won millions...

Diplomatically isolated North Korea and Russia have rapidly expanded cooperation since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Pyongyang has sent troops to Russia's embattled Kursk region and supplied Moscow with weapons s...

The US statement came minutes after Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the Philippines, where the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expected to tackle issues including civil war-torn Myanmar's ongoing pariah status. ...

Five of those countries have restrictions already in force, according to an AFP tally. Here are facts about the measures in different countries. Restrictions in place Social media has been banned for under-16s in Australia since December 2025. Bra...

The data gathered by environmental monitoring network MapBiomas will come as good news for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of seeking reelection in October. Flames engulfed the world's largest tropical rainforest in 2024 when an u...

But Argentines argue they are just passionate and misunderstood. "I think we deserve some credit for not being very well-liked, because of this tendency to be arrogant and look down on most people from a pedestal," said Leo Simone, 55, a lawyer, fr...

The 25-year-old boarded a boat bound for Malaysia in April, part of a wave of Rohingya refugees attempting dangerous sea crossings that led to a record number of deaths in 2025. She spent two days and a night adrift in the Andaman Sea off Banglades...

Parliamentarians from the upper and lower houses reached a compromise on the bill's text on Monday, paving the way for a vote on its final adoption, which is expected to pass despite criticism from parties on the left. "Tomorrow, France will becom...

It comes a day after the United States, which has sponsored negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, announced the start of the implementation of an agreement granting the Lebanese army control over "pilot zones" in southern Lebanon. These zones ar...

Doctors and displaced families in Gaza say the highly contagious disease has surged in recent months as war has forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into cramped tent camps with no clean water for hygiene. "The doctor told us she needs dail...

It is the longest win streak in Major League Baseball this season and leaves the Red Sox one victory shy of matching their club record of 15 set in 1946. Third baseman Durbin blasted a pitch from Orioles reliever Tyler Wells into the seats atop Fen...

Ashes pace hero Michael Neser was left out of the 13-man party for the two-match series in Darwin and Mackay beginning on August 13, with Scott Boland named as the fourth seamer. Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon have all been plagued by injury over the ...

Streeting, who quit the health job back in May saying he had lost confidence in then-premier Keir Starmer, had intended to challenge Burnham for the leadership of the ruling Labour party before backing down. "Keeping our country safe is the first d...

Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, a vital global trade route, despite an international ruling that found its claims have no legal basis. Multiple nations in the region, including the Philippines, have territorial cl...

They work from dawn to dusk without pay, are passed on in marriage and are sometimes beaten and raped by their masters. Yet most are resigned to their fate because their status "cannot be wiped away", as one young slave -- or "ata" -- Kanisius Kan...