The 5,000-strong crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln docked just north of the resort town of Pattaya, near Bangkok, on Wednesday for five days of rest and recreation after a lengthy Middle East deployment. Amid Thailand's tourism low season, their arri...

Thunderstorms and lightning delayed the start for 90 minutes, but there were sparks aplenty on the field after with Messi, Argentina's all-time leading goalscorer and most-capped player, at the heart of the action. Miami grabbed the lead in the 32n...

The Great Helmsman, who died September 9 1976, is still very much a fixture in central Henan province's Nanjie -- often dubbed "China's last Maoist village". Nostalgia for Mao's egalitarian ideals is growing in China as memories of his turbulent ru...

US President Donald Trump's business partner Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner visited Moscow in hopes of reviving negotiations to end Europe's worst conflict since WWII. The conflict began when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and has alrea...

The hard-hitting Kazakh, who claimed her second Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, fell to Starodubtseva in the second round at Roland Garros, a defeat that may have been on her mind as she struggled to find her rhythm in the openin...

Residents of the region, which is home to many Kurds, have been feeling the pinch since Damascus took control of the nearby Semalka border crossing with Iraq in April under a deal to integrate Kurdish military and civilian institutions into the stat...

Jovic, the 14th seed, won five of the last six games for a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 triumph over 17th-seed Eala after three hours and three minutes. "That felt like a marathon and I felt like I lost my sanity five times over to win that match," Jovic said. "B...

Osaka had 41 unforced errors, her backhand in particular letting her down as she was unable to build on a comfortable first set for the second straight match. "I'm literally shocked that I won this match," Osaka, seeded 13th, told an adoring crowd ...

"My accountant came to the school and said, 'The flood is coming, the flood is coming'," the school principal told AFP in a recent interview. Dawadi quickly ordered an evacuation, and teachers hurried hundreds of students from classrooms to higher ...

Since Kiss took the reins from Joe Schmidt, Australia secured a 27-21 victory last week against the Pumas and had two successes against Japan before failing to capitalise on 14-0 lead in Mendoza. Even so, the result gave the Wallabies a 1-0 series ...

Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week war in 1982 over the South Atlantic islands, a British overseas territory that Argentines call Las Malvinas. Argentina's presidency said in a statement Friday that it had ordered the opening of proceedings to ...

The Spaniard, playing his first tournament since a four-month absence with a wrist injury, acknowledges he has yet to play his best but says he's "getting there" with both the sharpness of his shots and his on-court decision making. He headlines a ...

Nico Williams, Robert Navarro and Oihan Sancet's goals gave the Basque hosts a resounding victory at their San Mames stadium. Elsewhere promoted side Deportivo La Coruna earned an exciting 3-2 win at Villarreal to climb provisionally fourth. Athle...

Gauff, the 2023 US Open champion, topped the 40th ranked Spaniard 6-3 6-4 in 88 minutes, charging the net on match point and sealing the victory when Bucsa's lob sailed long. "She's a tricky player, so it's tough to get rhythm," Gauff said of the S...

Bielle-Biarrey celebrated by notching his 65th and 66th tries in 84 matches as the 23-year-old signed a two-year extension to 2029. "I feel great in the club from a personal point of view, and it's true that the results these last two years have be...