Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes over the weekend as three separate fires broke out in and around the city in the east of Washington state. The National Weather Service (NWS) had warned of "extremely critical fire weather co...

There were 236 people on board the vessel when it left Indonesia's second-largest city, Surabaya, for Makassar on Sulawesi island on Sunday morning, search and rescue agency head Nanang Sigit said. Nanang told Kompas TV on Monday 229 people had bee...

Todd Blanche's announcement came after the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed back a vote on advancing his nomination owing to his weekslong dispute with Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Cornyn and Tillis h...

The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, jailing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and triggering an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people, according to monitor ACLED. The coup leader and former junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing,...

Alan Jones faced a local court in Sydney for the opening day of a trial that will examine allegations he indecently assaulted six young men across a stretch of almost 20 years. The 85-year-old is a household name across Australia and held immense s...

As the lights suddenly turned off across Havana, residents who were sat outside to get some respite from the summer heat audibly groaned en masse. Cuba has been suffering rolling power cuts due to aging equipment and a US energy embargo that halted...

The 42-year-old housewife, who took the pledge at a Buddhist temple in Samut Sakhon, west of Bangkok, admitted she used to be a "heavy drinker". "I used to get so drunk that my kids had to clean up my vomit," she told AFP candidly. But a concerned...

The 33-year-old Grande had been slated to star opposite her "Wicked" castmate Jonathan Bailey in the Stephen Sondheim musical "Sunday in The Park with George" in the summer of 2027 at London's Barbican theater. But amid renewed public scrutiny of ...

After waiting through a three-hour thunderstorm delay to start, Pegula won the first set 6-4 and Eala led 2-1 in the second set of the championship match when rain returned. More than five hours passed with conditions remaining unplayable before or...

Trump told reporters on Sunday that the talks would cover the Strait of Hormuz –- a route for global energy supplies that has become a key sticking point in the conflict -- and ultimately, the denuclearization of Iran. For its part, Iran said it ...

The stunning comeback saw Liverpool handed their first defeat under new coach Andoni Iraola, who arrived this summer from Bournemouth to replace the sacked Arne Slot. Liverpool had notched a 4-2 win over Sunderland and a 1-0 victory against Wrexham...

The former business tycoon, who died in 2023 without facing any prosecution, has been accused by dozens of women of assault, rape and human trafficking over a period of more than three decades. Many worked on the shop floor at Harrods in London or ...

American Thorbjornsen, 24, started the final day in Detroit four shots off the lead, but made a string of birdies on the back nine for a day's-best round of seven-under par 63 as those around him spurned chances. "I don't know how to feel right now...

The Emergency Lawyers, which has documented abuses by both the army and its rival paramilitaries throughout the three-year conflict, said the strike hit the court in the village of Garra al-Zawaya in North Darfur state at around 1:00 pm local time (...

After a match-winning display with the ball in the first Test last week, Greaves displayed what has now become his trademark ease and composure at the crease in a battling knock at Queen's Park Oval. His only error of judgement came just after reac...