Most of the country's 35,000 villages, towns and boroughs elected their leaders in a first round last weekend, but the races went to run-offs in about 1,500 communes, including bigger urban centres. The local ballots are being closely watched to ga...

Thousands of people are estimated to have been detained in the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) October takeover of North Darfur's El-Fasher, a battle that a UN investigation found bore the "hallmarks of genocide". "When people died of thirst and hunger...

The major winner carded a 69 to finish 16-under at the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned Australian WPGA Championship to win by four shots from Germany's Alexandra Forsterling and South African Casandra Alexander. It followed her victory at the Au...

US Baghdad centre attacked At least six overnight attacks targeted a US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad's International Airport, two Iraqi security officials told AFP on Sunday. "Eight separate attacks, carried out until dawn with rockets...

An Iranian missile hit Franky's town of Arad, hours after another struck Dimona -- home to a nuclear facility -- wounding dozens and leaving entire apartment blocks with heavy damage. Franky rushed to shelter with his family as air raid sirens soun...

The Arctic Metagaz was ferrying about 700 tonnes of fuel and a consignment of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia to Egypt when it was hit by a series of explosions on March 3. Russia accused Ukraine of trying to blow it up. The 30 crew members...

Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander bagged his seventh 40-point game of the season to help the Thunder roll to an 11th straight victory, downing Washington 132-111 on the road. Chet Holmgren added 18 points and 10 rebounds while Is...

As night fell, Havana's streets were mostly pitch black, with people navigating using phone lights or flashlights, just five days after the previous blackout. In the touristy old city, some restaurants were able to stay open thanks to generators, w...

The two direct hits tore open the fronts of residential buildings and carved craters into the ground. Magen David Adom first responders said 84 people were wounded in the town of Arad, 10 of them seriously, hours after 33 were wounded in nearby Di...

Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander added seven assists and three rebounds to his seventh 40-point effort of the season. Chet Holmgren added 18 points and 10 rebounds while Isaiah Hartenstein had nine points, 20 rebounds and 10 ass...

Dozens of cities from California to Colorado recorded their highest temperatures ever for the month of March, according to the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center. On Saturday, areas that saw new records for the highest temperatures...

The 41-year-old basketball icon's appearance took him one clear of the mark of 1,611 held by Robert Parish since his retirement in 1997. The four-time NBA champion had equaled Parish's tally on Thursday in stunning fashion, posting a triple-double ...

His talented team proved untouchable in reaching Saturday's final, but were pushed all the way by the Matildas with Maika Hamano's long-range 17th minute strike all that separated them in front of more than 74,000 fans in Sydney. "I'm very lucky to...

Pogacar pipped Tom Pidcock in an enthralling two-man sprint climax, even after his race strategy was blown to bits by a crash a few kilometres before the key Cipressa climb, the penultimate ascent of a gruelling 298 kilometre race from Pavia. UAE r...

Nuno Mendes opened from the penalty spot for the Parisians three minutes before the break with Desire Doue, Dro Fernandez and Warren Zaire-Emery adding three more in the second half. Nice played the last half an hour a man down after Burundi midfie...