The bill before parliament would narrow the legal definition of transgender persons to a limited number of traditional socio-cultural identities such as "hijra" and "aravani", terms used for hundreds of years for a third-gender community. But criti...

The 50-year-old underwent disc replacement surgery in October, the latest in a series of operations and injuries that have kept the American great sidelined from top-level competition since the 2024 British Open. Woods will play for Jupiter Links i...

The makeshift minibus named Princess is part of a smoke-belching, colourfully decorated fleet that forms the backbone of a Philippine transportation sector being hammered by surging fuel prices driven by the US-Israeli war with Iran. Like most jeep...

Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen from the liberal Venstre party could emerge as a consensus figure, as could Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of the centre-right Moderates. Mette Frederiksen Frederiksen embodies the revamped Social Democrat...

The latest polls give the left-wing bloc, for which Frederiksen is the self-proclaimed candidate, a nine-seat lead over the right-wing bloc, but neither side is projected to win a majority of the 179 seats in Denmark's parliament, the Folketing. Fr...

Kim also told the country's rubber-stamp legislature in a policy address on Monday that the United States was committing "state terrorism", in an apparent reference to its military attacks on Iran. "We will continue to firmly consolidate our status...

Twelve runners-up from the qualifying groups and four teams that earned spots through their UEFA Nations League results have a second chance to punch their ticket to football's global showpiece. AFP Sport looks at the four play-off routes that wil...

French ice dancers Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry are the only Olympic figure skating champions competing in Prague a month after the Milan-Cortina Games. Olympic men's champion Mikhail Shaidorov and women's gold medallist Alysa Li...

That's the "Japan effect": a Gen Z social media trend satirising the often-romanticised image of the Asian country, which welcomed a record number of visitors last year. Residents of Kyoto and other tourist hotspots have expressed exasperation with...

Equity markets in New York jumped and crude plunged Monday after the US president made the surprise announcement that he would hold off fresh attacks on energy infrastructure for five days following negotiations with an unidentified "top person". T...

A heavyweight showdown between Eastern Conference leaders Detroit and the in-form Lakers did not disappoint, with Los Angeles recovering from a 16-point deficit in the second half to take the game to the wire. Austin Reaves put the Lakers 110-109 a...

"We won't be silenced," the chairman of the Sikh Federation of Canada told AFP. Singh was speaking at the United Nations' European headquarters in Geneva, where he has been appealing for international action against India's alleged targeting of Sik...

Jason Ryan, who was an assistant to previous head coaches Scott Robertson and Ian Foster, keeps his role as forwards coach. Neil Barnes, who worked with Rennie at Waikato Chiefs up to 2017, comes in as senior assistant coach. Former All Blacks cap...

But as one of the oldest US federal judges -- born in 1933 -- some are unsure he is best suited to preside over what could be a prolonged trial for Maduro on drug trafficking charges. "The issue of age cannot be ignored," Shira Scheindlin, a former...

Resembling a giant, gentle guinea pig, the shaggy, light brown capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is often seen roaming in the Brazilian city, particularly near streams and lagoons. In an incident filmed by security cameras before dawn on Saturda...