Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl in a rain-hit Twenty20 International against New Zealand at Auckland's Eden Park on Thursday. With the start of play delayed by two hours due to persistent rain, officials shortened the match to 10 overs ...

Two people died as the second phase of voting in a violence-marred Indian state election kicked off Thursday, officials said, with crowds of opponents clashing on the streets despite a ban on large gatherings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-n...

Francisco Lindor has reportedly agreed to a 10-year, $341 million contract with the New York Mets, making the shortstop the third highest paid player in Major League Baseball history, US media reported on Wednesday night. The 27-year-old Lindor's d...

Struggling African giants Zamalek of Egypt and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo visit Algeria this weekend seeking victories that could help avoid humiliating CAF Champions League exits. Zamalek must defeat Mouloudia Alger to stay in ...

French appeals court on Wednesday overturned the defamation conviction of the woman behind France's answer to the #MeToo movement, who was sued by the man she accused of sexual harassment, lawyers told AFP.

Giannis Antetokounmpo made it a family affair on Wednesday night by scoring 25 points and joining his two brothers on the court as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-97 at Staples Center arena. Giannis joined forces with Bucks team...

Turkey's contentious withdrawal from a treaty combating gender-based violence has had a sympathetic response from at least one quarter: a top women's group that includes President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's daughter. With a stroke of the pen that spark...

While, on the one hand, the Egyptian feminist movement seems to be taking great strides forward, particularly on the grassroots level, with young women inventing new forms of activism to draw attention to endemic sexual violence that plagues them bo...

With wavy horns and a sturdy build, the Istrian goat stands proudly on Croatia's national flag. But in the pastures where the white-furred animal hails from, the breed is almost nowhere to be seen. For centuries, the domestic goat was a staple of r...

Galyna Lekunova, a veterinarian in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, was left fuming by a new law in January mandating the use of Ukrainian in the service industry. In protest against the regulations that she said amounted to "discrimination,...

Papua New Guinea's health minister on Thursday called disinformation spread on Facebook the "biggest challenge" to efforts to curb the rampant spread of Covid-19 in the poor Pacific nation. Jelta Wong said "dangerous" posts and anti-vax conspiracy ...

Taiwan and Palau launched what is being billed as Asia-Pacific's first coronavirus travel bubble on Thursday as the two diplomatic allies try to kickstart their battered tourist industries after successfully keeping infections at bay. Around 100 ex...

The Olympic torch relay should skip Osaka city where coronavirus cases are spiking, the region's governor and the city's mayor said Thursday, local media reported. Officials in Osaka would not immediately confirm the reported comments, which come a...

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced a court hearing Thursday, after a UN envoy warned of the risk of civil war and an imminent "bloodbath" as the junta represses pro-democracy protests. More than 535 people have died in daily de...

Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev crashed out of the Miami Open Wednesday on a day of upsets that also saw Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka ousted from the quarter-finals. Seventh-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut beat Medvedev 6-4, 6-2, for his t...