European Union leaders and their large following of diplomats and advisors are meeting in Portugal on Friday for two days of talks, sending a signal that they see the threat from Covid-19 on their continent as waning, amid a quickening vaccine rollo...

Coldplay gave new meaning to the idea of a single launch, playing new song "Higher Power" for the first time during a video link-up with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Pesquet spoke with the British group from the International Space Station. "...

France's top diplomat wielded the threat of more sanctions in Beirut Friday to prevent what he described as a "collective suicide" organised by members of Lebanon's ruling political class. Lebanon's leaders had promised reform in the aftermath of a...

China said Friday the risk of damage on Earth from a rocket which fell out of orbit after separating from Beijing's space station was "extremely low", after the United States warned it could crash down onto an inhabited area. Military experts in th...

Fifteen Palestinians were arrested in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem overnight in clashes with police over an eviction threat against four Palestinian families. The second straight night of rioting in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood was fuelled by ...

EU leaders on Friday will try to find unity on ways to fight poverty and promote equality in Europe after the pandemic, but the 27 member states remain deeply divided. Twenty-four of the EU's 27 leaders will make the trip to the riverside city of P...

Former Australian Test player Tony 'T-Rex' Williams was sacked by his American club Friday after coming to the defence of fellow rugby league star and former San Francisco 49er Jarryd Hayne, who was jailed for sexual assault. Williams was one of th...

Japan Airlines posted an annual net loss of $2.6 billion Friday but did not release a forecast for the current financial year, citing uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic. The carrier, Japan's second-largest by market share, suffered a net l...

Israeli police and Palestinians clashed for a second night Thursday in annexed east Jerusalem, amid a controversial land rights case over the fate of Palestinian families threatened with eviction.

Floyd Mayweather has untold riches, private jets, yachts and mansions yet the desire to entertain remains. The 44-year-old, undefeated former welterweight world champion is preparing to make a return to the ring next month with an exhibition fight ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the release Friday of four Hong Kong democracy activists who were jailed for taking part in a vigil for victims of Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. "The United States stands with the people ...

Paul George scored a team high 24 points as the Los Angeles Clippers clobbered the Los Angeles Lakers 118-94 on Thursday to sweep the season series between the two California rivals. While the Clippers are getting healthy at just the right time, th...

Australian Sunny Joura flew to India to see his dying father and has been stuck there for a year as his home country enforced one of the world's harshest coronavirus border controls. The 49-year-old is among at least 9,000 Australians stuck in Indi...

Dethroned Juventus host AC Milan on Sunday in a clash of former Serie A title hopefuls now fighting to qualify for the Champions League. Juventus' bid for a 10th consecutive title collapsed as Inter Milan sealed their first league crown since 2010 ...

Japan was set to extend a virus state of emergency on Friday, just months ahead of the Olympics because of growing cases, as India logged yet another record number of infections. While many western nations have begun a gradual opening-up buoyed by ...