Bangladesh named Thursday all the players who completed a series win over New Zealand in their squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup. Mahmudullah Riyad will lead the side that took a 3-1 lead in the New Zealand series on Wednesday with one matc...

Japan Airlines said Thursday it plans to raise some 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) in funds as its works to weather the continuing impact of the pandemic on its finances. The funds will be raised through financing measures, including subordinated l...

Hong Kong security police on Thursday raided the museum that houses exhibits commemorating Beijing's deadly crackdown on Tiananmen Square in 1989, a day after they arrested four members of the group that ran the venue. Officers from the city's newl...

Gambling group 888 on Thursday said it had agreed to buy the non-US operations of rival William Hill in a deal aimed at creating a leading online betting group. US group Caesars Entertainment has agreed to the sale in a deal worth £2.2 billion ($3...

Winemakers in northern Greece are diving into the unknown by plunging hundreds of bottles of their wine into the depths of the local river. Far from the sea or any lakes, producers in the town of Naoussa have decided to age some of their wine in th...

A group of Malaysian mothers won a landmark legal challenge Thursday, overturning what they described as discriminatory citizenship rules affecting women who gave birth overseas. The rules had meant a woman with a foreign spouse who had a child abr...

Who's going to pay for Spain's motorways? Debate is raging over the funding of its 12,000 kilometres of motorways after the government made some roads toll-free after the concessions expired. "Don't stop!" Since September 1, that has been the mess...

With the nimbleness of a younger man, John Ngaii Moses skillfully knotted a tiny fishing fly onto his line, and hopping over mossy rocks, cast off into the surging river flowing through Kenyan tea country. "I can tie a fly at night, without a light...

Universal Studios Hollywood is notorious for its spooky annual Halloween transformation, when a series of ghoulish interactive "mazes" inspired by classic horror films pop up around the California theme park. While last year's "Halloween Horror Nig...

Chinese authorities have ordered gaming giants Tencent and NetEase to end their focus on profits and cut content perceived to be breeding "effeminacy", as Beijing tries to direct youth culture, gender ideals and the reach of big tech. The move is t...

Teenage striker Ricardo Pepi inspired a second-half fightback as the United States came from behind to defeat Honduras 4-1 in a hard-fought CONCACAF World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. FC Dallas 18-year-old Pepi scored a crucial header to fire the US...

Catalonia's deeply divided separatist movement will put its mobilisation skills to the test Saturday as the northeastern region celebrates its national day ahead of fresh talks with Spain's government. The annual "Diada" on September 11 marks the f...

Two decades after Saudi Arabian militants masterminded and carried out the September 11 attacks, the desert kingdom is striving for change in a reform drive aimed at updating its ultra-conservative image. Women can drive and cinemas have reopened i...

A damaging power struggle between Somalia's top political leaders escalated further on Thursday as they locked horns over the premier's dismissal of the security minister. The very public feud between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, commonly k...

European Central Bank governors meet Thursday under pressure to clarify their stimulus exit plans, as the eurozone economy rebounds from the pandemic and inflation surges higher. Revised figures this week showed the economy in the 19-nation club gr...