Voters in Switzerland are casting final ballots in a referendum on whether same-sex couples can be allowed to marry.

Anthony Joshua said he was "110 percent" likely to activate a rematch clause with Oleksandr Usyk after losing his world heavyweight titles to the Ukrainian in stunning fashion in London on Saturday Usyk gave a boxing masterclass in recording a unan...

Every weekend, fighters from around Afghanistan gather on a public field in the capital to pit their skills against each other in a sport that is a mix of judo and wrestling. The informal gatherings attract big partisan crowds, with fans cheering f...

Two Argentinian couples won the world's biggest tango competition, held in Buenos Aires, on Saturday at the end of a festival that paid tribute to late legendary soccer player and long-time tango fan Diego Maradona. Held through a combination of in...

Father-of-two Shkelqim Kameni took his children out of school because of Austria's strict Covid testing for pupils and his opposition to the vaccine. The 28-year-old shop manager from the western city of Salzburg is among a sharp rise in parents op...

Since early September Ilina Dimitrijevska has been walking endless kilometres every day, going door to door asking people to take part in North Macedonia's first census in nearly two decades. Her task may be straightforward enough, but the census r...

Germany goes to the polls today in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history. Angela Merkel's conservatives led by Armin Laschet and the centre-left Social Democrats led by Olaf Scholz are in a tight race for her crown as she pre...

Mali has asked private Russian companies to boost security, Russia's foreign minister confirmed Saturday, as the Malian leader accused France of abandoning the conflict-ridden country by preparing a large troop drawdown.

She was called "the leader of the free world" as authoritarian populists were on the march in Europe and the United States, but Angela Merkel is wrapping up a historic 16 years in power with an uncertain legacy at home and abroad. In office so long...

With growing fears about global warming, deadly floods linked to climate change and a new political landscape as Angela Merkel leaves the stage, it should have been the German Greens' year. After launching their campaign for Sunday's general electi...

Olaf Scholz, the centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) candidate to succeed Angela Merkel, is one of Germany's most influential politicians, with a reputation for being meticulous, confident and fiercely ambitious. As finance minister and vice-chancell...

The Wallabies might have won three in a row for the first time since 2017 but "grumpy" coach Dave Rennie wants more ruthlessness, complaining they were not clinical enough against Argentina. Buoyed by back-to-back upsets of world champions South Af...

Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City go head to head in the Champions League on Tuesday after a summer which underlined their status as the new superpowers of European football, and any possible restraints on their enormous spending could soon di...

Newly-crowned US Open champion Daniil Medvedev cruised past Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-0 in the 2021 Laver Cup on Saturday, as Team Europe continued its march towards a fourth straight title. Medvedev's win over Team World's Shapovalov earned...

Without his brother Ethan, but with cinema heavyweights Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, American director Joel Coen took up the challenge of adapting Macbeth, producing a sleek film that remains true to Shakespeare's great text. With "The ...