Security forces, displaced people and prisoners cast ballots in an Iraqi legislative election Friday, two days before the rest of the country in a poll overshadowed by expectations of a low turnout. In Baghdad, security was tight as dozens of army ...

A Thai restaurant has taken dining with a water view to the next level -- its customers perch precariously on wooden stools as murky brown floodwater laps at their tables. Tropical storm Dianmu and heavy monsoon rains have caused flooding in 33 Tha...

Three national US monuments will have their protected status restored Friday, continuing Joe Biden's efforts to roll back the environmental policies of his predecessor. Under Donald Trump protections around natural areas -- often home to endangered...

British artist David Hockney has always been a workhorse, so his months of lockdown in France were a welcome opportunity to devote himself to observing nature. "I really enjoy looking," the dapper 84-year-old told AFP. "If you look at the world,...

The United States and Mexico are set to discuss an overhaul of their joint fight against drug cartels during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said Mexico no longer wants helicopter...

Matthew Stafford passed for 365 yards and a touchdown to power the Los Angeles Rams to a 26-17 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, who lost star quarterback Russell Wilson in the second half with an injured finger. Seattle's Wilson left Thursday's c...

Australia coach Graham Arnold says his only focus is next week's clash with Japan after the Socceroos became the first team to win 11 games in a row in the same World Cup qualifying campaign. They achieved the historic feat by beating Oman 3-1 in Q...

China will strengthen supervision of the online payments industry and continue its anti-monopoly crackdown, the governor of the central bank said, indicating Beijing will press ahead with a regulatory crackdown on the country's technology giants. A...

Maya Yoshida confronted Saudi Arabia fans and later accused them of making "discriminatory gestures" after defeat left Japan in danger of missing the World Cup for the first time since 1994. Japan's captain had angry words with a section of the hom...

As Iraq votes in parliamentary elections Sunday, here is a timeline of the troubled Middle Eastern country since the US-led invasion of 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein. - 2003: Fall of Saddam - The US and British invasion begins with dawn air str...

Iraq, which on Sunday holds legislative elections, is oil-rich but has been ravaged by wars and conflicts since the 1980s. - 'Cradle of civilisation' - During ancient times, the lands now comprising Iraq were known as Mesopotamia -- meaning land ...

Iraqis go to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections, two years after a wave of anti-government protests swept the war-scarred country, but analysts say the vote is unlikely to deliver major change. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi's politica...

Wallabies coach Dave Rennie on Friday called up towering France-based second-rowers Will Skelton and Rory Arnold, along with hooker Tolu Latu, for their upcoming European tour against Scotland, England and Wales. The trio are the latest to benefit ...

Asian markets built on a global rally Friday after US lawmakers voted to avert a catastrophic debt default, while attention now turns to the release of key jobs data later in the day that could determine the Federal Reserve's plans for tapering mone...

Media watchdogs, Belarus opposition leaders and climate campaigners such as Greta Thunberg are among those tipped as contenders for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize to be announced in Oslo on Friday. The wooden doors of the Nobel Institute's main ...