A group of about 20 women marched from near the ministry of education to the ministry of finance in the Afghan capital. Wearing colourful headscarves they chanted slogans including: "Don't politicise education", as traffic drove by shortly before 1...

Matsuyama, who became the first male Japanese player to win a major at the US Masters in April, birdied the first hole and picked up two more to be three-under after six holes at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, outside Tokyo. He plun...

Tibet has alternated over the centuries between independence and control by China, which claims it "peacefully liberated" the region in 1951 and brought infrastructure and education to the previously underdeveloped region. But human rights campaign...

Cleo Smith disappeared from her family's tent in Western Australia during the early hours of Saturday, sparking an extensive air, sea and ground search. But after six days of fruitlessly combing in the area surrounding the Blowholes campsite -- a c...

The two sides haven't met since 2017 in Yokohama when Australia piled on 63 points, but the Brave Blossoms have come a long way in the intervening years. Having secured a quarter-final slot at their home World Cup in 2019, Jamie Joseph's side conti...

When the memory started to emerge, it took another four years for her to find the courage to file a complaint against renowned actor and theatre director Michel Didym. "Filing a complaint, having to recount everything, it increases the trauma," Al...

Salvadoran law prohibits the procedure in all cases -- punishable by up to eight years in prison. Prosecutors and judges classify some cases of abortion, even involuntary ones, as "aggravated homicide," punishable by up to 50 years in prison. "We ...

Beijing has maintained a relentless zero-Covid approach with strict border closures and targeted lockdowns, even as other countries tentatively try to ease restrictions. Domestic outbreaks have largely been eliminated, but as China logged a fifth s...

Experts say that they were victims of the ever-more unpredictable and extreme weather that has hit South Asia in recent years caused by climate change and exacerbated by deforestation, damming and excessive development. Nepal recorded the sharpest ...

Australia-raised Gunter comes in to partner new skipper Pieter Labuschagne and New Zealand-based Kazuki Himeno in the back row, with 70-cap Leitch dropping to the bench. Japan head coach Jamie Joseph said he was looking for loose forwards with the ...

Some of the best-known authors have pandemic tales on the way, with Jodi Picoult finding inspiration in a tourist stranded abroad, while Margaret Atwood is teaming up with the likes of Dave Eggers and John Grisham on a "collaborative novel" about Ma...

According to the government, around three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people have had one shot and around 30 percent are fully vaccinated. However, hundreds of millions of Indians under 18 -- who make up some 40 percent of the ...

The 23-year-old Paisami began Australia's opening five Tests of the year but was ousted by the Japan-based Kerevi, who cemented his place with some barnstorming performances. But he picked up an ankle injury in their final clash of the Rugby Champi...

The 64-year-old is expected to sail past four token candidates on Sunday for a second five-year term in the ex-Soviet country whose neighbourhood includes a rising China, resurgent Russia and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Mirziyoyev's reforms -- ...

Still only 23, Rashid is key to his nation's hopes of a first world title and a potential triumph which would deliver a rare bout of good news for his home country. However, Rashid told AFP that speculation over his private life in the run-up to th...