A Munich court on Monday sentenced a German woman who joined the Islamic State group to 10 years in prison over the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.

More than 22 million Afghans will suffer food insecurity this winter, they said, as a drought driven by climate change adds to the disruption caused by the chaotic Taliban takeover of the country. "This winter, millions of Afghans will be forced to...

Chow Hang-tung, 36, was charged with "inciting others to knowingly join an unauthorised assembly" over her social media posts calling on Hong Kongers to mark the June 4 anniversary this year after it was banned. She has pleaded not guilty, and gave...

This was a victory that sent Madrid five points clear of their opponents, a healthy gap even at this early stage of a La Liga season that has 29 games to go. It was Madrid's fourth consecutive Clasico victory, the first time that has happened in 56...

Jean-Pascal VAN YPERSELE, Professor of Climatology, Catholic University of Louvain

Sportradar Integrity Services, a global supplier of sport integrity solutions and partner to over 100 sports federations and leagues, says it has detected more than 1,100 suspicious sports matches across the world since the pandemic started in April...

"This winter, millions of Afghans will be forced to choose between migration and starvation unless we can step up our life-saving assistance," said David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme. The crisis is already bigger in scale...

In an interview with US broadcaster CBS News' "60 Minutes", Saad Aljabri -- formerly a top spy and interlocutor between the kingdom's intelligence services and Western governments -- alleged he was targeted after he fled the country following a 2017...

The lira touched new historic lows ahead of a cabinet meeting that could prove fateful to Turkey's economic and diplomatic standing for the coming months -- and possibly years, analysts say. The cabinet session will address Erdogan's decision Satur...

China imposed the law last year in response to massive and often violent democracy protests, transforming Hong Kong's political, cultural and legal landscape and introducing mainland-style speech curbs. Anjhula Mya Singh Bais, chair of Amnesty's bo...

Crime, mostly linked to drugs, has claimed almost 1,900 lives this year, just this Friday taking the life of Alex Quinonez, one of the country's most promising athletes. His death sparked an outpouring of grief in the Andean nation of 17.7 million ...

Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders on Monday in an apparent military coup, three political sources said, throwing a fragile transition towards democracy into disarray. Follow F...

AFP Sport takes a look at three things we learned from the one-sided contest of the Super 12s stage. Afridi's new-ball magic -- Shaheen Shah Afridi justified his captain's decision to field first with a lethal spell of fast bowling that pushed Ind...

"I have seven coronavirus antibodies, they all know each other, it's like a family living inside me," he tells the audience of around 50 mostly young people. "Of course, I know they are from the government. Vladimir Vladimirovich (Putin) gave us al...

Jennifer Wenisch, 30, faces a maximum term of life in jail if found guilty of committing murder and murder as a war crime. She is also charged with membership of a terrorist organisation and violations of the German War Weapons Control Act. German ...