Qatar has played a significant role both in diplomacy and evacuations at the end of a 20-year war in Afghanistan by Western nations. "I thank Qatar for the role it has played since the start of the crisis, and which permitted the organisation of s...

The vigilante attack has caused outrage, with Prime Minister Imran Khan calling it a "day of shame for Pakistan". Few issues are as galvanising in Pakistan as blasphemy, and even the slightest suggestion of an insult to Islam can supercharge protes...

Omar Abdel Rahman's team has set its sights on an ambitious goal: to travel to Argentina for their first international tournament. Despite modest means, the players come from across the country to train, leaving behind their daily troubles, discrim...

The whereabouts of James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley, had remained unknown for much of Friday, prompting authorities in Oakland County, Michigan to consider them fugitives. But police found them in an indus...

The Princess of the Stars capsized after hitting a reef in the central Philippines during a typhoon in June 2008 -- only about 50 of the 850 passengers and crew survived. State prosecutors had charged Edgar Go, an executive at the ill-fated vessel'...

Ajaz, a left-arm spinner, added to his tally of four wickets on the opening day to return figures of 10-119. India were all out for 325. England off-spinner Jim Laker was the first bowler to take a Test ten-for, against Australia in 1956 at Old Tra...

In a press release Friday, BuzzFeed said it had finalized a merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which aims to raise funds through an initial public offering to acquire an existing company. Buzzfeed's s...

India reached 285 for six at lunch with Agarwal, who started on his overnight 120, and Axar Patel on 32, putting on an unbeaten stand of 61 at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. Ajaz, who added two wickets to his overnight tally of four, struck first to se...

Langer made a surprise trip from the team camp in Brisbane to Hobart during the week to see Paine, who turns 37 on Wednesday, calling him "a really close friend" and "one of the best people I've met in the game of cricket". "He's been our captain f...

They are practitioners of the ancient sport of Pok ta Pok, sometimes translated as Mayan ball, and have been competing in the game's very own World Cup. Participants, mostly indigenous Mayans from three Mexican states, as well as Guatemala, Panama ...

Even the social network admitted the roll out of the rules, which say anyone can ask Twitter to take down images of themselves posted without their consent, was marred by malicious reports and its teams' own errors. It was just the kind of trouble ...

Moscow's plans "involve extensive movement of 100 battalion tactical groups with an estimated 175,000 personnel, along with armor, artillery and equipment," a US administration official told the Post on condition of anonymity. While the Pentagon to...

The Sydney Sixers are defending their T20 title after England's James Vince blasted 95 to help them down the Perth Scorchers in the finale 11 months ago. Both teams are three-time champions -- the only clubs in the eight-franchise event to claim mu...

AFP Sport looks at five of the most memorable series between cricket's oldest enemies, a rivalry which stretches back to 1882: 2019: Stokes heroics, brilliant Smith Australia retained the urn as holders despite the series being drawn for the first...

The voting will be closely watched as a test of the democratic transition in the country, where Jammeh ruled for 22 years after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1994. The ex-autocrat was forced into exile in Equatorial Guinea in January 2017 af...