The strike on Thursday evening came a week after a ceasefire between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the government collapsed, with militants accusing Islamabad of killing its fighters. The TTP -- a separate movement but sharing common roo...

In a country dealing with severe drought, many were caught by surprise and drowned as powerful storm waters began surging into their homes before dawn. "The floods began at 4:00 am, and have left eight dead including women and children," he told AF...

The international community does not recognise the hardline Islamist group, which gained control of Afghanistan in August after foreign troops hastily withdrew from a two-decade deployment. More than half of Afghanistan's 38 million people are faci...

Kim Jong Il ruled North Korea for 17 years until his death in December 2011, passing on power to his son Kim Jong Un. At a square in Pyongyang, people marked the anniversary by bowing their heads in silence before portraits of Kim Jong Il and his f...

The world's number one Test bowler was ruled out of the second Ashes Test against England just hours before it started on Thursday for being in close contact with a positive Covid-19 case. Under South Australia state's strict bio-security rules he ...

It comes as the country is mired in economic crisis and faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe the United Nations has called an "avalanche of hunger". Finance ministry spokesman Ahmad Wali Haqmal did not disclose the size of the draft budget --...

In the 10 years since Kim Jong Un came to power, North Korea has cracked down on people trying to get out of the country, leaving many defectors without  hope of seeing their families and homeland again.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday suffered a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his Conservative Party, a result which raises serious questions about his leadership.

With Arctic sea ice shrinking at record levels due to global warming, killer whales are expanding their hunting grounds further north and spending more time in polar waters, US scientists say. But the giant mammals, also known as orcas and which ar...

Kelce took a short cross pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes and weaved his way into the end zone for the Chiefs, who widened their lead over the Chargers in the AFC West Division standings. Kelce posted a career-best 191 yards on 10 catches and ...

Australia were 302 for five at dinner in the day-night Test, with stand-in captain Steve Smith unbeaten on 55 and Alex Carey not-out five in front of his home crowd. Unflappable number three Labuschagne completed an epic century early in the first ...

In "Don't Look Up", released on December 24 on Netflix, they play two astronomers who discover a comet will wipe out life on Earth within six months, but then try in vain to get politicians and the media to take the threat seriously. The parallels...

Ghulam Isaczai "relinquished his position as of December 15," according to a letter received Thursday, assistant UN spokesman Farhan Haq told AFP. With Afghanistan in economic crisis following the Taliban takeover in August, the country's mission t...

Durant, the league's leading scorer, delivered a key four-point play with 1:46 remaining and the game tied. "It's a challenge knowing how you're going to come in to the games because a lot of these teams, they scheme for me a little different," Dur...

In school he presents as a dutiful student, happy to learn a new "patriotic" curriculum and stand to attention at the now regular flag-raising ceremonies he must attend. But when class ends the 16-year-old often heads to the courts to support frien...