A retaliatory coalition air strike on Yemen killed three people and wounded six others in Ajama, a town northwest of the Huthi held capital Sanaa, Yemeni medics said. Yemen has been wracked by civil war since 2014 pitting the internationally recogn...

The country has been hard-hit by Covid with the virus also disrupting the puppet group's shows. Founder Indra Suroinggeno said it was important to put on the performances -- featuring colourful Jesus, Mary and Joseph puppets -- because previously t...

The latest tragedy -- the third since Wednesday -- came amid high smuggler activity not seen in Greek waters in months. According to Athens News Agency, the coastguard found 16 bodies late Friday, including those of three women and a baby, and resc...

More than a week after Typhoon Rai cut a swathe through the archipelago, killing nearly 400 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, survivors clung to family and faith after their homes -- and planned festivities -- were wiped out. "What...

A draft bill published Friday includes a ban on employers stating gender preferences on job ads and quizzing female applicants about their marital or pregnancy status –- a common practice that has been criticised for decades. Rapid economic growt...

South Africa is the only regular Test-playing nation where India have yet to win a series. "We have worked really hard to win series away from India," said vice-captain KL Rahul at India's pre-match press conference on Friday. "We've won series in...

Frost and her mount Frodon are tough as teak competitors. Their victory last year, after leading from pillar to post, made Frost the first female jockey to win the King George Though, they were well beaten behind Minella Indo, Blackmore's mount on...

The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades and billions of dollars in the making, will leave Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana. The launch, scheduled in a brief window after 9:20 am (1220 GMT), ...

Joe Root's team must win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground cauldron to stay in the hunt after heavy defeats in the first two Tests at Brisbane and Adelaide and with three still to play. Those losses were characterised by batting collapses compounded ...

Some 2,000 members of the public and 200 religious figures attended, wearing face masks and respecting social distancing as part of measures against the coronavirus, the Vatican's press office said. Those who had not managed to grab a ticket watche...

In a joint statement, they urged the North African country's leaders to "swiftly" name a new date and issue the final list of presidential candidates, which had been a key point of contention in the run-up to the polls that were set for Friday. "We...

The Golden State Warriors, led by NBA three-point king Stephen Curry, travel to Phoenix to take on the Suns in a battle of the league's top two teams. It looks to be the highlight of the five-game programme that will be lacking some of it's expecte...

Stade Francais have adjusted their travel plans for their visit to second-placed Toulouse on Sunday to accommodate Santa. The Parisians are allowing their squad to have a family Christmas and will fly down to southwest France on the morning of the ...

In Japan, for example, McDonald's has been forced to ration fries as the British Columbia floods squeezed potato imports, while mustard producers in France are forecasting steep price increases because the drought in another part of Canada -- the wo...

Everett, a seven-year NFL veteran, was the driver of the car, which investigators said left the road, struck several trees and rolled over on Thursday night. His passenger, identified by authorities as 29-year-old Olivia S. Peters, died of her inju...