The fire was believed to have started in one of the older buildings in the parliament precinct, leading to a security cordon nearby the cathedral where anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu was buried just hours before. "The roof has caught f...

Like much of this impoverished corner of southeastern Europe, this tiny Balkan nation is sitting on a demographic time bomb fuelled by an ageing population, sinking birth rate and mass migration. North Macedonia has shed 10 percent of its populatio...

Firefighters were present at the building as large flames and a huge column of smoke were seen at around 0530 GMT. "The roof has caught fire and the National Assembly building is also on fire," a spokesman for the city's emergency services told AFP...

The 20-time Grand Slam champion has refused to confirm if he has been vaccinated against Covid-19 and withdrew from the ATP Cup in Sydney this week without giving a reason. All participants at the opening Grand Slam of the year, which starts Januar...

DeRozan's three-pointer from the left corner at the final horn gave the Bulls a 120-119 victory at Washington and completed a 28-point performance. "I don't know if I'm dreaming or if it's real right now," DeRozan said. "Willing to step up whenever...

Coronavirus cases have surged globally in recent weeks, fuelled by the emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, and the pandemic dampened New Year's celebrations yet again. Europe crossed 100 million known cases on Saturday, and gover...

The US Open champion is leading a Russian team in Sydney depleted by injuries and Covid-19 as they look to defend the title won against Italy last year. But world number two Medvedev, who captured four tour-level titles in 2021, was stunned by impr...

The 23-year-old Canadian netted his 11th and 12th goals of the season and assisted on two other tallies in a five-goal second period that powered the Blues over the host Wild. "It was just our team's work ethic," Kyrou said. "Being ultra aggressive...

Years of repression and poverty in North Korea have led more than 30,000 people to flee to the South in the decades since the Korean War, but crossings in the other direction are extremely rare. The person was detected by surveillance equipment in ...

Ferguson was "arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs," the NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu said in a statement issued on Saturday. Ferguson, a wing who was released by Australian National Rugby League team Parramatta Eels in September, was sch...

The 29-year-old is one half of alpine skiing's golden couple with his girlfriend, US star Mikaela Shiffrin. While Shiffrin has two Olympic titles to her name, Kilde has a bare medals cupboard, though with three successive super-G wins on the World ...

"It's a ground we all loving playing on and we are looking forward to it," said Kohli after India won the first Test at Centurion by 113 runs on Thursday. The numbers bear out Kohli's optimism. India have yet to be beaten in a Test match at South ...

After she was forced into marriage by family pressure, Azhar, 56, battled in court for almost a decade to divorce the man who would beat her up. "I believed I was going to die," she said, recalling one attack and showing pictures of purple bruises ...

Through tears she recalls the beatings she received -- like the time, aged 10, she was flung against a wall and "my head crashed against a nail... I almost died". Today the 22-year-old is living in one of the few shelters for battered women still o...

Fully vaccinated people who test positive will only have to isolate for seven days regardless of the coronavirus variant they were infected with, but can leave quarantine after five days if they show an antigen or negative PCR test. There will be n...