The former head of Interpol, an ex-spy chief and a Xinjiang governor accused of "trading power for sex" are just some of the cadres to suffer spectacular falls from grace. Ostensibly a crackdown on corruption, critics say the wide-ranging campaign ...

The House of Representatives vote provides the legal framework for the move, which was first tipped by President Joko Widodo in April 2019, citing rising sea levels and severe congestion on densely populated Java island. Home to more than 30 millio...

The Pacific island nation suffered widespread damage after a huge underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami on the weekend. Speaking to AFP from Brisbane, Australia, the athlete said his father had travelled to Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu, a fe...

A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944.

The 22-year-old Warmbier, who was detained in North Korea for allegedly removing a propaganda poster from his hotel, died days after being sent back to the United States in a coma in 2017. His parents, Cynthia and Frederick Warmbier, sued North Kor...

The three-time Grand Slam champion, playing with a metal hip following career-saving surgery in 2019, wrestled with the Georgian for almost four hours before claiming his place in the second round. Scotland's Murray, ranked 113 and playing as a tou...

Shim is one of short track superpower South Korea's most successful skaters, winning four Olympics short track medals, including relay golds at the 2014 and 2018 Games. She was handed a two-month suspension by the Korea Skating Union (KSU) in Decem...

The unvaccinated men's world number one flew out of Melbourne on Sunday after he failed in a last-gasp court bid to stay and play in the opening Grand Slam of the year, where he was targeting a record 21st major title. His dramatic departure follow...

Monday's 5.3-magnitude shallow quake jolted the province of Badghis and wrecked houses, mostly in Qadis district -- a rural area not easily accessible by road. "The earthquake caused massive damage to houses, about 700 to 1,000 have been damaged," ...

Joe Biden 1.0 was a calming, grandfatherly figure, a low-key veteran coming out of retirement in 2020 to heal a nation deeply divided by Donald Trump. A year later, meet Biden 2.0 -- the frustrated, angry fighter.

The 19-year-old Canadian, who lost to fellow teenager Emma Raducanu in the championship decider at Flushing Meadows in September, saw her Melbourne title bid fall at the first hurdle against Australia's 133rd-ranked Maddison Inglis, 6-4, 6-2. Ferna...

Top-10 women's seeds Garbine Muguruza, Iga Swiatek and Anett Kontaveit also all made comfortable starts to their Melbourne title charges, while former number one Simona Halep won despite struggling with her serve. But there was defeat at the first ...

The European Parliament is widely expected to elect conservative Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola as its president on Tuesday, making her the EU assembly's first woman president in 20 years.

For the first time in 24 years, Team Jamaica will send a four-man sled, the event which inspired the popular film about the Caribbean country's first unlikely foray into the winter sport. "It will be fire on ice," Team Jamaica said Monday on their ...

The disaster has virtually cut the country off from the rest of the world as neighbours and aid organisations try to organise assistance. Here are five facts about Tonga: Remote archipelago Tonga is made up of 169 islands in the South Pacific, spre...