Israel said it will close its only crossing from the Gaza Strip for workers on Sunday in response to overnight rocket fire, stopping short of conducting retaliatory strikes in an apparent bid to ease tensions. 

The rocket attacks on Friday night and Saturday morning followed days of clashes at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound and a month of deadly violence. The unrest -- which comes as the Jewish festival of Passover overlaps with the holy M...

2022-04-23 08:09 'Tech companies will have to pay a fee to the regulators monitoring their compliance'

After two long years of face masks, social-distancing and death, a sparkling sea of dancers, drummers and multi-storey floats reclaimed the "Sambadrome," the iconic beach city's carnival parade venue, which had been turned into a drive-through vacci...

2022-04-23 08:02 'Odessa is very important to the aims of Vladimir Putin'

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 627,000 people died of malaria in 2020, the latest year for which figures are available -- an increase of 12 per cent over 2019. Ahead of World Malaria Day on Monday, AFP takes a look at this noto...

The war enters its third month on Sunday but a senior Russian military officer said "the second phase of the special operation" -- as Moscow terms its invasion of Ukraine -- had just begun. "One of the tasks of the Russian army is to establish full...

Media minister Nalaka Godahewa announced his support for the thousands outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office who are demanding he and other members of his powerful family quit power. Sri Lanka is suffering its most painful economic downturn...

The European Union early Saturday finalised new legislation to require Big Tech to remove harmful content, the bloc's latest move to rein in the world's online giants.

The Hawks cut the deficit in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series to 2-1. The reigning NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks grabbed a 2-1 series lead with a 111-81 rout of the Chicago Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns took a 2-1 series lead ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia's invasion of his country was just the beginning and that Moscow has designs on capturing other countries, after a Russian general said it wants full control over southern Ukraine.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2019 approved a $6 billion loan over three years for Pakistan but disbursement has been slowed by concerns about the pace of reforms. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, who took office this month after a previo...

Ko, aiming to bounce back from a disappointing finish in the first major of the year at Rancho Mirage two weeks ago, reeled off four birdies in a row from the 11th through the 14th at Wilshire Country Club to power up the leaderboard. She shot a se...

Most residents have left: shops are closed, windows sealed with wooden planks and doors barricaded. Only a small sheltered market in the centre of town is still operating, providing food and other supplies. The town's other market was bombed. "Tho...

Macron is the favourite to win re-election in the run-off ballot on Sunday, and there are indications he bolstered his advantage with a combative performance in the one-off election debate against a somewhat defensive Le Pen. But the president and ...