Charles's father Peter won team gold in 2012 and Whitaker's father John and uncle Michael took team silver in 1984. They are part of a proud British Olympic record in showjumping -- Nick Skelton also won individual gold aged 58 in 2016. Now their ...

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. FRANCE 24's regional correspondent Navodita Kumari reports ...

His bid for the top job started in typical bold style: a livestream broadcast of himself riding in a coach emblazoned with "Man of Destiny" through Manila's morning traffic to file his candidacy. But his vow to jail corrupt politicians and arrest d...

Dotcom, founder of the Megaupload file-sharing system, is still being pursued by the United States on fraud, money laundering and racketeering charges punishable with up to 20 years in jail. The website -- an early prototype of cloud storage -- was...

The 96-year-old monarch, who usually presides over the pomp-filled event and reads out her government's legislative programme from a gilded throne in the House of Lords, will skip the annual showpiece on her doctors' advice. Buckingham Palace said ...

Sara Duterte secured more than half the votes in Monday's election, a ringing endorsement for the family name that has become a byword for brutality and impunity in the poverty-plagued country. More than 6,200 people have officially died in Duterte...

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis.

AFP Sport looks at five athletes who could steal the show when the Games begin on Thursday. Panipak Wongpattanakit (Thailand) The world number one in women's taekwondo in the 49kg category, Panipak was Thailand's only gold medallist at last summer's...

The 96-year-old monarch, who usually presides over the pomp-filled event and reads out her government's legislative programme from a gilded throne in the House of Lords, will skip the annual showpiece on her doctors' advice. Buckingham Palace said ...

More than 5,000 athletes including Olympic champions are vying for over 500 gold medals in the event, which is staged every two years, in what should be packed arenas. The 11-nation Games include traditional Olympic sports such as athletics, swimmi...

Aside from the Donbas in the east, a large swathe of southern Ukraine is currently under Russian control, including most of the Kherson region. Russian forces are preventing civilians from leaving the area. Yet thousands have been making journeys, f...

With an initial count almost complete, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Junior had secured over 50 percent of the vote and more than double the tally of his nearest rival, liberal Leni Robredo. His now unassailable lead of 16 million votes spells anothe...

The world's most valuable cricket tournament, now in its 15th iteration and boasting the likes of Virat Kohli, Pat Cummins and Jos Buttler, was a pioneer in Twenty20 league cricket. Its success and popularity has spawned copycat competitions in oth...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock paid a surprise visit to Ukraine's martyred town of Bucha on Tuesday, a day after Russian missiles pounded the strategic port city of Odesa. Earlier, diplomats said the UN Security Council would hold a crisi...