Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy had accused Besson -- director of the "Fifth Element" and "Leon" -- of raping her over a two-year on-off relationship, and filed a complaint against him in May 2018. Prosecutors dropped the case in February 2019 c...

A Russian tank hiding near the horizon was firing at will after setting its sights on a spot near which 55-year-old Andriy lay face down in the dirt. His bronzed neck was layered with sweat and his mouth was too dry to speak in more than a hoarse w...

Chongqing, where Jordi Cruyff was in charge in 2018-2019, went under barely 10 days before the season starts, dealing another blow to the fast-fading ambitions of China's football-fan president Xi Jinping. A succession of Chinese clubs, who were on...

Offensive stepped up Russian forces are stepping up their offensive around Lugansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the conflict enters its fourth month. Since Moscow's invasion in late February, Western support has helped Ukraine hold off its...

Relations between China and Australia have been shattered by a string of rows over human rights, espionage and the origins of Covid-19. But Li's letter signalled a willingness to improve relations after Albanese's election, in what is the most sign...

Son on Sunday became the first Asian footballer to be the English top flight's leading scorer with 23 goals, with President Yoon calling it a "joyous occasion to be celebrated by the entire Asian football community". "I believe this award is the re...

The first African to head the World Health Organization and the sole candidate on the ballot for the next five-year term has become a familiar face as he spearheads the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. But while Covid and other pandemic...

Bangladesh reached 361 for nine at lunch in Dhaka with number 11 Ebadot Hossain surviving 16 deliveries without scoring. Bangladesh lost four wickets for 53 during the session to slip to 349-9 at one stage from their overnight 277-5. Rajitha struc...

Yorke, who won three Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FA Cup with United, spent the last fortnight around Old Trafford and saw for himself what needed to be done. "We (Man Utd) are nowhere near where we are supposed to be, especi...

With an estimated 40 million international visitors, Mexico's tourism sector will have recovered to "almost 100 percent" of its performance in 2019, Miguel Torruco said at a tourism promotion fair in the southern resort town of Acapulco. Torruco at...

Nearly 2,500 meters (8,000 feet) above sea level, his small Bosque Viejo farm produces muscat grapes -- and another of a unique "criollo," or local, variety -- in the shadow of quince, pear and fig trees irrigated by a stream fed by melting Andean s...

The Catalan giants finished 13 points behind La Liga champions Real Madrid, their campaign ending in a whimper on Sunday with a 2-0 home defeat to Villarreal. Barcelona were beaten in four of their last nine games in all competitions. They were on...

The 44-year-old from Ghouta is one of the hundreds of thousands of refugees in Turkey's Sanliurfa province, which shares a long border with Syria. Civil war in Samira's homeland is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced...

Fuel prices in Brazil have increased more than 33 percent in the past year, according to official figures, driving annual inflation of more than 12 percent and hurting Brazilians' wallets. Inflation is a central issue as the far-right Bolsonaro see...

"The war in Ukraine affects everything, including the team," Eifimenko told AFP in an interview. The 14-team Nations Cup -- the World Cup of Match Poker -- is taking place until Friday in Gevgelija, North Macedonia. Eifimenko said the war had prev...