Having endured long battles to capture cities in the neighbouring Lugansk region, Russia is now seeking to push deeper into Donetsk to consolidate its hold over the entire Donbas region. Air raid sirens sounded overnight throughout the country's e...

Around 10,000 people were camped near the remote Amarnath temple, nestled in a Himalayan mountain cave, when a sudden cloudburst triggered a deluge. Frequent whizzing helicopter sorties were evacuating the dead and an unknown number of panicked and...

The tourists resumed on 298-5 with Smith and Alex Carey taking their sixth-wicket stand to 77 before Jayasuriya broke through with the score on 329. Jayasuriya, who took three wickets on the opening day, set a trap for Carey who miscued a reverse s...

A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has ripped through two Indonesian provinces since April, killing thousands of cows and infecting hundreds of thousands more, raising consumer fears before the July 10 festival. Clusters of the highly infectious ani...

Some 50 million TV viewers tuned into the two-month-long tussle in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, where chess's enfant terrible Fischer set out to wrest the championship from the Soviet Union, which had dominated the game for decades. AFP reporte...

From first light, small groups of worshippers made their way across the valley of Mina, near Mecca in western Saudi Arabia, to throw stones at three concrete walls representing Satan. The ritual is an emulation of Abraham's stoning of the devil at ...

Studying at the 14th century Bou Inania madrassa (religious school), inside the UNESCO-listed walled city, offers a life "in the embrace of a venerable academic history", according to student Moaz Soueif. The Bou Inania madrassa is one of six such ...

The enigmatic Australian is one of the most polarising figures on the tennis circuit, with his on-court tantrums over a chequered career seeing him slapped with countless fines. Offences have included lack of effort, racquet-smashing outbursts, abu...

Abdelmajid Zeglam is just 12 years old, but his minutely detailed creations are already selling fast in the streets around a Roman-era archway dedicated to emperor Marcus Aurelius. "I hesitated at first for fear of failing because I'm young, but m...

Svensson made seven birdies against two bogeys to match his 36-hole US PGA Tour career low on 15-under 129 at Keene Trace in Nicholasville, Kentucky. France's Robin Roussel and Americans Mark Hubbard and Brandon Hagy shared second in the clubhouse ...

Both Costa Rica and Canada, the reigning Olympic champion, would advance to next year's showdown at Australia and New Zealand if the Canadians defeat Panama in a group-stage match later on Friday. Granados opened the scoring for Costa Rica in the 1...

That relationship -- an obvious love-hate affair from Musk's side -- now seems set to end in an acrimonious divorce. The courtship It all began with an expensive first date: Musk -- a longtime Twitter user known for inflammatory tweets -- snapped up...

Sirico played minor mobster roles in television and film for decades before being cast in his fifties as the eccentric and sometimes brutal Paulie on HBO's hit show -- becoming one of the series' most memorable characters. "It is with great sadness...

Top players from the National and American leagues meet on July 19 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Ohtani was selected as the starting designated hitter for the American League but has been both a pitching and slugging standout for the Angels alo...

Yet smoking marijuana during interviews, courting Hollywood with movie cameos and musing about nuking Mars make him an improbable talisman for political traditionalists. In polarized America, the 51-year-old triple divorcee's opposition to Covid-19...