The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it confirmed the deaths "including four children who are siblings, two men and an unidentified person... as a result of Russian air strikes," in the Jisr al-Shughur countryside. The children are all unde...

Recent good weather means the wheat yield this season has actually been better than normal -- but for Mirzoyev that just presents another problem. Since Russia's invasion of its pro-Western neighbour on February 24, Moscow's blockade of Ukrainian p...

The 40-year-old mother of one from Dundalk on Ireland's east coast, was convicted in May of belonging to the terror group between October 28, 2015 and December 1, 2019. She faces a maximum sentence of eight years for membership of a proscribed terr...

But the tourists have been hit by an injury to pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi, who played a key part in the team's four-wicket victory on Wednesday. Sri Lanka have witnessed contrasting results at the Galle International Stadium in the past thr...

Loka Metir knows the bitter fruits make her children sick, further weakening their frail condition. But it hasn't rained properly in three years, and there's simply nothing else to eat. "This is the only way to survive," the mother of five told AFP...

The "penitential pilgrimage", as the pontiff has described it, is seen as an important step in addressing the global scandal of clerical sexual abuse of children and decades of cover-up. It has long been awaited by Canada's Indigenous communities. ...

The long-legged birds have traditionally flown from across Europe to African pastures for the winter and returned in the spring. But the abundant food found in landfills combined with warmer weather are making growing numbers of storks skip this a...

Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles swooped in on protesters blocking the Presidential Secretariat. Hundreds of soldiers removed the demonstrators' barricades outside the sea-front ...

Competition organisers and Sri Lanka's cricket board are funding the island nation's largest-ever Games contingent, with 114 athletes flying to Birmingham in the coming days alongside coaches and support staff. Local sports federations have been bl...

There has been fighting in the vast industrial area of Donbas -- made up of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions -- ever since 2014 when Russia-backed separatists took over part of the area. But Moscow's invasion on February 24 took the suffering to ano...

Lutte, who is often joined in the air by her husband in the passenger seat, says that on several occasions air traffic controllers asked if her spouse was there in case of problems. "It's not often. But it just shows that there's still more work t...

Close on the heels of Fred Kerley leading a 1-2-3 for Team USA in the men's 100m, Lyles made no mistake over the longer sprint, racing home in 19.31 seconds in Eugene. It was the fourth fastest 200m ever run: only Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Bla...

But two years ago, confined during a pandemic lockdown, Madini decided to open things up, adding a street-facing patio, redoing the exterior walls in limestone and installing soft lighting in the entryway. Local architects and engineers say such fe...

Five days after Fred Kerley led a USA 1-2-3 in the 100m, Lyles delivered another show-stopping display at Hayward Field, scorching to victory in 19.31sec -- the fourth fastest time in history. Only Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake have run faste...

The euro gave back some of the gains enjoyed after the European Central Bank ramped up borrowing costs more than forecast, with energy concerns and Italian political turmoil fuelling worries of a recession in the currency union. The gains come at t...