It is the latest example of how Bollywood actors, particularly minority Muslims like Khan, are feeling increased pressure under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Modi. "Laal Singh Chaddha", an Indian spin on the 1994 Hollywood hit with Tom Hanks, is...

Peru was under Spanish rule for nearly 300 years, from 1532 when they invaded and defeated the Inca empire until 1821 when popular uprisings led to independence. "We are working with the hypothesis that the remains belong to a colonial cemetery," ...

The fire broke out around 1:00 am (1800 GMT Thursday) at the Mountain B nightspot in Chonburi province's Sattahip district, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southeast of Bangkok. Video footage posted by a rescue service showed desperate revellers fl...

Myanmar has been in chaos since a putsch in February last year, and the death toll from the military's brutal crackdown on dissent has passed 2,100, according to a local monitoring group. Anger is growing among some Association of Southeast Asian N...

He was surprised to find that his own cat was just as fascinated. "My cat, Hobbes, was taken by 'Stray' from the minute I loaded it on the screen. He watches every move the cat makes," Yaksic said. Thousands of cat owners have taken to social med...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its key lending rate by 50 basis points to 5.40 percent -- a level last seen in August 2019 -- three months after kicking off a monetary tightening cycle in May. "Successive shocks to the global economy are ta...

Until she was a teenager, she had never even heard of opera. Now she is one of Latin America's few black sopranos. Garces is from the city Buenaventura, which ironically translates as "good fortune" but is better known for rampant poverty, crime a...

The annual Hall of Fame Game exhibition opener provided both teams the first opportunity to test schemes, analyze personnel and see how they perform against a rival ahead of next month's start to the 2022 NFL campaign. The matchup was played at the...

During Thursday's military exercises, which continued Friday, China fired ballistic missiles and deployed both fighter jets and warships around Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army declared multiple no-go danger zones around Taiwan, straddling some...

The 18-year-old, who reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open in June, needed just one break of serve to seize the first set 6-4 in the blockbuster encounter. With booming serves and matching ground strokes, she then roared to a 5-1 le...

Pelosi was the highest-profile US official to head to Taiwan in years, defying stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled island as its territory. China launched a series of exercises in multiple zones around Taiwan in response, straddl...

The sharp rebuke came as three more ships loaded with over 58,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain were set to depart from Black Sea ports on Friday under a recent agreement between Moscow and Kyiv aimed at easing a global food shortage. In a report on T...

China, which views Taiwan as part of its territory, launched its largest-ever military exercises around the island after Pelosi defied stern threats to become the highest-profile US official to set foot on Taiwanese soil in years. Now in Tokyo on t...

"A sea like this for a gigantic city such as Istanbul -- it's not bad," the 74-year-old smiles, pointing to the crystal-clear water facing the Princes' Islands on the Sea of Marmara. Istanbul, a bustling megalopolis of 16 million people between two...

Cheika made six changes to the pack he picked in last month's series decider against Scotland for the clash against Dave Rennie's side. Captain and hooker Juan Montoya returns in a completely new front row while Cheika also made two changes in the ...