Despite tensions soaring between Russia and the US since the launch of Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine, the former Cold War rivals appeared to be edging closer to a new prisoner exchange. The White House has urged Russia to accept its off...

Screenshots of marketing for the nutty confectionery featuring the South Korean boyband BTS were swiftly picked up on social media in mainland China, where any suggestion the island is an independent nation is highly taboo. "We are aware of reports...

The visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- second in line to the presidency -- sparked outrage from Beijing, which launched vast military manoeuvres around the island, even at the risk of partially exposing its plans to the United State...

The Los Angeles Fire Department reported that a vehicle struck a two-story house in Los Angeles' Mar Vista neighborhood, "causing structural compromise and erupting in heavy fire." The female adult found in the car was "taken to an area hospital by...

Blinken is the most senior US official to visit the Southeast Asian nation -- a treaty-bound ally of the United States -- since Marcos took office on June 30. "The alliance is strong and I believe can grow even stronger," Blinken told Marcos as the...

No injuries were reported, according to the National Park Service, but around 60 cars were bogged down under several feet of debris. "Unprecedented amounts of rainfall caused substantial flooding," the National Park Service said in a statement, add...

By reaching Friday's final, his fourth of the year, Medvedev is assured of taking the top ranking into his title defense at Flushing Meadows later this month. Kecmanovic, ranked 38th in the world and seeded fourth, got off to a strong start against...

Lahore Safari Zoo now has so many big cats that their lions and tigers have to take it in turns to access the paddocks, said Tanvir Ahmed Janjua, the zoo's deputy director. "Not only will we free up more space here, but our expenses for meat to fee...

Relations between the two superpowers have nosedived in the wake of Pelosi's trip to China's self-ruled neighbour -- which it claims as its territory -- prompting calls from the UN for an urgent de-escalation of tensions. And Friday saw the environ...

World number eight Andrey Rublev defeated 32nd-ranked Cressy 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) in one hour and 42 minutes then eliminated 99th-ranked wildcard Wolf 6-2, 6-3 in 78 minutes. Rain Thursday night forced double duty upon Rublev and several others Friday b...

Blinken is the most senior US official to visit the Southeast Asian nation -- a treaty-bound ally of the United States -- since Marcos took office on June 30. "The alliance is strong and I believe can grow even stronger," Blinken told Marcos as the...

Badosa, ranked fourth in the world, twice recovered from a break down in the opening set as she booked a final-four showdown with seventh-seeded Daria Kasatkina, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 winner over fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff, the 18-year-old who ...

The Shinnecock, whose name means "people of the stony shore," have lived on Long Island for 13,000 years. Their villages stretched along the island's eastern end before land grabs by European settlers and later US authorities reduced their territor...

Police in a statement said the Church and Alvarez, a vocal critic of President Daniel Ortega, were "trying to organize violent groups and inciting them to carry out acts of hatred against" the government, adding that an investigation had been opened...

At an annual memorial, Guterres warned of the risk posed by crises in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Korean peninsula as he described the horrors endured by the Japanese city. "Tens of thousands of people were killed in this city in the blink of ...