They opened with 15 unanswered points and never relented, extending their amazing World Cup win streak to 29 games to set up a gold-medal showdown in Sydney against Australia or China, who play later. Ever-dangerous Las Vegas Aces' star A'ja Wilson...

The former army chief, who came to power in a 2014 military coup, was suspended last month while the court examined a legal challenge mounted by opposition parties who argued he had reached his term limit in power. Bangkok authorities were on alert...

Russian men have been fleeing in large numbers since the Kremlin announced a partial military draft to sustain its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Turkey, where some 50,000 Russian nationals have applied for residency since February, is one of thei...

Russia is seeing a wave of demonstrations in areas with high ethnic minority populations against President Vladimir Putin’s call for “partial mobilisation”. Analysts say this approach is undermining the Kremlin’s legitimacy among these group...

The inaugural race is scheduled to take place at Buddh International Circuit in Uttar Pradesh, to the south of New Delhi. The track has already played host to Formula One, staging three F1 grands prix between 2011 and 2013. "We have a lot of fans ...

A suicide attack at a learning centre in the Afghan capital killed 19 people as students prepared for exams on Friday morning, police said.

Once a darling of the West, the 63-year-old leader of the Bosnian Serbs has transformed over the years into a hardline nationalist, and forged deep ties with the likes of Hungary's Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Since 2006, Dod...

Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traded heated attacks Thursday in a final debate three days from Brazil's presidential election, accusing each other of corruption, nepotism and lying.

Perched behind the camera, director Metin Kuru tries to encourage the actor to convey the sheer agony of being possessed by a genie. But there won't be many takes, because Kuru needs to finish his film fast to feed Turkey's voracious appetite for l...

"My time is up," the 38-year-old said in video on the show's Twitter account. The South African comedian said he missed traveling after being grounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. "I spent two years in my apartment, not on the road," he said. "I real...

The IndoVac jab, developed by state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and Texas-based Baylor College of Medicine, can now be used as a primary dose for an unvaccinated or partially vaccinated adult in the world's fourth most-populous country. ...

The informal talks in the central African country's capital Kinshasa come ahead of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, from November 6-18. Ministers and other delegates are expected to discuss points that could lead to impediments at the main summit...

Estonia's Tanak clocked the fastest overall time of one hour, 36:48.6 minutes, but is just 0.2 seconds ahead of Welshman Elfyn Evans with Frenchman Sebastian Ogier third at 6.7 back. Having been sixth after Thursday's opening sprint stage, Finland'...

At least 23 people were killed when a Russian missile strike hit a civilian convoy in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia, the regional governor said on Friday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to host a ceremony at the Kremlin to ...

The blast happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area home to the minority Hazara community, the scene of some of Afghanistan's most deadly attacks. "Students were preparing for an exam when a ...