Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia before dawn Thursday, killing two people and trapping at least five in the city close to Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the governor of the mostly Russian-occupied regio...

FIA had been due to reveal Wednesday if any team had breached last season's $145 million budget cap, but released a statement instead saying the report would be delayed until Monday, October 10. Rival teams claimed at last weekend's Singapore Grand...

The unknown work "Smoke over the Rooftops", believed to date from 1911-12, was on the flip-side of "Bastille Day", made a year later, according to conservation specialists Studio Redivivus. Partially damaged and covered with a hard glue-like layer ...

The Saudi-backed LIV Series stages its first event in Asia this week and on Wednesday announced a deal to have tournaments co-sanctioned by the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Tour and awarded Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points. The OWGR...

The 24-year-old American, who has been in the spotlight since beating Rafael Nadal on the way to a first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open last month, beat Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-1, 7-6 (9/7) in the second round in Tokyo. The America...

Leung, who was awarded the "Asian Cineaste of the Year" prize on Thursday at South Korea's Busan International Festival, is best known for his work with famed director Wong Kar-wai. Half a dozen of his films, including Wong's "In the Mood for Love...

American international grandmaster Hans Niemann said Wednesday he "won't back down," after the chess platform chess.com reported he has "probably cheated more than 100 times" in online games.

Red Bull's runaway championship leader can secure the title at Suzuka if he gains eight points on nearest rival Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and six on team-mate Sergio Perez. That would happen if Verstappen wins the race and claims the fastest lap, ...

Leaders from Ukraine, Britain and Turkey join EU counterparts on Thursday for an inaugural summit of the "European Political Community" aimed at bringing the continent together in the face of Russia's aggression.

By early afternoon, Sydney had registered its highest annual rainfall total on record -- 2,216 millimetres -- with some 86 days still left until the end of the year. Sydney's previous wettest year was 1950, when there were 2,194 millimetres of rai...

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received two symbolic endorsements Wednesday as he seeks new allies ahead of an Oct. 30 runoff against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to return to the country's highest office.

"A deal would mark one step forward but it does not mean that Lebanon has become a gas- or oil-producing country," said Marc Ayoub, an associate fellow at the American University of Beirut's Issam Fares Institute. "We are talking of a timeline of f...

But with inflation hovering around 10 percent, its affordability is under threat as restaurants seek ways to economise. For a starter, main course and dessert or coffee (or both), bread and a drink, the average price is around 12.8 euros ($12.60), ...

Over the course of five decades, hundreds, possibly thousands, of babies were taken from their mothers, who were told their child hadn't survived -- with the infants given to others to adopt. "It was here," says Robles, fighting back tears as she ...

The 37-year-old quit as Test skipper last November on the eve of the Ashes campaign against England when lewd text messages he sent to a female colleague in 2017 were about to be made public. A week later he took leave from all forms of cricket for...