Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to elect a new state president and break political gridlock that has sparked protests and deadly violence. 

Home favourite Matsuyama had thousands of fans behind him at a soggy Narashino Country Club outside Tokyo but he gave them little to cheer, finishing seven shots behind leader Brendan Steele who rattled in six back-nine birdies in his 64. Matsuyama...

Temperatures this winter will be crucial for homeowners worried about the record cost of heating their homes, and for European policymakers seeking to avoid energy rationing due to cuts in Russian gas supplies. "We see the winter as being warmer t...

The Frenchman has taken just eight points on his Yamaha in the last three races, allowing Italy's Francesco Bagnaia on a Ducati to close within two points of at the top of the standings with three grands prix left. After 17 races, five riders are w...

Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, secured a historic 26 percent of the vote in September 25 polls. But she can only form a government with her fractious allies, Matteo Salvini, head of the far-right League, and ...

Kumar and 17 others were charged by a Delhi court on Wednesday, more than a year after they were arrested over the death of 23-year-old junior grappler Sagar Dhankar following a long rivalry between two groups of wrestlers. The court said investiga...

Representatives of the French hard-left CGT union on Thursday voted to continue striking at four TotalEnergies refineries and a storage facility over wage disputes. As motorists faced another day of disruptions, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Mair...

Ten films are in the running for the high-profile New Currents award at the festival -- Asia's largest -- which will hand out two prizes of $30,000 to first- or second-time Asian directors on Friday. Host South Korea -- now a cultural powerhouse th...

The 29-year-old Inoue, nicknamed "Monster", holds the WBC, WBA and IBF bantamweight belts and is aiming to become undisputed world champion by capturing Butler's WBO title on December 13 in Tokyo. "I want my name to go down in international boxing...

The Via Transilvanica across Romania is so long it took its founder Alin Useriu nearly two months to walk to celebrate its official opening this week. The 52-year-old first had the idea for the 1,400-km (870-mile) way through the wilds of Transylva...

Litton Das, who brushed off an early leg strain to put in a gutsy performance, and captain Shakib Al Hasan both chalked up half centuries for Bangladesh to set Pakistan 174 to win in Christchurch. In reply, Pakistan had to work for the win as allro...

Anxious to defend "Christian values", Orban's nationalist government has sought to strengthen ties with the Patriarch of Moscow, who last week assured Russian leader Vladimir Putin that "God put you in power". Orban has showered the church with sta...

The Chinese Communist Party Congress opens in Beijing on October 16, a week after Washington imposed tight restrictions on exports of invaluable semiconductor technology to China in a bid to stop it from surpassing the US economically and militarily...

On September 13, Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran’s morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaching the country’s severe dress code for women. Days later, the 22-year-old Iranian woman died in custody, triggering mass protests and crackdowns t...

The Nordic country is hoping the plant will be able to ease the coming winter's challenges as Europe battles soaring energy prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "It has taken a lot of perseverance and years of hard work to get to this poi...