Fowler carded a bogey-free seven-under-par 63 in the second round to lead alongside fellow American Andrew Putnam at 10-under at Narashino Country Club. Home favourite Matsuyama was down in tied 49th after a 69, 10 shots off the leaders. Playing pa...

While Fatah dominates the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority (PA), which is based in the West Bank, Hamas is in control in the Gaza Strip. Here is a look back at the history of the dispute: 2006: Islamists win at the polls In 2006, Ha...

Why? They were written in Russian. "Since February 24, Russian books have no place in my house," Sydorenko said, referring to the day Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. "I got them for my 20th birthday with inscriptions from my frie...

On the brink of securing a third term, the president can boast of several achievements in his first 10 years in power, though some do come with caveats. Here AFP looks at some of the key advances made under Xi: End of extreme poverty China's Commun...

One of the few multinationals to have remained in Russia since the Ukraine war, Danone said the move to "transfer the effective control" of the dairy business could result in a write off of up to one billion euros ($980 million). The arm represente...

The 43-year-old boxing legend retired last year from the sport to make a failed crack at the presidency of his country and is now following in the footsteps of his old rival, Floyd Mayweather, in staging an exhibition bout. The Philippine great wil...

"In Medellin, security is measured in lives" saved, said Mayor Daniel Quintero as he welcomed the breakthrough. Medellin has seen a vertiginous drop in homicides by 97 percent in the 30 years since Escobar's death, transforming what used to be one ...

He is not repairing power lines, but instead spray painting a canvas larger than a billboard with portraits of four contemporary South African musicians. Known as Dbongz, the artist is at the vanguard of a growing movement that has embraced Johanne...

Yet some of the victims of the paranoid dictator Enver Hoxha -- whose dreaded Sigurimi had more than 10,000 informers and even more collaborators -- cannot bear to look. Since 2017, the small Balkan country has allowed people to consult their files...

Alarmed by the impact on animals including jaguars, bears and mountain lions, activists from the United States and Mexico have joined forces to try to protect the biodiversity corridor. "This part of the border is one of the most interesting places...

But his happiness was short-lived. His adult son, currently battling through the treacherous Darien Gap jungle that straddles Colombia and Panama, will likely be turned away from the United States -- if he even makes it that far. "Last night I was...

The series, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with events including an exhibition currently on in Tokyo, was a huge commercial success in the "shojo" genre -- comic books aimed at girls and teens. It tells the epic tale of two mai...

"On a busy day we can get 100 people," said one guard monitoring the four vertical steel plates -- each more than 14 metres (46 feet) high -- that makeup Serra's "East-West/West-East". But when temperatures soar above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahren...

Now, nearly 40 years after it was finally decommissioned, it is set to reopen as an office, shopping and restaurant hub plus apartments, in the latest major redevelopment of former industrial sites. "London's most meticulous post-industrial buildin...

1922: the first steps The BBC was officially formed on October 18, 1922 by a group of entrepreneurs but it was only on November 14 that the first radio programme was broadcast. At 6:00 pm, a news bulletin started and the first words -- "This is 2LO,...