But this year Jacobabad lurched from record heatwaves in May to an unprecedented deluge of rain in August that drowned crops. The floods forced tens of thousands of people to flee for makeshift camps and relatives' homes, leaving them doubting the ...

The negotiations have been flagged to start on Monday, after a surge in fighting in the north of Ethiopia in recent weeks that has triggered alarm in the international community. Ethiopia's government has also said it will participate in the negoti...

The murder and brutal assault of the girl known as Lola was branded as "evil" by President Emmanuel Macron after her body was found earlier this month stuffed into in a trunk in Paris. But it also prompted right-wing and far-right critics to accuse...

The three Barrett brothers, Scott, Jordie and Beauden, were among six New Zealand players who did not board the plane to Japan on Saturday after their grandmother died. Sam Whitelock, Will Jordan and Folau Fakatava were also left at home because of...

The 29-year-old fast bowler bagged Soumya Sarkar and Yasit Ali to draw level with Pieter Seelaar on 58 T20 wickets, taking 22 fewer games to get there. He helped tame the Bangladesh batsmen who struggled for momentum with Afif Hossain top-scoring w...

It's a typical courtroom scene in Russia. The defendant is isolated in a cage guarded by a policeman wearing a balaclava. The judge sits back as a witness unleashes the diatribe against him. The country's judicial system was heavily weighted agains...

The Romanian was provisionally suspended at the weekend for taking the banned substance roxadustat after she provided a sample at the US Open. Halep insisted she would "fight until the end" to prove her innocence with the result "the biggest shock ...

Titled "Circular Claims Fall Flat Again," the study found that of 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by US households in 2021, only 2.4 million tons were recycled, or around five percent. After peaking in 2014 at 10 percent, the trend has b...

Homosexuality is illegal in the Gulf state which has come under intense scrutiny over its rights record before the tournament that is expected to attract at least one million foreign fans. HRW said it had "documented six cases of severe and repeate...

Former captain Kohli lit up the T20 World Cup on Sunday with an unbeaten 82 that steered his team to an incredible last-ball win in front of 90,000 fervent drum-beating fans at a pumping Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Kohli was in tears at the...

Tasked with touring facilities under a voluntary agreement to prevent cruelty to detainees, the inspectors said they made the "drastic" decision after they were refused entry at "several" jails and detention facilities. Lead inspector Aisha Muhamma...

Inflation in the 19-nation eurozone climbed to an all-time high of nearly 10 percent in September, five times the ECB's target of two percent. The ECB's governing council last month raised its key interest rates by an unprecedented 75 basis points,...

However, the bright start to the week was overshadowed by a plunge in Hong Kong and Shanghai after Xi Jinping was handed a third term as leader and put in place a team who back his economically damaging zero-Covid strategy. The yen fluctuated again...

Shut for two years during the Covid-19 pandemic, traditional cockfighting arenas are getting back to full capacity across the archipelago nation. Cockfighting is hugely popular in the Philippines, where millions of dollars are bet on matches every ...

Just weeks after failing in a first attempt to lead the ruling Tories, Sunak could cap a stunning reversal in fortunes by winning the leadership as early as Monday afternoon, following ex-premier Johnson's unexpected move late Sunday. The contest, ...