The night-time fire at the popular bar could have been started after a drunk man fired a "flare gun" on the dance floor, the TASS news agency reported. State television showed images of the bar -- called "Poligon" and housed in a single-storey log...

France flyhalf Caroline Drouin missed a last-gasp penalty as New Zealand claimed a 25-24 thriller at Eden Park on Saturday and set up a blockbuster women's Rugby World Cup final against England.

President Joe Biden will rally alongside his old boss Barack Obama as the Democrats deploy their big guns to build the energy they hope will spread nationwide and reverse the late rightward-shift in polling. And in a split-screen preview of a poten...

Some of the congregation had tears in their eyes as they waited to see the 85-year-old at Bahrain National Stadium, the kingdom's biggest venue. Francis, who uses a wheelchair and walking stick due to knee problems, smiled and waved to the crowds f...

Le Pen, who failed to unseat Emmanuel Macron in last spring's presidential vote, has nonetheless turned her party into a sizable force since taking over from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, 11 years ago. Efforts to shed its legacy of virulent anti-S...

Eager to avoid another global crisis alongside Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden's administration has focused on a more narrow goal of reassuring allies that the United States will defend them. North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Un ...

Some of the congregation had tears in their eyes as they waited to see the 85-year-old at Bahrain National Stadium, the kingdom's biggest venue. Francis, who uses a wheelchair and walking stick due to knee problems, smiled and waved to the crowds f...

"Of course it is very difficult," Elena Zhemkova told AFP in an interview, stressing though that there had never been any question about whether or not to carry on working. "We continue our work." Memorial, which shared this year's Nobel Peace Pri...

Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa's worst drought in decades, according to a report released Friday.

With the rain pouring down and the clouds low, there will be no Russian drones overflying his remote outpost in northern Ukraine, the last one before the frontier. Clutching a monocular and wearing a balaclava that only shows his eyes, the guard p...

Captain Babar Azam's side need to win their final Super 12 match against Bangladesh in Adelaide on Sunday -- and for other results to go their way -- to grab a place in the final four. Pakistan suffered heartbreaking losses to arch-rivals India and...

Aubameyang was exiled by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta last season following a series of disciplinary issues before joining Barcelona in January. The 33-year-old's misdemeanours mainly surrounded his poor time-keeping. He was stripped of the Arsenal...

The winger's rise from humble beginnings is the stuff dreams are made of and the 27-year-old, who plays in La Liga for Cadiz, has never forgotten where he came from. "Obviously it was the foundation for me. It gave me a lot of values that I still ...

Like in 2018, Les Bleus begin their World Cup campaign against Australia and they will also take on Denmark in Group D. The only difference in Qatar is that Tunisia complete the section instead of Peru, who lost an intercontinental qualifying play-...

The Middelfart-born playmaker spent eight months out following his collapse on June 12, 2021. He returned in a Premier League game for Brentford on February 26 this year. A few weeks later, he was back playing for Denmark in a game against the Neth...