Japan kick off their seventh straight World Cup campaign against Germany in Doha on Wednesday, and expectations have never been higher. The Blue Samurai have gone from tournament newcomers to grizzled veterans over the past 24 years, thanks in no s...

Yuji Naka, a 57-year-old programmer known for making Sonic and other major titles at Japanese game firm Sega, was arrested on Friday, a prosecution document obtained by AFP said. His alleged misdeed took place nearly three years ago, when Naka was ...

The cancellation came after an American fossil company raised doubts about parts of the skeleton named "Shen", The New York Times reported on Sunday. Christie's said in a statement to AFP that Shen -- a 1,400-kilogramme (3,100-pound) skeleton -- wa...

Style has coursed through her veins since she was a young girl growing up in Soweto township, and for her the time is ripe for "African designers to shine" on the international platform. A decade-and-half ago, she founded the Johannesburg and Cape...

The change, a dramatic turn of events for one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, was effective immediately, Disney said in a statement. "We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career," Susan Arnold, chair of Disne...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted underwater with a force equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs, unleashing a 15-metre (50-foot) tsunami which demolished homes and killed at least three people on the Pacific island kingdom. The natural...

They identified the suspect as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, and said he had used a rifle at the club, where partygoers were apparently marking Transgender Day of Remembrance, which pays tribute to trans people targeted in violent attacks. Eigh...

Irving, who was suspended by the Nets after his social media post linking to a movie condemned as anti-semitic sparked a furore, scored 14 points in 26 minutes on the floor. Kevin Durant led the Nets with 26 and Ben Simmons added 22 as seven Nets p...

One of Southeast Asia's biggest economies saw three governments change in as many years before this stalemate, and the next one faces major challenges including soaring inflation. No party has emerged with a clear majority. Veteran opposition leade...

The news threw a spanner in the works for investors who had grown hopeful of a gradual reopening after Beijing eased a number of virus-fighting measures earlier this month. The death of an 87-year-old man in Beijing on Sunday came as infections acr...

He and his wife Sabina have amused and confused their neighbours by stitching together South Korean flags into a 3.5-kilometre (2.2-mile) long banner that weaves a path from their home, along nearby streets and over a river into a neighbouring villa...

Shamima Begum is one of hundreds of Europeans whose fate following the 2019 collapse of the so-called Islamic State caliphate has proved a thorny issue for governments. Begum, then 15, left her home in east London in 2015 with two school friends to...

The dynamic opener and former Test vice-captain was banned from any leadership role in Australia over his part in the Cape Town ball tampering affair in 2018. He was also slapped with a one-year playing suspension, but bounced back to reclaim his p...

Harris is the highest-ranking US official to visit Manila since Marcos took power in June, signalling a growing rapport between the longtime allies after years of frosty relations under his Beijing-friendly predecessor Rodrigo Duterte. She will als...

The riders are gauchos, deft horsemen who occupy a special place in the Argentine psyche, somewhere between legend and reality. Every year, thousands of people from all over the country flock to San Antonio de Areco for the Festival of Tradition on...