The US military has started transferring up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) detainees from prisons in northeastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s new government asserts control over territories long governed autonomously by Kurdish-led forces. US Central C...

In Gaza on Wednesday, Israeli forces killed 11 Palestinians in multiple attacks, including a strike on a vehicle carrying three journalists documenting a new displacement camp. Since the ceasefire took effect on October 10, both sides have frequentl...

Donald Trump says he is moving toward a deal on Greenland following discussions with NATO chief Mark Rutte. The US president had earlier declined to rule out the use of military force to acquire the territory from Denmark, a NATO member—a stance m...

In Melbourne as a wildcard, Wawrinka pulled heroically through in four hours and 33 minutes against French qualifier Arthur Gea. Now ranked 139, he won 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/3) to become the first player aged 40 or over to reach the men's thi...

The president of Ukraine heads to Davos as NATO-backed Greenland deal takes center stage at The World Economic Forum. Meanwhile, the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states are set to gather in Brussels later today for an informal emergency meeting o...

Trump's threats over the vast Arctic territory -- an autonomous part of NATO member Denmark -- had plunged relations between Europe and its key ally Washington into their deepest crisis in decades. While Europe breathed a sigh of relief that the im...

Operations to relaunch a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata province, closed since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, began late Wednesday after it received the final green light from the nuclear regulator despite divided public opinion. ...

The gains were also fuelled by a surge in regional tech giants as the artificial intelligence trade roared back into the spotlight after the head of Nvidia said the sector needed "trillions of dollars" more investment. Markets have been whipped by ...

The first Grand Slam of the year has seen bumper attendances, with more than 100,000 streaming through the gates on the first day on Sunday. Organisers have each day trumpeted the large number of people packing into Melbourne Park. But with big cr...

The Polish second seed was in cruise control against the Czech player as the sun went down at John Cain Arena, sprinting to the finish 6-2, 6-3 in front of a vocal group of fans. It set up a clash next against Russian world number 33 Anna Kalinskay...