Most of the country's 35,000 villages, towns and boroughs elected their leaders in a first round last weekend, but the races went to run-offs in about 1,500 communes, including bigger urban centres. The local ballots are being closely watched to ga...

Thousands of people are estimated to have been detained in the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) October takeover of North Darfur's El-Fasher, a battle that a UN investigation found bore the "hallmarks of genocide". "When people died of thirst and hunger...

The major winner carded a 69 to finish 16-under at the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned Australian WPGA Championship to win by four shots from Germany's Alexandra Forsterling and South African Casandra Alexander. It followed her victory at the Au...

The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is one of the world's most remarkable travelers, but its population has plunged 95 percent in four decades due to a complex mix of environmental changes across multiple countries. It is one of 42 species pro...

Many of China's key trading partners have increasingly called on Beijing to reduce its soaring trade surplus owing to its impact on local competition. Its trade surged by a fifth in the first two months of the year, official data showed earlier thi...

Most of the country's 35,000 villages, towns and boroughs elected their leaders in a first round last weekend, but the races went to run-offs in about 1,500 communes, including bigger urban centres. The local ballots are being closely watched to ga...

Thousands of people are estimated to have been detained in the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) October takeover of North Darfur's El-Fasher, a battle that a UN investigation found bore the "hallmarks of genocide". "When people died of thirst and hunger...

The major winner carded a 69 to finish 16-under at the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned Australian WPGA Championship to win by four shots from Germany's Alexandra Forsterling and South African Casandra Alexander. It followed her victory at the Au...

US Baghdad centre attacked At least six overnight attacks targeted a US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad's International Airport, two Iraqi security officials told AFP on Sunday. "Eight separate attacks, carried out until dawn with rockets...

An Iranian missile hit Franky's town of Arad, hours after another struck Dimona -- home to a nuclear facility -- wounding dozens and leaving entire apartment blocks with heavy damage. Franky rushed to shelter with his family as air raid sirens soun...