Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan has quickened its pivot towards a more proactive defence policy, further shaking off -- with US encouragement -- a pacifist outlook in place since the end of World War II. The change has drawn frequent reb...

Any tweaks to the proposal could prolong even further an agreement to formally end the Middle East war and open the Strait of Hormuz maritime route after weeks of efforts to secure a deal despite fractious rhetoric and the occasional flare up of arm...

The 33-year-old has faced growing questions about his faltering form after scoring only twice for his club Los Angeles FC this season. His last goal for South Korea came in a friendly against Bolivia in November, 2025. But the captain was back on...

On May 29, 2006, the earth in the Sidoarjo district of East Java province opened up, ejecting pungent, steaming hot mud that swallowed villages and factories. Thirteen people died when an underground gas pipeline in the disaster zone exploded. The...

Defender Johan Vasquez had the only goal of the encounter, deftly steering in a header from Alexis Vega's corner midway through the first half. Mexico dominated possession but Australia, playing largely on the counter and generally solid in defense...

The 43-year-old Australian reached the milestone by holding off Almighty Warrior by a short head in the opening race of the day. Purton first rode in Hong Kong as a 24-year-old in 2007 and has gone on to be the most successful jockey in the history...

The Welshman came home 12.8sec ahead of France's world champion Sebastien Ogier, with Finland's Sami Pajari in third ahead of Japan's Takamoto Katsuta. Toyota's Evans, who won in Japan for the third time in his career, has 151 points in the standin...

"It's our role to spoil one part of it," Socceroos midfielder Aiden O'Neill told AFP on Saturday. "Obviously, I think it's amazing that the World Cup is in the US, it's growing. I can see that first hand, and I'm involved in that," said O'Neill, wh...

Prime Minister Robert Abela, 48, called the snap election a year early, saying the government needed a fresh mandate in order to shield the tiny, import-heavy island from geopolitical crises. While Malta's economy grew 4.0 percent last year, there ...

Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan has quickened its pivot towards a more proactive defence policy, further shaking off -- with US encouragement -- a pacifist outlook in place since the end of World War II. The change has drawn frequent reb...