Portugal said it would shut schools, non-essential services and a top world tech conference on Wednesday, as it braces for gale-force winds of Storm Charles.

President Nayib Bukele said Tuesday that Salvadoran troops deployed to Haiti had destroyed the headquarters of one of the Caribbean nation's most powerful gangs.Bukele has deployed more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti since late October, after four Sal...

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An acrid haze hung over a sprawling dump in Ghana's capital, Accra, as excavators gouged into mounds of smouldering rubbish. Thin plumes of black smoke curled from burning plastic and rubber, mingling with the rank odour of stagnant lagoon water.

The Civil Aviation Authority said a licence had been granted to EHang to test its two-seater, pilotless electric aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capability. The company demonstrated its EH216-S aircraft with a short flight, carrying Por...

Trump has accused the BBC of deceptively editing a documentary to make it seem as if he was inciting violence when he told supporters to march on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. He has sought at least $5 billion each for one claim of defamation ...

World leaders, including US President Donald Trump, are preparing to gather in Shenzhen for the November 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. Shih, 81, was picked to represent Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te due to China's insis...

After resuming at 114-3, De Silva was on 87 after reaching his 21st half-century, while skipper Kusal Mendis was 21 not out, leaving the tourists still 213 runs behind Pakistan's first innings 434-9 declared. Sri Lanka lost just one wicket in the s...

The 30-year-old moved to Parisians Stade Francais in 2022 and will become available for France on residency grounds next October, when the World Cup begins. Coach Fabien Galthie called him up in late October to Les Bleus' training squad for this mo...

The case is the latest espionage allegation involving suspected Russian agents in Britain, a close ally of Ukraine which Moscow invaded in 2022. Police said in a statement the 41-year-old American soldier was detained near Gloucester on suspicion h...