UN human rights chief Volker Turk called on the authorities to tackle the rampant impunity in the crisis-ravaged Caribbean nation of 12 million people. Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has for years been plagued by instability as powerfu...

On Sunday, Japan sealed a 2-2 draw against the higher-ranked Netherlands in their 2026 World Cup opener. Since qualifying for its first World Cup in 1998, Japan has reached every edition of the tournament and now sits 18th in the FIFA rankings. FR...

The indigenous Tao people, native to the tiny Orchid Island 90 kilometres (56 miles) off Taiwan's southeast coast, have close cultural, linguistic and historic ties with the Philippines' Batanes islands and its Ivatan communities. AFP journalists s...

The DMZ Peace Train Music Festival, named after the demilitarised zone that has separated the neighbours for seven decades, gathered artists and fans from around the world. It was the seventh instalment since the inaugural festival was held in 2018...

Ivory Coast edged Ecuador (1-0) in their opening World Cup match, thanks to a goal from Amad Diallo. This is Ivory Coast's first World Cup victory since 2014.

The DMZ Peace Train Music Festival, named after the demilitarised zone that has separated the neighbours for seven decades, gathered artists and fans from around the world. It was the seventh instalment since the inaugural festival was held in 2018...

The Iranian squad, whose preparations have been dogged by political tensions and visa issues arising from the US-Israel military strikes on Iran, face New Zealand at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, a day after touching down in California on Sunday....

The tech professional is a member of Jakarta's "Playing Community", a group that gathers after work every Friday to let off steam in ways not usually associated with grown-ups. "The more energy we exert, the more we sweat, the more our stress is re...

That got him a fine and a mandatory course on how to use AI properly. But this case was just one in a rising tide of AI "hallucinations" muddying the legal waters. Now some courts are trying to stem the tide by cracking down on the lawyers concerne...

Broeders-Bol may only be 26 but she has packed a lot into her career thusfar, winning two world gold medals over the 400m hurdles. It is a discipline in which she has shone on the elite Diamond League circuit, last year completing an incredible six...