For the first time ever, Cape Verde is heading to the World Cup. The West African island nation – home to fewer than half a million people – will be one of the smallest countries in tournament history. In the capital Praia, preparations are in...

A Bangkok court convicted Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed of premeditated and attempted murder for their role in planting a bomb at the popular Erawan Shrine in the capital's commercial heart. The blast tore apart the site where worshippers and ...

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, June 11: First, the latest news from Russia. Then, how cutting-edge surveillance technology at the World Cup is fuelling privacy concerns. And finally, why American women are embracing witchcraft retreats in Ireland.

The no-frills airline requires at least one parent to sit with children aged two to 11 during a flight, but that means they must pay for what it calls a "mandatory family seat". The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether ...

The controversial deal struck in 2022 rattled Washington and Canberra because of concern it opened the door to a permanent Chinese military presence in the South Pacific. Speaking last week in Australia, the Solomons' new Prime Minister Matthew Wal...

Tharp wiped out the long-standing previous record of 12.80sec set by fellow American Aries Merritt in Brussels on September 7, 2012. The performance, run with a legal tailwind of one meter per second sec, also shattered Grant Holloway's NCAA colleg...

A Thai court convicted Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed of premeditated and attempted murder for their role in planting a bomb at the popular Erawan Shrine in Bangkok's commercial heart in August 2015. The deadly blast tore apart the site where w...

But on the cobbled streets of the Pskov-Pechersky grounds -- close to the border with NATO and EU member Estonia -- some Orthodox pilgrims were more concerned with bringing the conflict to an end, as soon as possible. "The Church prays for the sold...

When she got home, she was told her son was dead. "I trusted them with my child," Zaitseva told AFP at her home, her face contorted with pain. "And they can't find out who did it or tell the truth." The 44-year-old's death, officially attributed t...

The political left in the militarily neutral Alpine country has called a referendum against a new law aimed at making civilian service less attractive and less accessible, warning that the move is "dangerous" and could ultimately lead to that altern...

Put forward by the hard-right Swiss People's Party (SVP), the proposal would require drastic cuts to immigration that critics warn risk crippling swathes of the economy and Switzerland's relations with the European Union, its main trading partner. ...

The Knicks staged the biggest comeback in Finals history as they erased a 29-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 on Wednesday and take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven championship series. They'll now have three chances to clinch the...

But the California company now faces a battle for survival amid intensifying competition, questionable demand for electronics and rising material costs. Its plight is spelled out in US securities filings containing cryptic language. GoPro "has in...

The divergence was clear during an open house last Sunday at a renovated three-bedroom apartment in the trendy Duboce Triangle neighborhood. Asking price for the residence, which comes with marble bathrooms and a finished attic? A cool $3 million -...

OG Anunoby's soft-as-silk tip-in basket with 1.2 seconds left sealed the thrilling victory to give the Knicks a 3-1 stranglehold on the best-of-seven championship series, which shifts back to San Antonio for game five on Saturday. Jalen Brunson sco...