The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed defiance and blamed the United State...

Switzerland won 2-1, with Belinda Bencic playing a starring role, and will face either holders the United States or Poland in Sunday's decider. The Tokyo Olympic champion Bencic put Switzerland on their way in the semi-finals with a battling 6-3, 4...

Kenrich Williams delivered a go-ahead three-pointer with 1:07 remaining and Alex Caruso blocked a last-gasp attempt by Grizzlies guard Cedric Coward in the final second as the Thunder triumphed despite the absence of reigning NBA Most Valuable Playe...

US selectors will officially name the team for next month's Games on Sunday. But after bravura free-skate performances in St. Louis, Glenn, Liu and third-placed Isabeau Levito look set to take Italy by storm in a bid for the United States' first wo...

About 50 sanitation workers were buried when refuse toppled onto them Thursday from what a city councillor estimated was a height of 20 storeys at the Binaliw Landfill, a privately operated facility in Cebu City. Rescuers were now facing the danger...

Sabalenka looked in great touch against the tricky Czech, who had won their last three meetings and went into the match as one of the few players with a winning record over the world number one. But Sabalenka showed her class and power as she broke...

In 2017, Beijing mandated that dozens of northern areas wind down the use of coal-fired stoves in favour of electric and natural gas-powered systems. China's central government allocated funds to refit stoves, but subsidies faded after three years ...

The North Korean military tracked a drone "moving northwards" over the South Korean border county of Ganghwa in early January before shooting it down near the North Korean city of Kaesong, a spokesperson said in a statement carried by the state-run ...

Second-tier Wrexham won 4-3 on penalties in front of their own fans at the Racecourse Ground after drawing 3-3 following extra time, having led 2-0 and 3-1 in a classic Cup thriller. "I had a chat with him before the game and it was great to see hi...

Yayang church, in the Wenzhou area of Zhejiang province, is one of China's unregistered churches that emerged as an alternative to places of worship regulated and approved by Beijing. China's ruling Communist Party has historically regarded organis...

Arthur Okonko provided heroics worthy of a blockbuster movie with shootout saves from Igor Jesus and Omari after Josh Windass, Callum Doyle, George Thomason and Jay Rodriguez all scored from the spot for Wrexham. First-half goals from Liberato Caca...

The sports website said medical imaging on Friday revealed the extent of the damage Davis sustained in the Mavs' NBA loss to the Jazz in Utah on Thursday. If the 10-time All-Star opts not to have surgery, he is expected to miss at least six weeks w...

Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this week, with hot winds fanning some of the most dangerous fire weather since the "Black Summer" bushfires of 2019-2020. One of the most destructive bushfires ripped throu...

While Mali's campaign at the African Cup of Nations has ended, their 1-0 loss against Senegal would have been much heavier if it wasn't for their goalkeeper's fantastic saves when the Eagles were reduced to 10 men. Djigui Diarra had already impresse...

The 35-year-old American, a nine-time PGA Tour champion and five-time LIV winner, departed LIV with a year remaining on his contract, but it was unclear when he might be allowed to return to the PGA Tour, according to the reports. ESPN reported tha...