Four-time world champions, the football-mad country finds itself at its lowest ebb and without a clear path to a brighter future after missing out again through the play-offs, this time following a penalty shoot-out defeat to Bosnia and Hercegovina....

Italy lost on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina and will miss out on their third consecutive World Cup.

The price of fuel has hit historic highs in the Philippines since treaty ally the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, with the war forcing the partial closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz. President Ferdinand Marcos d...

"If this level persists, the oil companies can expect additional operating profits of approximately 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) for the month of March alone," the study said. The study examined the difference between the price of crude oil and...

"The months ahead may not be easy. I want to be upfront about that. No government can promise to eliminate the pressures that this war is causing," Albanese said. The conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran has mushroomed...

Fiji Rugby said Australian Byrne would "step down from his role, effective immediately". Byrne had been in charge of the national team since 2024 after a stint at the helm of Super Rugby side Fijian Drua, but appears to have had a difference of opi...

François Picard welcomes Dr. Gershon Baskin, a former hostage negotiator and Middle East Director of the International Communities Organisation. Drawing on his deep involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Baskin argues that recent developm...

Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Bentzi Sykora, Policy Director at ‏Zulat for Equality and Human Rights. He observes profound tension within Israeli democracy, a moment shaped by trauma, political opportunism, and a struggle over constitutional...

"It's definitely cool to know that humans are going further than ever before," the 40-year-old shipbuilder told AFP from the shores of Cocoa Beach, a popular Florida resort area near the NASA launch complex from which the enormous orange-and-white r...

Carys Garland is joined by Jan Onoszko, our correspondent from Rio, standing at a site where history is embedded in stone, a physical threshold through which nearly a million enslaved Africans were forced into Brazil over four decades. The UN Gener...

Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Ali Vaez, Director of the Iran Project & International Crisis Group Senior Advisor. He examines the evolving dynamics of the confrontation between the US, Israel, and Iran. Military escalation risks triggering sys...

The Lakers, who have emerged as genuine title contenders after winning 15 of 17 games in March to climb up the Western Conference standings, took control with big quarters either side of half-time to cruise to victory. The Lakers outscored Clevelan...

An internal-use file mistakenly included in a software update pointed to an archive containing nearly 2,000 files and 500,000 lines of code, which were quickly copied to developer platform GitHub. "Earlier today, a Claude Code release included some...

The conflict began when the United States and Israel launched airstrikes across Iran that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, quickly mushrooming into a regional war that has sent oil and gas prices soaring and threatened to torpedo the gl...