The avalanche struck Thursday, cutting off contact with the ten-member international expedition led by renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja -- who is not among the remains recovered so far. Those recovered -- flown by helicopter to hospital...

Disagreements over what happened and who is responsible for the Volyn massacres have long cast a shadow over ties between the otherwise now close neighbours. Between 1943 and 1945, some 70,000-100,000 civilians were killed by the Ukrainian Insurgen...

Russia and Ukraine have ramped up attacks on each other in recent months. As Moscow has increased its long-range strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, Kiev has pressed its allies for air defence support. The United Nations found June was the dead...

The remarks came after the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) mobilised large protests in New Delhi and other cities over examination paper leaks, posing the biggest challenge to Modi's government in recent years. Some protesters featured in widely...

The 22-year revealed last month she had spinal stress fractures and had been advised to "stop swimming immediately". But the reigning Olympic 200m freestyle champion opted to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She won silver in the 100m...

The 80-Test flyhalf took up a coaching role with Japanese club Kintestu Liners for the 2025–26 season, with many assuming he had hung up his boots. But Cooper, who was a shock omission by then-coach Eddie Jones from Australia's 2023 World Cup squ...

Last weekend, lifeguards in Los Angeles County performed a record 1,950 ocean rescues -- numbers that lifeguard captain Pono Barnes called "staggering." "To kind of put that in perspective, a busy summer weekend is usually in the 300 rescue range, ...

"Our purpose has always been -- and will always be -- to unite and improve," FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement. "As a result, this proposal will not proceed." FIFA had floated the plan on Tuesday that it said could raise up to $4...

World indoor champion and an Olympic bronze medallist at 1500m, Hunter Bell was in a class of her own at the shorter distance in Glasgow to claim gold for England. Olympic 800m champion Hodgkinson was one of a number of high-profile athletes who de...

In tonight's edition: Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is in hospital after collapsing in court, raising fresh concerns over the treatment of political opponents. Ghana proposes sweeping constitutional reforms that could reshape its political...

Top-seeded Aussie de Minaur was left to rue his missed chances in a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 loss to 33rd-ranked American Brandon Nakashima. Chile's 30th-ranked Alejandro Tabilo recovered an early break in the third set to beat US home favorite Shelton 4-6, ...

After five months of war, Trump's room for maneuver seems extremely limited, and he gives the impression of increasingly making up his plans as he goes along. "We're going to be hitting them very hard because it's our turn to hit them," Trump said ...

The South Korean was three over par through the opening five holes of her second round at Royal Lytham and St Annes. But the winner of the PGA Championship and Evian Championship in the past two months bounced back with five birdies to card a two-u...

Most of the 220,000 people who had been evacuated from the flames, which at one stage seemed to be heading for the city of Bordeaux, have now been allowed home. "The crisis isn't over, the fire isn't under control yet, but we're making progress," s...

Under the roadmap, the lower basin states of Arizona, California, and Nevada could face collective cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet (130 billion cubic feet or 3.7 billion cubic meters) of water annually, through 2036. "This represents 20 percent o...