François Picard is pleased to welcome Jad Shahrour. Communications Manager at Samir Kassir Foundation. Lebanon is at a geopolitical crossroads, where sovereignty, regional rivalries, and international diplomacy collide. Joining us from Beirut amid ...

Led by Vietnamese monk Pannakara, the group of 13 launched their march at dawn from a historic Buddhist temple in Dambulla, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of the capital Colombo. The monks shot to international fame during a longer 108-day ...

She refused to leave. "I didn't even move for the English when they colonised us," she told AFP through a toothless smile, a year after the army broke the siege, and 70 after the British occupation of Khartoum ended. She recited an old battle cry ...

Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Senior Research Fellow for Middle East Security within the Int'l Security Dept at RUSI. Dr. Ozcelik argues that Iran is simultaneously responding to external pressures: particularly the performat...

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased from 3.0 percent in the 12 months to February, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. "Inflation climbed in March, largely due to increased fuel prices, which saw their largest increase for...

Anthropic said earlier this month it restricted the release of Mythos to 40 major tech firms to give them a head start in fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities before they could be exploited by attackers. According to Bloomberg, which first reported...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake killed 185 people in February 2011 and toppled or damaged buildings, including the city's old Lancaster Park. The stadium, which hosted international rugby and cricket and was home to rugby team the Canterbury Crusaders, ...

RC Lens qualified for their first French Cup final since 1998 by defeating Toulouse (4-1) in a lopsided game.

Largely unknown in the continent three years ago, brands including BYD, Chery, Geely and XPeng achieved a nine percent share of European sales in March -- and 14 percent of electric cars -- according to Dataforce. That has doubled in a year, and s...

For decades, Maoist fighters seeded vast stretches of central India's forests with pressure-operated improvised explosive devices (IEDs), often buried just beneath dirt roads or hidden along jungle footpaths. Rudimentary in design -- gelatin, ball...

Traditional landowner Inoke Tora boarded a bus to the capital Suva on Tuesday with a petition from villagers opposing the $630 million waste-to-energy incinerator, which is forecast to consume 900,000 tonnes of non-recyclable rubbish each year. The...

Summer heat in the world's most populous nation can be brutal -- putting millions of people at risk, with nearly 11,000 people dying due to heat stroke between 2012 and 2021, according to government data. A heatwave in May 2024 in New Delhi saw tem...

The unheralded team from Tokyo's suburbs, led by a former high-school coach, battled into the final with a 1-0 win over UAE side Shabab Al Ahli on Tuesday. Now they must face down the home crowd in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, when they clash with defendi...

RA chief executive Phil Waugh said the "record operating surplus" of Aus$70 million (US$50 million) had injected fresh confidence into the 15-man game ahead of hosting next year's men's Rugby World Cup. "We are delivering on our promise to reset th...