The US military has started transferring up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) detainees from prisons in northeastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s new government asserts control over territories long governed autonomously by Kurdish-led forces. US Central C...

In Gaza on Wednesday, Israeli forces killed 11 Palestinians in multiple attacks, including a strike on a vehicle carrying three journalists documenting a new displacement camp. Since the ceasefire took effect on October 10, both sides have frequentl...

Donald Trump says he is moving toward a deal on Greenland following discussions with NATO chief Mark Rutte. The US president had earlier declined to rule out the use of military force to acquire the territory from Denmark, a NATO member—a stance m...

In Melbourne as a wildcard, Wawrinka pulled heroically through in four hours and 33 minutes against French qualifier Arthur Gea. Now ranked 139, he won 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/3) to become the first player aged 40 or over to reach the men's thi...

The president of Ukraine heads to Davos as NATO-backed Greenland deal takes center stage at The World Economic Forum. Meanwhile, the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states are set to gather in Brussels later today for an informal emergency meeting o...

While in Davos, Donald Trump is expected to elaborate on his newly proposed "board of peace," reportedly established to oversee the US-brokered ceasefire in Israel's conflict with Hamas. The initiative has invited participation from around 60 countr...

Trump's threats over the vast Arctic territory -- an autonomous part of NATO member Denmark -- had plunged relations between Europe and its key ally Washington into their deepest crisis in decades. While Europe breathed a sigh of relief that the im...

From windmills to NATO, Donald Trump let the world have it from the podium of the World Economic Forum. For more than an hour, the president of the United States took on all-comers in his first return to Davos in six years. We ask about the latest t...

Operations to relaunch a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata province, closed since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, began late Wednesday after it received the final green light from the nuclear regulator despite divided public opinion. ...

The first Grand Slam of the year has seen bumper attendances, with more than 100,000 streaming through the gates on the first day on Sunday. Organisers have each day trumpeted the large number of people packing into Melbourne Park. But with big cr...

The Polish second seed was in cruise control against the Czech player as the sun went down at John Cain Arena, sprinting to the finish 6-2, 6-3 in front of a vocal group of fans. It set up a clash next against Russian world number 33 Anna Kalinskay...

The trial is the latest to stem from a sprawling case that broke in 2024 and centres on former agent Egisto Ott. The 63-year-old faces a slew of charges including suspected abuse of office, corruption and espionage to the detriment of Austria. He h...

Saaduddeen, 67, travels each month to the Jihad Museum, a building of glittering blue and white mosaics over the hills of Herat in western Afghanistan. More than a million Afghans were killed and millions more were forced into exile during the deca...

Liverpool cruised past Marseille 3-0 to put themselves in a strong position to finish in the Champions League top eight. The French side will have to beat Club Brugge in their final match to clinch a playoff spot. 

Rescuers used heavy machinery to dig through the mass of earth that moved after heavy overnight rain in New Zealand's North Island. Emergency workers retrieved two bodies from the remains of a buried home in the harbourside city of Tauranga, police...