President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud plunged Somalia into a fresh political crisis in mid-May after announcing a one-year extension of his term, which had been due to expire on May 15. The opposition and regional leaders have rejected the move and demon...

His wife had even begun to offer last rite prayers for his soul, she told AFP at the hospital in the capital Kathmandu, where he is recovering from "some frostbite" but is conscious. Mountaineer Dawa Sherpa -- who is in his 50s, and is better known...

And more young people from the white minority are moving to the small town, drawn by a new college and a sense of home carved out of the country's melting pot of cultures. The Friday night crowd at Stokkies bar appeared mostly aged under 30, all Af...

One of the three galleries at the museum in Nigeria's cultural and entertainment hub has been remodelled to allow visitors to interact with some artefacts, reversing the typical ban on touching exhibits, as well as take unrestricted photographs in a...

Keepers discovered the furry, carnivorous marsupial was missing from her enclosure at Paradise Country wildlife park on Queensland's Gold Coast on Tuesday morning. A dozen wildlife experts backed by a sniffer dog and a thermal-imaging drone operato...

Italy’s Matteo Berrettini withdrew from his French Open quarter-final due to a hip injury, sending Matteo Arnaldi through to the semi-finals, where he will face compatriot Flavio Cobolli, who defeated Félix Auger-Aliassime.

The experienced Hillary Dawa Sherpa vanished on the upper reaches of the world's highest mountain early on May 30. He was found on Thursday morning close to Base Camp by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), a Nepali team that helps se...

Bank Indonesia has in moved to bolster the currency, which has been hammered amid mounting concerns about the state of Southeast Asia's biggest economy. But on Thursday, the unit broke the psychological 18,000 barrier against the greenback. The cou...

The vote was seen as an early referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office. He took power after months of political upheaval triggered by his conservative predecessor's declaration of martial law. While Lee's party won most major ra...

Brunson scored 13 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter as the Knicks rallied from a 14-point deficit to post their 12th straight victory after sweeping the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semi-finals and finals...

"There were forests of pistachio trees," he told AFP, gesturing to the bare mountains that surround Char Bagh's mud homes. "During the conflicts and the civil war, they were destroyed; no one could stop the logging." From the 1979 Soviet invasio...

Lee Dong-gyeong scored 10 minutes into the second half at their training base in Utah to give South Korea their second straight friendly win following a 5-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago last week. "We had some difficulties offensively early in ...

The French superstar led San Antonio's scorers with 26 points but had a poor shooting night before ultimately being upstaged by the Knicks' Jalen Brunson. A relaxed Wembanyama was staying calm after the disappointing opening loss, noting that there...

Israeli and Lebanese envoys held a fourth round of talks in Washington on Wednesday, agreeing to implement a ceasefire hinged on Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah halting its attacks. But Hezbollah, which rejects the direct Israel-Lebanon talks,...