The president of the Dominican Republic says he has authorized the US government to operate inside restricted areas in the Caribbean country to help in its fight against drug trafficking.

Two National Guard soldiers were critically wounded in a targeted ambush near the White House. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal — an Afghan national who arrived in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome and was granted asylum in April 2025 — was s...

The four, all photographers, were arrested in dawn raids several days into a huge wave of protests sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's powerful opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a top opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They -- like thousand...

Soldiers patrolled the area around the presidential palace in Bissau, and a few people were seen walking along the main road leading to the building, where heavy gunfire rang out the previous day. Military patrols combed through the capital overnig...

The peace plan that read like it had been written by the Kremlin and that called for Ukraine to surrender land, cut back its military and give up any notion of NATO membership was already raising worried eyebrows. Now, in light of a recorded phone c...

The proposal had been fiercely opposed by top eel consumers, particularly Japan, but also failed to win backing from countries worried about new trade regulations. The vote came at a meeting of signatories to the Convention of International Trade i...

X was the target of the EU's first ever investigation under a major new online content law in December 2023 but after saying it breached the rules and risked a fine, a year later nothing has materialised. Weighing on the EU's mind is the picture in...

"From the beginning, even in elementary school, I painted only roosters," the 73-year-old artist told AFP, as he worked on an unfinished canvas in the afternoon light. Outside, a cockerel obligingly crowed. Hajko and his fellow artists have become...

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, opened fire and wounded the soldiers on patrol Wednesday afternoon, before he was shot and hospitalised, the New York Times, CBS, NBC and others reported. Without naming him, US security chief Kristi Noem said on social me...

Sirikit, the mother of current King Maha Vajiralongkorn and wife of the longest-reigning Thai monarch, died in October at the age of 93. The royal family holds revered status in Thai society, with their portraits hung in homes, offices and public s...

The world number 418 was seven-under par after 15 holes of the first event of the DP World Tour's 2026 season when the storm hit Royal Queensland Golf Club, which will host the golf events at the 2032 Olympics. Garcia, a 36-year-old journeyman who ...

Savchuk, the 41-year-old owner of a small publishing house, has spent years promoting Ukrainian language, history and culture in the predominantly Russian-speaking city in Ukraine's northeast, unearthing manuscripts by authors who were forgotten or ...

The two countries are at odds over a range of domestic and foreign policies -- a standoff that came to a head after Washington skipped the G20 summit in Johannesburg last week. Trump said South Africa would not be invited to next year's meeting, w...

South Africa inflicted a record 408-run defeat on India in the second Test on Wednesday to take the series 2-0. It was India's fifth defeat in their last seven home Tests dating back just over a year to New Zealand's 3-0 sweep. "You need to do a t...

Wang became the first Asian man to win the world championships long jump gold when he leapt 8.36 metres at world championships in Eugene, Oregon, in 2022. The China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) said this week that Wang, 29, had not been negligent o...