The Turkish-German auteur -- a hero to many in the country for films like "Head-On", "In the Fade" and the Istanbul music documentary "Crossing the Bridge" -- told AFP late Friday that agent Ayse Barim is "totally apolitical and innocent" of the cha...

More than one million Europeans have called on the EU to ban "conversion"' practices targeting LGBTQ people, the results of a petition showed Friday. Story by August Hakansson.

Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food, authorities said. Story by Matthew-Ma...

The first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years has yielded a deal to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each soon and to resume talks after each side had set out its vision for a future ceasefire. Story by Charlotte Hughes and C...

The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip over the past day as part of the "initial stages" of a fresh offensive on the besieged Palestinian territory. More than 300 Gazans have been killed in Israeli s...

The 23-year-old is competing in Sunday's Golden Grand Prix in the Japanese capital at the same stadium where she will attempt to defend her world title later this year. Mahuchikh has emerged as one of Ukraine's top athletes since Russia invaded the...

The U2 frontman told the audience at the premiere of a documentary based on his autobiography late Friday that the world is again being threatened by fascism as it was when the festival was set up in 1939. "Mussolini and the little man with a moust...

At the end of a tense week, Ukraine and Russia held their first direct talks in more than three years but failed to agree to a truce. And despite the threat of new sanctions on Russia from Kyiv's allies, there has been no let-up in fighting. "Unfo...

Oscar Jenkins, a 33-year-old from Melbourne, was convicted of being a "mercenary in an armed conflict" by the court in Ukraine's Russian-occupied east Lugansk region, prosecutors said. The former biology teacher was ordered to serve his time in a "...

The People Power Party (PPP) had been under pressure to expel Yoon ahead of the June 3 election, as polls showed it trailing the main opposition party. "I am leaving the People Power Party today," Yoon, who is standing trial on criminal charges of ...

The stepped-up campaign came as the humanitarian situation in Gaza continued to worsen amid an Israeli aid blockade, with one of the territory's last functioning hospitals warning it was no longer able to treat seriously wounded patients due to shor...

Trump sparked uproar earlier this year by declaring that America would take over Gaza and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East", prompting Arab leaders to come up with a plan to rebuild the territory at a March summit in Cairo. Palestinian ...

The sharks are attracted to this patch of water in Hadera during the cold season because of the warmth generated by the turbines of a nearby power station. This has provoked an adrenaline-filled coexistence between the increasingly bold ocean preda...

An estimated 160 million people across Europe and beyond are expected to tune in for the TV extravaganza, where kitsch, drama, pyrotechnics and histrionics take centre stage. Sweden has long been the bookmakers' hot favourite to win the 69th editio...

O'Connor, 34, has been a revelation for the Crusaders in their climb to second place on the Super Rugby standings, impressing again off the reserves bench in a 48-33 win over the New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney on Friday. Wallabies coach Joe Sch...