As civilians in southern Beirut are ordered to evacuate, ahead of an Israeli offensive, François Picard is pleased to welcome Nadim Houry, Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI). Mr. Houry describes the war on Iran and ensuing confl...

Motorists in Lille and across northern France have seen petrol and diesel prices jump sharply in recent days, with some stations reporting increases of up to 20 cents per litre. The sudden rise has prompted scrutiny from the government, with the eco...

The attacks came after the Israeli military issued an unprecedented evacuation warning for the area, which is home to hundreds of thousands of people. Rubble and dust covered a main road in one neighbourhood, while the apartment buildings surroundi...

The Australian sent 125,000 fans at his home track into a frenzy by blasting round Albert Park in one minute 19.729secs, 0.214 clear of Antonelli. Antonelli's teammate, pre-season favourite George Russell, came third, a fraction clear of Ferrari's ...

His record-breaking 33-ball hundred, with eight sixes and 10 fours, in the semi-final took apart a high-class South Africa bowling attack in brutal fashion. Allen obliterated the previous T20 World Cup century record of 47 balls by Chris Gayle in 2...

Bumrah's death-over bowling has been the key to the team's success including their narrow win over England in a high-scoring semi-final on Thursday in Mumbai. Chasing a record 254 with Jacob Bethell hitting sixes for fun, England needed 45 off 18 b...

Standing in the way of Suryakumar Yadav's side are a team who have already upset the odds with a thumping nine-wicket win over the previously unbeaten South Africa to reach the final. New Zealand believe, after Finn Allen's record 33-ball century i...

The war -- which began last weekend with US-Israeli attacks on Iran, triggering retaliatory strikes from the Islamic republic -- has caused the biggest disruption to air travel since the Covid pandemic. Airspace across the region was forced to clos...

'Humanitarian disaster' Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned that "a humanitarian disaster is looming" as a result of Israeli evacuation orders that are causing a massive displacement of the population. Residents of the southern suburbs of Bei...

The crew were brought ashore Thursday and were being accommodated at a military camp near the capital Colombo and their ship, IRIS Bushehr, was under Sri Lankan control. The vessel reported engine trouble and sought port entry after another Iranian...

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Inoue will return to the venue where he fought in front of 55,000 fans two years ago when he takes on Nakatani on May 2. Both fighters are unbeaten and the long-anticipated bout is expected to create hug...

Lens can still dream of an improbable double. With only four points behind PSG in Ligue 1, Lens are now only two wins away from lifting their first-ever French Cup. Pierre Sage's side beat Lyon on penalties on Thursday in the quarter-finals. They wi...

Some sites in Australia had already barred non-members on Friday and were refusing new registrations, days before being obliged to use age verification technology to keep out underage users. The new rules expand Australia's online child safety meas...