Putin and Sharaa struck a conciliatory tone at their previous meeting in October, their first since Sharaa's rebel forces toppled Moscow-ally Bashar al-Assad in 2024. But Russia's continued sheltering of Assad and his wife since their ouster remain...

The fifth-seeded Italian was dominating the 24-time Grand Slam winner 6-4, 6-3, 1-3 and well on his way to a maiden semi-final at Melbourne Park when he threw in the towel. He had a medical timeout for treatment on his upper right leg and tried to ...

Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Dr. Raz Segal, Program Director and Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Dr. Segal offers a critical reflection on how we remember t...

The Shiveluch volcano is one the largest and most active volcanoes on Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the most intense volcanic regions in the world. Its latest eruption produced an ash column reaching nearly 9,000 metres (29,500 feet) ...

The final day of the Champions League kicks off on Wednesday, with 18 games taking place simultaneously. Paris Saint-Germain are currently in sixth place, while Newcastle are in seventh. 

Wildlife authorities and a veterinary team administered the shots to three female elephants in southeastern Trat province on Monday, said Sukhee Boonsang, a director of the Wildlife Conservation Office. The aim was to manage the wild elephant popul...

Controversy has long followed 53-year-old Kim, while accusations of graft, influence peddling and even academic fraud have dominated her husband Yoon Suk Yeol's time in office. Both are now in custody -- Yoon for actions taken during his disastrous...

The fifth-seeded Italian was well on top and leading 6-4, 6-3, 1-3 when he withdrew after treatment on his upper right leg, with his movement badly impeded. It was a huge stroke of luck for the error-riddled 10-time Melbourne winner Djokovic, who w...

It is the first visit to China by a UK prime minister since 2018 and follows a string of Western leaders courting Beijing in recent weeks, pivoting from a mercurial United States. Starmer, who is also expected to visit Shanghai on Friday, will late...

In a clearing surrounded by banana trees, around 135 kilometres (80 miles) from the capital Kampala, players ran around with sticks between their legs instead of broomsticks. The adapted version of Quidditch is officially called quadball, and does...

Russia has this month stepped up its strikes against Ukraine's power and heating infrastructure, plunging Kyiv residents into darkness and cold as temperatures dropped as low as -20C. "In 1942, it was even worse," Teleschuk said. "There hasn't bee...

Now, Poland is thriving and, like tens of thousands of her fellow citizens, she is planning to return to her home in the central city of Plock. "Poland looks completely different than it did over 20 years ago," said Pudlik, a 48-year-old machine o...

Shares in the firm soared more than seven percent at the opening bell as it forecast another record sales year in 2026 driven by insatiable demand for artificial intelligence. ASML is a critical cog in the global economy, as the semiconductors craf...

The Somali-born US lawmaker, a constant target of Donald Trump's attacks, had just called for the president's homeland security chief to resign in the wake of immigration agents killing two US citizens in a matter of weeks. The attacker, identifie...

The Queensland government said six animals were put down after 19-year-old backpacker Piper James's body was found on January 19 at a beach on the World Heritage-listed island of K'gari. The euthanisation programme has stirred debate about how to m...