"Nureyev", created by Russian film and stage director Kirill Serebrennikov, premiered in Moscow in 2017, but after Russia tightened its anti-LGBTQ laws, the ballet was banned in 2023 due to its open portrayal of same-sex relationships. Serebrenniko...

It was the latest and possibly final chapter in a long-running scandal over seven foreign-born players who used forged documents to play for Malaysia's national team. "The defendant fielded ineligible players in the relevant AFC Asian Cup 2027, (Qu...

Mark Owen welcomes Renaud Foucart, Economist, Author and Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University. He would argue that these elections should not be read as a clean national barometer of French politics. What they reveal instead is the fragmentation ...

"The room collapsed on me," the 30-year-old doctor, who has worked at the centre for two years, told AFP on Tuesday. "I got two stitches on my head and my leg was also injured." Momand was knocked out by the blast but after coming to, he went to th...

Amid Israel's further military escalation, and Hezbollah's "illegal armed activities", Lebanon is confronted with an acute humanitarian and political crisis. To better understand the impact the conflict is having all across Lebanese society, FRANCE ...

Paris Saint-Germain travel to Chelsea for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. Having won the first leg at home 5-2, Paris Saint-Germain are the clear favourites to advance.

AFP reporters counted at least 30 bodies being removed from the rubble of the facility and saw medics treating dozens of wounded in the chaotic and smouldering aftermath of the attack on Monday night. The Taliban government accused Pakistan of targ...

Oil prices rose more than five percent Tuesday after several countries pushed back on Trump's demand they help protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is key to the transit of crude and liquefied natural gas. The war, now in its t...

Georgian club side Black Lion have played in the last three editions of the Challenge Cup, while the national team has beaten three Tier I sides in the last four years. Georgia play in the second division Rugby Europe Championship, which they had w...

A crucial showdown between the third and fourth-ranked Western Conference teams ended with the Lakers pulling away in the final minute of the fourth quarter to claim an impressive win on the road. The victory gives the Lakers (43-25) a valuable cus...

Players from Pakistan have not featured in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since 2009 because of deep-seated diplomatic tensions between the two nations. There was speculation that Pakistan players involved at the inaugural Hundred auction in Londo...

Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the Middle East war last month, the archipelago nation has implemented a four-day work week for civil servants, seen ferry schedules reduced in some areas, and begun eyeing the possibility of Russian oil im...

Naveed Akram and his father Sajid are accused of opening fire on a Hanukkah celebration at the Sydney beach in December. Sajid was shot and killed by police during the attack. Akram has been charged with terrorism, 15 counts of murder, dozens of co...

Stocks rise as oil pushes higher Oil prices resumed their push higher as several countries pushed back against US President Donald Trump's demand that they help secure the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran continued to target crude-producing neighbours. ...