Held on grass over 120m at a slight gradient in a small rural town outside Melbourne, athletes are handicapped according to form and start off varying marks. Richardson, who won the 2023 100m world title and was second in the blue-riband sprint at ...

Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Dr Renad Mansour, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme and Director of the Iraq Initiative at Chatham House. For years, Iraq has pursued a strategy of multi-alignment, explains Dr. Man...

The Orion capsule will now whip around the Moon, setting the crew up to travel farther from our home planet than any human before. The astronauts entered what NASA calls the lunar sphere of influence about 0442 GMT Monday and will soon record the ...

AS Monaco beat Marseille (2-1) in Ligue 1 matchday 28. Thanks to this victory, Monaco (5th) have drawn level with Marseille (4th).

The world champion was once again in a league of his own as he progressively ramped up the pressure during the 278km Belgian race known for its punchy cobbled climbs. He dropped all but Mathieu van der Poel, a fellow three-time winner in Flanders, ...

Arteta's side suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at second tier Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday, a fortnight after losing 2-0 to Manchester City in the League Cup final. The Gunners had been chasing an unprecedented quadruple until th...

Record 15-time winners Madrid have endured a difficult season, plagued by inconsistency, but have made a habit of pulling off the unexpected in this competition. Just as it seemed their well of Champions League magic was running dry, Madrid produce...

But the serenity in Saudi Arabia's Al-Kharj has been rattled after it found itself in the line of fire from Iranian attacks. Renowned for its dates and palm-lined streets, the town also lies on the edge of the sprawling Prince Sultan Air Base. Las...

"Canvassing has a big impact," the 41-year-old told AFP in Jaszfenyszaru, a central Hungarian town long considered a stronghold of Orban's Fidesz party. "Even those who wouldn't dare reveal their political preferences come over and chat with us." M...

"I used to stay here until 2:00 am," the 63-year-old told AFP, tapping his tiles as the street went dark. "Now I'm home by 11 at most, just watching the news. This is not the Cairo we know." The month-long order instituted last week shutters shop...

Many markets in Asia and Europe were closed for holidays on Easter Monday, which coincides with China's Qingming Festival. Crude oil contracts had surged at the week's market opening after US President Donald Trump made an expletive-laced threat to...

Seoul initially denied any official role in the January drone incursion -- with authorities suggesting it was the work of civilians -- but Lee said a probe had revealed government officials had been involved. The North warned in February of a "terr...

But voters in what Transparency International deems the EU's most corrupt country believe otherwise. And they may make Orban pay in a general election on April 12 that could spell an end to his 16-year rule. The wealth amassed by Orban's inner cir...

Coughlin punctuated her week on the challenging Shadow Creek course in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her third birdie of the day at the 18th. Her seven-under par total of 281 put her five clear of world number two Nelly Korda and Northern Ireland's Leona...

Here's what you need to know about the event: Live broadcast The flyby will last around seven hours, starting Monday around 2:45 p.m. eastern US time (1845 GMT) and ending around 9:20 p.m. (0120 GMT). NASA will broadcast the flyby live on its web...