UK police question ousted Myanmar ambassador over residence row: lawyer
British police have questioned Myanmar's ex-ambassador to London, stripped of his post by the military junta after a 2021 coup,...
Pakistan police arrest vice-chairman of jailed ex-PM Khan’s party
The vice-chairman of jailed Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan's party was arrested on Saturday, a spokesman said, part of...
Football fever hits rebel-held northwest Syria
Thousands of fans in Syria's last opposition bastion have packed into a stadium for the frenzied final of a football...
Football fever hits rebel-held northwest Syria
Thousands of fans in Syria's last opposition bastion have packed into a stadium for the frenzied final of a football...
England, Spain pursue history in Women’s World Cup final
History will be made at the Women's World Cup on Sunday when England and Spain clash in the final in...
England, Spain pursue history in Women’s World Cup final
History will be made at the Women's World Cup on Sunday when England and Spain clash in the final in...
‘Losing Old Sanaa’: historic city reels from Yemen war
Doaa al-Waseai spent many happy years working as a tour guide in the Old City of Yemen's capital Sanaa, showing...
‘Losing Old Sanaa’: historic city reels from Yemen war
Doaa al-Waseai spent many happy years working as a tour guide in the Old City of Yemen's capital Sanaa, showing...
‘Losing Old Sanaa’: historic city reels from Yemen war
Doaa al-Waseai spent many happy years working as a tour guide in the Old City of Yemen's capital Sanaa, showing...
Illegal logging turns Syria’s forests into ‘barren land’
On a riverbank in war-ravaged Syria's north, felling has reduced what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and...
The race to link our brains to computers is hotting up
Brain implants have long been trapped in the realm of science fiction, but a steady trickle of medical trials suggests...
‘Strong enough now’: BRICS nations eye global shift
Leaders of the BRICS emerging economies, which account for about a quarter of the world's wealth, meet in Johannesburg this...
Hurricane Hilary to bring ‘life-threatening flooding’ to US southwest
States across the typically arid US southwest braced on Sunday for torrential rain and potentially life-threatening flooding, as Hurricane Hilary...
Hurricane Hilary to bring ‘life-threatening flooding’ to US southwest
States across the typically arid US southwest braced on Sunday for torrential rain and potentially life-threatening flooding, as Hurricane Hilary...
Guatemala votes in tense runoff, with fears of interference
Guatemalans head to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff marked by the harassment of a surprise frontrunner, who has...
Indonesian president to attend BRICS summit in South Africa
Indonesian President Joko Widodo departed for South Africa on Sunday to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg amid speculation that...
Indonesian president to attend BRICS summit in South Africa
Indonesian President Joko Widodo departed for South Africa on Sunday to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg amid speculation that...
Ecuador votes in presidential election dominated by security woes
Ecuadorans head to the polls Sunday in a presidential election tarnished by the murder of a top candidate, which cast...
Iran realtor in dog house over sale to canine
Iranian police have arrested the head of a real estate agency after a viral video showed his firm selling an...
Young Zimbabwean voters dare to hope for change of old guard
Just days before a national election to pick a president and lawmakers, one word is on the lips of most...
Kenya’s young Maasai reconnect with their culture at Eunoto ceremony
With beaming smiles, their hair dyed a red ochre and adorned with a ceremonial headdress of ostrich feathers, the young...
Saudi football rise ‘long-term project’, says top official
Saudi Arabia's extraordinary football expansion is a "long-term project" with strong government support, unlike the short-lived Chinese boom, a senior...
Ukraine’s Zelensky in Netherlands after ‘heinous’ Chernihiv attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday aiming to strengthen his country's air power, a day after...
Ukraine’s Zelensky in Netherlands after ‘heinous’ Chernihiv attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday aiming to strengthen his country's air power, a day after...
Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon: Roscosmos
The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during...
Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon: Roscosmos
The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during...
Schools shut as troops hunt for West Bank shooting suspect
Schools were shut Sunday in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara as troops searched for the suspected killer of...
Schools shut as troops hunt for West Bank shooting suspect
Schools were shut Sunday in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara as troops searched for the suspected killer of...
Baghdad shuts advertising screens after porn screening
Iraqi authorities on Sunday ordered the shutdown of LED advertisement screens installed across Baghdad after a hacker managed to show...
Baghdad shuts advertising screens after porn screening
Iraqi authorities on Sunday ordered the shutdown of LED advertisement screens installed across Baghdad after a hacker managed to show...
Christians pray among rubble of ransacked church in Pakistan
Christians sat among the rubble of their ransacked church for the first Sunday service since a Muslim mob rampaged through...
Christians pray among rubble of ransacked church in Pakistan
Christians sat among the rubble of their ransacked church for the first Sunday service since a Muslim mob rampaged through...
Rights activist, politician detained after rally in Pakistan
A prominent human rights activist and a former lawmaker were arrested on Sunday after they rallied against enforced disappearances in...
Fears of meddling as Guatemala prepares for tense runoff vote
Guatemalans will vote Sunday in a presidential runoff tainted by efforts to disqualify the surprise frontrunner, whose promise to crack...
Canada’s far north speeds up evacuations as fire approaches main city
Residents of Yellowknife in Canada's far north on Friday raced to evacuate ahead of a midday deadline as wildfires bear...
87 Christian homes, 19 churches damaged in blasphemy riot: Pakistan police
More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in Pakistan were vandalized when a Muslim mob rampaged through the streets...
Neymar lands in Saudi ahead of unveiling ceremony
Neymar was greeted with much fanfare Friday as he arrived in Saudi Arabia where he joins a growing list of...
US approves transfer of Dutch, Danish F-16s to Ukraine
Washington has told Denmark and the Netherlands that they will be permitted to hand over their F-16 fighter jets to...
Liberian Nobel laureate condemns impunity on 20 years after peace accords
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee on Friday said Liberia cannot move forward unless it prosecutes former war criminals, as...
Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence since January: UN
More than 2,400 people have been killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence, including hundreds...
Iran top diplomat meets Saudi de facto ruler
Iran's foreign minister met Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler on Friday during his first visit since the Middle East rivals...
Belgian university enters new era with Taylor Swift course
From "Alice in Wonderland" to "The Great Gatsby", "Rebecca" to "Jane Eyre", the songs of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift are filled...
We’re all tired’: Thousands of evacuees arrive in southern Canada
Crystal Sangris barely slept for three days as wildfires threatened her hometown in northern Canada, and when she was ordered...
Russians who fled mobilization cautiously return home
Ivan Nesterov, a well-built fitness trainer, came back to Russia six months after fleeing the mobilization that propped up Russian...
Morocco king at 60: diplomacy a priority as inequalities persist
Morocco's King Mohammed VI is set to celebrate his 60th birthday on Monday away from the public eye, as challenges...
Mosques probed over protest call in Pakistan blasphemy riots
A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests against alleged blasphemy...
China stages war games in ‘stern warning’ to Taiwan
China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a "stern warning" after the...
Rise from rubble: Czech brewery wins EU heritage prize
For Czech architect Pavel Prouza, restoring a run-down building with historic value was a childhood dream nurtured during family tours...
Russia hits Ukraine’s Chernihiv after Putin meets generals
A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv killed at least five people and wounded dozens on Saturday,...
Egypt’s Sisi pardons jailed activist Ahmed Douma
Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure of the country's 2011 uprising who has spent the last decade behind bars,...
French ex-army chief in charge of Notre-Dame rebuild dies
A former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral following a devastating 2019 fire has died...
Palestinian dies after shooting by Israel forces
A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces during a raid this week in the occupied West Bank died on Saturday,...
The Blessings of Hope
Dear Destiny Friends, It is instructive to note that nobody has ever succeeded on their own without the support and...
Chadian leader in troubled north after rebel attack
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has travelled to the remote north of the country to "galvanise the troops" after...
Biden to ramp up three-way Japan, S.Korea ties in sign to China
US President Joe Biden on Friday will announce new security cooperation at a first-of-a-kind three-way summit with the leaders of...
Senegal: Village mourns sons dead at sea in migrant tragedy
Under a cloudy sky in the coastal Senegalese village of Fass Boye, the local chief's voice resounds over a loudspeaker,...
Taiwan’s antique jade dealers see trade losing luster
Tracing a palm-sized jade pig resting on its haunches, an antique trader in Taiwan said the ears on the nearly...
China says Xi to pay state visit to S. Africa, attend BRICS summit next week
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to South Africa next week, the foreign ministry said Friday, while...
Out of this world deep in the Algerian desert
Deep in the Sahara desert lies the Algerian oasis of Djanet, one of earth's more stunning locations where visitors may...
Maui emergency manager resigns after wildfire warning criticism
The head of Maui's emergency management agency -- who said this week he did not regret the decision to not...