Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht race, with gale-force winds and high ...

Prayagraj (India) (AFP) – Beside India's holy rivers, a makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected ...

The quiet resumption of operations at a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip last month marked a small but significant step ...

Melbourne (AFP) – Fearless young opener Sam Konstas slammed an entertaining 60 on debut for Australia on Thursday, showing ...

World number one Aryna Sabalenka says she is "fresh and ready to go" in her bid for a third straight Australian Open title, ...

More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by ...

In the wake of Cyclone Chido, the worst natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years, Mayotte's forests ...

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with 67 people on board crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan after veering from ...

Police and rail chiefs confirmed on Wednesday that the travel disruption that affected thousands of passengers on Christmas ...

A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for ...