South Korea urged the North on Friday to break its silence on an offer of military talks aimed at easing simmering tensions over the hermit state's nuclear ambitions. Seoul had proposed to hold rare...
A flamboyant fugitive monk accused of raping a 14-year-old girl has been extradited back to Thailand after fleeing to the US. Photographs show Wirapol Sukphol, 37, smiling widely clad in orange robes...
Qatar announced on Thursday changes to its anti-terror legislation, one of the controversial issues at the core of the crisis between Doha and its neighbours who accuse it of backing extremists. The...
A hugely moving debut drama about exile set in a Vietnamese restaurant has become a surprise hit at the world's biggest theatre festival, with standing ovations every night and the audience in tears....
At least seven people are believed to have died in Auckland this month after using synthetic cannabis, New Zealand police said Friday, warning users to stay away from the drug. Police said synthetic...
On a thin strip of land at the bay of Luederitz in southern Namibia are dozens of gravestones bearing the names of each German soldier killed during a largely forgotten colonial war. Nearby is a...
After representing Eritrea in cycling tournaments across Africa, Daniel Teklay took a journey of a different sort last year when he escaped across his country's militarised border to a new life as a...
US entrepreneur Elon Musk said Thursday he'd received tentative approval from the government to build a conceptual "hyperloop" system that would blast passenger pods down vacuum-sealed tubes from New...
Deep under Shanghai, workers on a flood-lit construction rig carefully install massive concrete wall sections for a new subway tunnel, adding metre-by-metre to the world's longest metro system. The...
There was the infamous Hong Kong "killer pitch", an 11th-hour cancellation of a Manchester derby in Beijing and now Arsenal players struck down with food poisoning in Shanghai. Add to that searing...
The US trio of Martin Flores, Cameron Tringale and Zac Blair shared a one-shot lead on Thursday as darkness halted play in the US PGA Tour Barbasol Championship in Alabama. Flores and Tringale were...
Jamaica defeated Canada 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Thursday. Goals in each half from Shaun Francis and Romario Williams secured victory for the 'Reggae Boyz', who...
Jake Lamb drove in a career-high six runs and surprise starting pitcher Patrick Corbin allowed just one run in over eight innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks crushed the Cincinnati Reds 12-2 on...
Auckland has firmed as favourite to host the next America's Cup after holder Team New Zealand canvassed the prospect of holding the regatta there in 2021. New Zealand won the Auld Mug last month with...
All Blacks centre Malakai Fekitoa confirmed Friday he has signed with French Top 14 club Toulon, bringing an end to his international career after 24 Tests. Speculation about the 25-year-old's future...
The police chief in Minneapolis, speaking out for the first time Thursday, strongly criticized the actions of one of the city's officers who fatally shot an unarmed Australian woman. Chief Janee...
Premier League Board (PLB) has postponed the match day 24 fixture between WAFA and Kumasi Asante Kotoko in Sogakope, Volta Region, on Sunday, July 23, 2017. The postponement was necessitated by a...
Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, has been named by organisers of 2017 Ghana Meets Naija (GMN) UK concert as the third headliner for the event. He joins the likes of Shatta Wale and Nigerian act, Burna...
John Bass has been posted in Turkey since 2014, and has steered US-Turkey relations through an unsuccessful coup attempt and tensions over Syria and the presence in the United States of a rival to...
The United States on Thursday praised Sudan's efforts in fighting terrorism ahead of a decision expected in October on whether to lift decades-old sanctions on Khartoum. "The United States notes...
