Mikal Bridges and the New York Knicks edged Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 in a Christmas Day thriller ...

More than 1,500 people escaped during a prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo that left 33 people dead on Wednesday.

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

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) – Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who ...

A "terrorist act" sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian ...

Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ceasefire and hostage release deal, after both ...

The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Christmas Day over their failure to agree on a ceasefire deal ...

Suriname's former dictator and later president Desi Bouterse has died, the government of the former Dutch colony announced ...

Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one ...

La Liga's relegation-threatened Valencia have appointed Carlos Corberan as their new manager after prising him from English ...

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

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator of Suriname who was a fugitive from justice for the murder of political opponents four ...