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

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

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

Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ...

Paramaribo (Suriname) (AFP) – Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a ...

Moscow (AFP) – A "terrorist act" sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, ...

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 ...

Violence against sex workers in France increased in 2024, with reported assaults up 6 percent compared to the previous year.

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

New York (AFP) – Mikal Bridges and the New York Knicks edged Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 in a Christmas Day thriller at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. French star ...

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