After jihadists jailed him in 2014, Iraqi religious scholar Muhammad al-Attar said he would sometimes pull his prison blanket ...

Israel launched deadly strikes on Gaza and Lebanon Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved ...

Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi both claimed three wickets as an understrength Australia set Pakistan just 141 to win ...

Cuba's government said Saturday it arrested an unspecified number of people who staged demonstrations when a hurricane left ...

Donald Trump's first White House term saw a bruising trade war with China that left a lingering impact on farmers -- and many ...

China has unveiled an ambitious plan to relieve public debt, aiming to turn local governments away from belt-tightening ...

Farmer Liu Bingyong used to make a tidy profit selling milk but is now leaking cash -- the victim of a dairy sector crisis ...

Phil Salt smashed a scintillating century and Barbados-born Jacob Bethell blasted an unbeaten 58 as England romped to an ...

The residents of 2,500 villages were ordered to evacuate their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Toraji approached the northern Philippines, the government said Sunday, after three massive cyclones ...

North Korea's Under-17 Women's World Cup-winning footballers received a heroes' welcome back in the capital Pyongyang, AFP footage showed on Sunday, with hundreds of people on the streets to celebrate ...

France superstar Antoine Dupont said on Saturday he was "hungry" as he provided two try-scoring assists in the easy 52-12 win ...

Max Jorgensen's try in added-on time lifted Australia to a stunning 42-37 win over England at Twickenham on Saturday as the ...