The Taliban authorities that rule Afghanistan have imposed a severe interpretation of Islamic law on the population, heavily ...

A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences will be sent back to his home country, an Indonesian ...

Markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge, while the yen ...

Novak Djokovic said Friday there was a chance he may have played his last Australian Open after retiring with a muscle tear ...

The Bank of Japan increased interest rates on Friday to their highest in 17 years and signalled more hikes to come, sending ...

Asian markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge, while the yen ...

Spanish business circles believe banking giant Sabadell's decision to return its headquarters to Catalonia will entice back ...

Tourists in Hong Kong are flocking to the 300-year-old village of Kuk Po, whose decaying mansions and reed fields offer a ...

In a block of flats in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, a turbaned woman cautiously opened the door of her apartment a chink, ...

LeBron James and Anthony Davis combined to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 117-96 thumping of the defending champion Boston ...

Afghan taekwondo star Marzieh Hamidi told AFP the death threats she has received, forcing her to live under French police ...

The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates on Friday to their highest level in 17 years and signalled more were in the pipeline ...