POLITICS & POLICY

Shane Lowry shot to the top of the leaderboard at five under par as Rory McIlroy was among the big names to struggle on day one of the 152nd British Open at Royal Troon.

Jul 19, 2024

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said it was "extremely important" that the United States maintains its backing for Ukraine, after former president Donald Trump chose a sceptic of aiding Kyiv as his election running mate.

AFP news Jul 19, 2024

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday vowed to renew relationships with European allies soured by Brexit as he welcomed dozens of leaders to a summit designed to reaffirm backing for Ukraine and tackle irregular migration.

Jul 18, 2024

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms Wednesday, shortly after conceding he would consider dropping his reelection bid if doctors diagnosed him with a serious medical condition.

Jul 18, 2024

Ursula von der Leyen, who is expected to be confirmed as European Commission president for a second term on Thursday, is one of three women in the five top European Union jobs.

Jul 18, 2024

Israel kept up its air strikes on Gaza Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ramp up the pressure on Hamas as hopes fade for a US-announced ceasefire plan.

Jul 17, 2024

On a hillside near Palestinian landowner Olayan Olayan's olive groves, young Israeli settlers are hammering out a new, illegal outpost in a UNESCO-protected zone.

Jul 17, 2024

Donald Trump returned to the Republican National Convention Tuesday for a night intended to unify the party, as his failed primary challengers displayed their fealty to the now official US presidential candidate.

Jul 17, 2024

Authorities in Hamas-run Gaza said dozens of Palestinians were killed Tuesday in three separate strikes, as Israel pounded the territory despite renewed US criticism of the high civilian toll.

Jul 17, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russia should be represented at a second summit aiming to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin, after more than two years of war.

Jul 16, 2024

Gambian lawmakers on Monday upheld a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation despite pressure from religious traditionalists in the West African country, rejecting a controversial bill seeking to overturn the law after months of heated debate.

Jul 16, 2024

Tens of thousands of supporters are in Milwaukee on Monday for the Republican Party's convention, an historic, high-voltage gathering turbocharged by the attempted assassination of the former president.

Jul 16, 2024

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori -- aging and legally embattled -- will stand in the South American country's 2026 elections, his daughter announced Sunday.

AFP news Jul 15, 2024

At a prayer vigil in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Robert Benning's eyes water when he talks about Donald Trump surviving this weekend's assassination attempt.

AFP news Jul 15, 2024

Kenyan police said Monday they had arrested a suspected serial killer who had confessed to murdering 42 women including his wife before dumping their dismembered bodies in a Nairobi rubbish tip.

AFP news Jul 15, 2024

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she is "taking measures" after a slew of corruption scandals -- including one involving her former household servant who now travels by helicopter after amassing a staggering $34 million fortune.

AFP news Jul 15, 2024

Millions of Rwandans head to the polls on Monday with President Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years.

Jul 15, 2024

Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored a dramatic late winner as Spain triumphed in Sunday's Euro 2024 final, beating England 2-1 to confirm their re-emergence as a force on the international stage and end their opponents' dreams of winning a first title in almost six decades.

Jul 15, 2024

A Hamas official on Sunday said the group is pulling out of Gaza truce talks, following an Israeli strike that targeted the militants' commander Mohammed Deif, who was "fine" despite the attack according to another Hamas figure.

Jul 14, 2024

With a smile enveloped by steam rising from a pot of milk simmering on a stove, Yulia Bachurinskaya reminisces about the moment she fell "deeply in love" with cheese.

Jul 14, 2024

US President Joe Biden led the condemnation after his election rival Donald Trump was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, as some Republicans blamed the Biden campaign for the violence.

Jul 14, 2024

A string of pops sent a crowd of thousands of Donald Trump supporters diving for cover as the Secret Service rushed to protect the man they had waited hours in the sun to see.

Jul 14, 2024

Barbora Krejcikova clinched her second Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday and paid an emotional tribute to her childhood mentor, former champion and late coach Jana Novotna for the advice that "changed my life".

Jul 14, 2024

Ruth Westheimer, the wildly successful sex therapist who became a pop culture phenomenon in the 1980s with her bluntly delivered advice on how to spice up your life in the bedroom, has died, US media reported Saturday.

Jul 14, 2024

Kenyan police were combing Saturday through a rubbish dump in a Nairobi slum watched by angry crowds after a number of mutilated bodies were found discarded there in plastic sacks.

Jul 14, 2024

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli strike Saturday on a displacement camp in the south of the Palestinian territory killed at least 71 people.

Jul 13, 2024

Donald Trump will next week receive the Republicans' official blessing to run for president -- the first ever convicted felon to be a nominee for one of the two major US parties.

Jul 13, 2024

Over a year and a half since Haiti's rampant gang violence upended her life, Philomene Dayiti longs for nothing more than leaving the Port-au-Prince church where she has taken refuge with hundreds of others and returning home.

Jul 13, 2024

What if Hollywood, a key Democratic financial pillar, cut off Joe Biden's campaign funding?

AFP news Jul 13, 2024