Latest posts

Bernard Laporte on Friday resigned his role as president of France’s rugby union federation after being convicted of corruption, the sports minister said. 

Novak Djokovic’s father decided to stay away from the 21-time Grand Slam champion’s semifinal after getting embroiled in a flap involving spectators who brought banned… Read More »Djokovic’s father to skip Australian Open semifinal after Russian flag controversy

Palestinian militants on Friday fired two rockets from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel that were intercepted by missile defenses, and Israel then carried out strikes in Gaza.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country’s main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed… Read More »Haiti police block streets, force entry to airport to protest officer killings

Five ex-Memphis police officers were charged on Thursday with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days after a traffic stop, prosecutors said.

U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior Islamic State group official and 10 other terrorist operatives in remote northern Somalia, senior Biden administration officials… Read More »US military kills senior IS group official in Somalia

The mummy was found inside a sarcophagus that has remained unopened for 4,300 years.

The relaunching this week of the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port blast triggered an unprecedented impasse with the lead judicial investigator and top… Read More »Families of Beirut blast victims slam infighting over investigation

Africa will struggle with its efforts to host NBA games due to a lack of quality venues, Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri says.