Head named Australia co-vice-captain
PERTH: Australia's World Test Championship final and ODI World Cup hero Travis Head has formally been elevated to co-vice-captain in ...
Pakistan out to buck history against high-flying Australia
For a generation of Australian cricket fans, they've only seen Pakistan's Test team reduced to a punchline on their shores. ...
Pope wants to simplify papal funeral rites, be buried outside Vatican
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vatican's pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the ...
Security breach in Indian parliament, man jumps into lawmakers’ area
NEW DELHI: A man jumped into the lawmakers' area of the lower house of India's parliament on Wednesday, in a ...
German coalition reaches deal to end budget crisis
BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition has reached a last-minute deal to end a budget deadlock, an official source said ...
In sea change for Poland, new government is sworn in
WARSAW: New Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government was sworn in by Poland's president on Wednesday, the final step in a ...
Progressive Thai lawmaker sentenced to jail for insulting monarchy
BANGKOK: A court in Thailand sentenced an activist-turned-lawmaker to six years in prison on Wednesday for insulting the powerful monarchy ...
In Congo’s east, elections dominated by conflict and voter anger
GOMA: Conflict defined Ishara Bahati Yassin's childhood, forcing him time and again to flee his home in eastern Congo, where ...
Rwanda sets July election date for presidential and parliamentary polls
KIGALI: Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in July next year, when President Paul Kagame will seek to extend ...
Cyclone Jasper makes landfall in Australia
PALM COVE: Tropical Cyclone Jasper hit northeast Australia Wednesday, leaving thousands of people in coastal communities without power and preparing ...