General News

Philadelphia (AFP) - Fans at the 2026 World Cup in North America had been warned there was a possibility that games could be disrupted by bad weather.  On Monday, that...

London (AFP) - A compensation claim for 340 chests of tea thrown into Boston harbour in what is known as the "Boston Tea Party" is among the highlights of a...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the conviction of a man found guilty of kidnapping and murdering a six-year-old boy in New York 47...

New York (AFP) - Clive Davis, the music mastermind who championed some of the globe's biggest names including Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Santana, died Monday aged 94. An empathetic...

Damascus (AFP) - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa denied on Sunday that his country sought to intervene militarily in Lebanon where Israel and Hezbollah are at war, after US President Donald...

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) - Israel and Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire on Friday, a US official said, after deadly exchanges between the two sides in Lebanon once again put a deal...

London (AFP) - Oil prices edged back up and stock markets stabilised Friday after postponement of US-Iran peace deal talks. Equities had largely rallied since the two countries last weekend...

Geneva (AFP) - Deadly exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon put a newly signed deal to end the Middle East war under further strain on Friday, after the postponement...

Geneva (AFP) - A newly signed deal to end the Middle East war was already under strain on Friday, after talks in Switzerland were postponed and fighting flared between Israel...

New York (AFP) - Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs....