Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's highest rank. Mongolian-born ...

An ally of Donald Trump has taken a swipe at Meghan Markle in a new interview with Piers Morgan. Tucker Carlson, an ex-Fox ...

Trump's picks to lead the US intelligence community and top law enforcement agency were assailed over their lack of ...

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Nearly 40 bodies were yesterday taken to a hospital morgue after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, three ...

The monarch joined other dignitaries at a commemoration event at the concentration camp to mark 80 years since its liberation. Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on January 27 each year to honour the ...

Royals and world leaders mark 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz as survivors warn of rising antisemitism and ...

A vast crowd of Gazans massed near an Israeli military barrier preventing them from heading to their homes in the north on ...

Clutching Hamas-branded gift bags and wearing military fatigues, the four Israeli hostages handed over by Hamas on Saturday to the Red Cross waved and gave thumbs up as they were paraded on stage ...

"I was ready to cope when the price of flour started rising, but not cabbage," Shinagawa told AFP, explaining that "tonkatsu ...

"I was fleeing, I was hit by bullets," Izabayo, who is in his 20s, told AFP sat on his hospital bed. The region, which is rich in minerals including those used to make mobile phones and electronic ...