France's highest court has upheld a corruption conviction against former President Nicolas Sarkozy, brushing aside his appeal.Wednesday's ruling by the Cour de Cassation means that Sarkozy - who was in power from 2007 to 2012 - must now wear an...
The five remaining members of the infamous "Bali Nine" drug ring have returned home after serving nearly 20 years in Indonesian prisons.Prime minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the return of Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael...
EPAChess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeated defending champion Chinese player Ding LirenIndian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess champion after defeating defending champion China's Ding Liren in a dramatic turn on Thursday.Dommaraju, at age 18, is...
At least 110 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group. The National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH) said a local gang leader had targeted them after...
The European Union has signed a landmark trade deal with four of South America's biggest economies.European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called the agreement a "truly historic milestone" in an "increasingly confrontational world".A previous agreement in 2019 never came...
US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to pay" if hostages held in Gaza are not released by the time he returns to the White House on 20 January.Dozens of people taken during...
President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that the parts of Ukraine under his control should be taken "under the Nato umbrella" to try and stop the "hot phase" of the war.He was asked by Sky News whether he would accept Nato...
Family photoKhattab al-Faramawy (pictured) found nephew Youssef alive but trapped on the boatAn Egyptian diver involved in the rescue operation of people scouring the wreckage of a tourist boat which sank in the Red Sea has described how he found...
More than 80 people have been killed in renewed sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan, officials say.Another 156 are said to have been wounded in three days of fighting in the tribal district of Kurram, near the Afghan border.The violence began...
A fugitive Zambian lawmaker with a bounty on his head has been arrested in Zimbabwe, Zambian authorities have said.Emmanuel "Jay Jay" Banda, who was facing robbery charges, is accused of having escaped from custody in August as he awaited to...
