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Efficient Rybakina reaches US Open third round

Bundesliga brings the band back together in Premier League's shadow

Taiwan boxer Lin considered 'graceful exit' after Paris Games gold

Asian stocks rally as traders pare rate bets ahead of jobs data

'I miss my home': Cambodians displaced by conflict start over

War-bruised Myanmar finds relief in bareknuckle bloodsport

Ailing Auger-Aliassime falls at US Open as Swiatek, Osaka and Gauff advance

Gauff downs Badosa to reach US Open third round

Tesla launches self-driving 'Cybercab' in Texas

New Zealand approves use of party drug MDMA to treat trauma

'Wallace & Gromit' creators turn 50 with spook-tacular Shaun yarn

Westerners test their mettle at World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan

New York's Muslims reclaim their city after 9/11 backlash

Gauff cruises into US Open third round

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

UN investigators say Israel committing 'genocide' in Gaza

United Nations investigators on Tuesday accused Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza in a bid to "destroy the Palestinians", blaming Israel's prime minister and other top officials for incitement.

Israel bombards Gaza City as UN probe accuses it of 'genocide'

Israel unleashed a massive new bombing campaign on Gaza City Tuesday after visiting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed the ally's goal of eradicating Hamas and warned only days may be left for a diplomatic solution.

Rubio asks Qatar to stay as mediator after Israel strike

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Qatar Tuesday to ask it to stay on as Gaza mediator, hoping to reassure the Gulf ally a week after Israeli air strikes targeted Hamas leaders in the emirate.

Drug cheats put India Olympic bid and careers at risk

Indian sport is battling to shake off its reputation for being one of the world's worst doping offenders as the country pushes an ambitious bid to host the 2036 Olympics.

East Timor police fire tear gas on second day of car purchase protests

East Timor police fired tear gas on Tuesday at protesters railing for the second day against a plan to buy new official cars for lawmakers, which became the latest flashpoint in one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia.

Austria hit with fresh spy claims after govt promises law change

Austria has long seen itself as a bridge between Moscow and the West -- remaining constitutionally neutral since 1955 and hosting numerous UN and other international institutions.

Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab

The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock -- the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket.

In mega-city Lagos, 20 million count on just 100 ambulances

Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still "traumatised" from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her neighbours.

FBI chief Kash Patel faces Senate panel

FBI Director Kash Patel faces a Senate panel on Tuesday amid criticism of his handling of the investigation into the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.