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North Korea's Kim makes unannounced visit to Chinese border city

White makes winning start as Fiji edge Eddie Jones's Japan

Fire breaks out at Hitler's mountain retreat, suspect arrested

Lula, Bolsonaro strike calmer tone in final Brazil election debate

Marc Marquez wins Australian sprint as Martin crashes out

'How is it possible?': Students protest Indonesian haze

North Korea's Kim calls for training world's 'strongest' military

Israel launches major West Bank operation after soldiers killed

Brewers edge Rays to capture World Series opener

Typhoon Champi knocks out power to thousands in Taiwan

France to deploy 70,000 police for fresh weekend protests

As Israeli election nears, campaign turns ugly

Tatum delivers as Celtics down winless Knicks

Oscar hopeful 'La Bola Negra' offers lessons about communicating, directors say

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

India hand Pakistan seven-wicket World Cup rout

Skipper Rohit Sharma's 86 and an inspired bowling display helped India hammer Pakistan by seven wickets in their high-profile World Cup clash at the 132,000-capacity Ahmedabad stadium on Saturday.

Saudi pauses talks on normalisation with Israel: source

Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with Israel, a source told AFP on Saturday, amid the war raging between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Rohit hails India 'grit' in Pakistan rout

India skipper Rohit Sharma heaped praise on his bowlers' "grit" for inspiring Saturday's seven-wicket World Cup rout of old rivals Pakistan.

Thousands rally in UK cities in solidarity with Palestinians

Thousands of people rallied Saturday in London and other UK cities for pro-Palestinian protests, amid police warnings that anyone showing support for the militant group Hamas could face arrest.

'Ugly' Rublev downs Dimitrov to set up Shanghai final with Hurkacz

Feisty Andrey Rublev said he is trying to curb his "ugly" behaviour after beating Grigor Dimitrov at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday to set up a final with big-serving Hubert Hurkacz.

Rohit hits 86 as India hand Pakistan seven-wicket World Cup rout

Skipper Rohit Sharma's 86 and an inspired bowling display helped India hammer Pakistan by seven wickets in their high-profile World Cup clash at the 132,000-capacity Ahmedabad stadium on Saturday.

Beleaguered Italy lose injured Zaccagni for England game

Mattia Zaccagni became the latest player to leave beleaguered Italy's Euro 2024 qualifying camp with an ankle injury ruling the Lazio midfielder out of next week's game against England.

Rublev downs Dimitrov to set up Shanghai final with Hurkacz

Andrey Rublev beat Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 in a gripping Shanghai Masters semi-final on Saturday and will play big-serving Pole Hubert Hurkacz for the title.

Team behind 'Chicken Run' sequel hail stop-motion filmmaking

The director of a long-awaited sequel to stop-motion classic "Chicken Run" believes the "unique" filmmaking technique has enduring cinematic appeal, as the new film premiered in Britain on Saturday.