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Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter

Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter

Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes in Afghanistan into rubble are now wondering where they can they find shelter from pouring rain and the coming winter cold.

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Ronaldo reveals emotional retirement will come 'soon'

Ronaldo reveals emotional retirement will come 'soon'

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed he plans to retire "soon" as the Portugal and Al Nassr star prepares for a tearful end to his glittering career.

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Munich's surfers stunned after famed river wave vanishes

Munich's surfers stunned after famed river wave vanishes

A standing wave in a Munich stream that has been a surfing magnet for more than four decades has vanished, leaving urban surfers high and dry.

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Iran commemorates storming of US embassy with missile replicas, fake coffins

Iran commemorates storming of US embassy with missile replicas, fake coffins

With replicas of missiles on display and effigies of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu hanging from a crane, thousands of Iranians commemorated on Tuesday the 1979 storming of the US embassy in Tehran.

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Gauff sweeps Paolini aside to revitalise WTA Finals defence

Gauff sweeps Paolini aside to revitalise WTA Finals defence

Coco Gauff claimed a much-needed 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jasmine Paolini to keep her WTA Finals title defence alive in Riyadh on Tuesday.

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Shein vows to cooperate with France in probe over childlike sex dolls

Shein vows to cooperate with France in probe over childlike sex dolls

Asian e-commerce giant Shein Tuesday pledged to "cooperate fully" with French judicial authorities after an uproar over it selling childlike sex dolls, and said it was prepared to disclose the names of people who bought them.

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Young leftist Mamdani on track to win NY vote, shaking up US politics

Young leftist Mamdani on track to win NY vote, shaking up US politics

New Yorkers looked set to elect a young Muslim leftist as mayor Tuesday as US voters cast judgment for the first time on Donald Trump's tumultuous second presidency in nationwide local elections.

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US government shutdown ties record for longest in history

US government shutdown ties record for longest in history

The US government shutdown entered its 35th day on Tuesday, matching a record set during President Donald Trump's first term, as lawmakers voiced hope over progress behind the scenes to end the dispute.

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King Tut's collection displayed for first time at Egypt's grand museum

King Tut's collection displayed for first time at Egypt's grand museum

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures -- over 4,500 artefacts -- was displayed together for the first time since the young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922.

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Typhoon flooding kills over 40, strands thousands in central Philippines

Typhoon flooding kills over 40, strands thousands in central Philippines

More than 40 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines on Tuesday.

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