France goes to the polls to elect new president

Voting is under way in the final round of France’s presidential race after a massive online dump of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron’s campaign data delivered a final dramatic......

Will not relent in fight against Islamic State, says fearless Obama

United States President Barack Obama on Sunday said that fighting the Islamic State is a very realistic goal and expressed confidence about that target being achieved. “Combatting......

France sees 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage

France is under a wave of cyberattacks since the Paris rampage that killed 17, with about 19,000 French websites being targeted, said a top French cyberdefense official. French President Francois......

'UN's permanent members do not want any change'

UN Ebola mission chief Anthony Banbury (on screen) speaks to members of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on the Ebola crisis at the UN headquarters in New York. Photograph:......

Barbie, Oppenheimer Lead Golden Globe Nominations

The nominations for the 81st Golden Globes are out, and Barbie and Succession lead the list. Barbie and Succession get nine noms, followed by Oppenheimer at eight. Killers of the Flower Moon and......

Game of Thrones tops Emmy nominations

The latest Hollywood updates. HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones has received 23 nominations at the 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, while true-story series American Crime Story:......

Slow-starting France seek to harness scary potential

France was always among the favourites but an underwhelming set of warm-ups plus a timid start suggested their reputation rang louder than reality IMAGE: France coach Didier Deschamps and......

PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 6 at Rio Olympics

Check out the gold medal winners on Day 6 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on  Thursday: Oleksiak and Manuel tie for women's 100m freestyle gold IMAGE: Simone Manuel, left, and......

Why Cavendish pulled out of Tour de France...

The team has supported Mark leaving the Tour to give him the best opportunity to recover and prepare for the Olympic Games in Rio’ IMAGE:  Team Dimension Data rider Mark Cavendish of......

Ronaldo goes from agony to ecstasy as Portugal triumph

‘This is one of the happiest moments in my career, I always said I'd like to win something with Portugal’ ‘Today I was unfortunate, I was injured but I always believed that......

Here's why Olivier Giroud is trending...

Two-goal Giroud wins over France supporters ‘I don't know if that's my best performance for France because I've played some other good games but in a major tournament, such as Euro 2012 and......