More than 1,200 people have been killed across South Asia in monsoon storms so far this year, according to figures collected by AFP as India counts the rising toll from floods that have devastated southern Kerala state. The monsoon, which lasts from June to September, causes widespread...

The rapidly expanding eSports world of competitive videogaming was struck by tragedy Sunday with a mass shooting at a Madden NFL 19 Classic tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. Events streamed online allow hundreds of millions of fans around the world to watch video game teams and...

The “Syrian Democratic Women Organization” has launched a campaign of solidarity with the mothers, wives daughters, and sisters of the Syrian detainees, in order to press the issuance of a legal act that allows to investigate the martyrs’ files who were executed under torture, so...

Prolific US playwright Neil Simon, who won more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer, died Sunday aged 91, according to reports. A legend of American theater, he was responsible for such works as "The Odd Couple," "The Sunshine Boys," "Barefoot in the Park" and...