A statue stolen from Japan in 2012 should be given to a South Korean temple, a South Korean court ruled Thursday, on the grounds that it was previously seized by Japanese pirates centuries ago. The ruling prompted an immediate protest from Tokyo, which is embroiled in disputes with Seoul...

Mohammad Salah’s thumping early free kick gave Egypt a 1-0 win against Ghana Wednesday as they sealed their place in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The record seven-time winners of the competition only needed a draw to be certain of going through but the victory allowed them...

They have been waiting for two and half years and the children of Iraq's east Mosul are flocking to enrol in their reopened schools, eager not to waste another day. "It's a great day, today we are giving our children their right to receive an education," said Ghassan Ahmed, queueing with his...

Hundreds of Syrians took a train through battle-scarred east Aleppo on Thursday as services resumed for the first time after four years of fighting, a photographer working with AFP said. Men, women and children peered out the windows as they rode across eastern districts after regime forces...