A former top boss of one of the world's biggest model agencies is to be investigated for rape and abusing an under-age girl as well as other women, French prosecutors announced on Monday.

The world’s second-most populous country is expected to become the pandemic’s worst-hit country in coming weeks.

Throwing support behind Baku amid the escalation of the Azerbaijan-Armenia dispute, Turkey is playing the classic ‘middle power’ and is aiming to draw Russia and the US into the situation while pursuing its own interests.

Fast-moving fires fanned by strong winds forced thousands to flee their homes in California’s Sonoma and Napa counties on September 27, reports said. Three wildfires – the Glass, Shady and Boysen fires – broke out on September 27,

A young girl is fighting for her life after contracting a brain-eating infection while swimming in a river near her central Texas home.

Nordic leaders said on Monday they would examine evidence from a new documentary that could shatter the official explanation of how 852 people died in a 1994 ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea.

British MPs say Beijing's 'debt diplomacy' puts a 'chokehold' over poorer countries, but the Caribbean island's republican push has had a long gestation.

COFFS trainers are riding their strongest ever calendar year, reports Neil Evans. A string of Coffs Harbour stables will be represented at Tuesday's feature Grafton meeting and it might just be one of their more underrated trainers that strikes first with a frustrating mare who often threatens without delivering.

The NRL has controversially ruled Penrith Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary will keep all his Dally M points this year despite breaching COVID-19 protocols, lying about it and being suspended and fined.

Serena Williams advanced to the second round of the French Open on Wednesday with a straight sets victory over fellow American Kristie Ahn.