September2019

AFP takes a look at the highlights from day three of New York Fashion Week on Monday. Vibrant colours associated with California’s blooming season inspired WesGordon’s third collection as creative director of Carolina Herrera. The spring...

South Korea said Wednesday it will file a complaint to the World Trade Organisation over Japan’s “politically motivated” export restrictions, upping the ante in an intensifying dispute with the neighbor. Seoul and Tokyo have been embroiled...

Climate change is not only having a devastating impact on the environments we live in, but also on respect for human rights globally, the UN warned Monday, urging collective action. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet cited...

Bangladesh are all set to start their joint Qualification (Round-1) of the FIFA World Cup-2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 campaign taking on Afghanistan in the first leg scheduled to be held tomorrow in Tajikistan capital...

Highly appreciating Bangladesh’s tremendous socioeconomic uplift over the last 10 years, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi today said his country will continue long-term support to Bangladesh in its overall development. “Bangladesh has attained tremendous socioeconomic...

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Monday reiterated that Mexico would not become a safe third country for U.S.-bound asylum seekers following comments by a U.S. official that Washington was seeking a “cooperative agreement” with Mexico....

Australia battled to contain around 160 bushfires in the east of the country Monday, an early start to a wildfire season that authorities warn could be the worst in decades. Drought and strong winds have turned...

“Marriage Story,” the new critically adored divorce drama starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, is a cautionary tale of the sudden violence with which a relationship can be ripped apart, the actor told AFP Sunday. The...

Even the rain that washed out two sessions, couldn’t save Bangladesh from ultimate blushes as Afghanistan showed hunger and aggression to seal a memorable 224-run victory in the one-off Test in just 53 minutes when rain...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that the Trump administration was considering imposing sanctions on related to Turkey’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system, but no decisions had been made. “We’re...