Lynx First to Clinch WNBA Playoff Berth at 27-7
Minnesota lead the league by four games while Seattle become the first team eliminated, and four Eastern Conference sides sit within two percentage points.
Category: World
Reporting from every region, including the places that rarely make the running order.
Brewers Hold Best Record in Baseball at 74-44
Milwaukee beat Minnesota again on Sunday to stay clear at the top, with Tampa Bay leading the American League and Atlanta closing to within…
Prisoner Release Changes to Start in October
Rape and certain child sexual and grooming offences are excluded after a pause ordered by Andy Burnham, with about 5,000 affected in the first…
Aid Cuts Leave 17 Million Afghans Facing Hunger
Donor reductions, forced returns and drought have combined to leave 40 per cent of the population facing acute food insecurity, with health facilities closing.
Afghan Code Defines Shia Muslims as Heretics
A criminal procedure code issued in January restricts the legal definition of Muslim to Hanafi adherents, part of a steady codification of Taliban restrictions.
Millions Forced Back to Afghanistan as Aid Shrinks
Iran and Pakistan have expelled Afghans in their millions, including people born abroad, into a country where more than 400 health facilities closed last…
Afghanistan Has 3.8 Million Girls Out of School
A quarter of a million more are excluded from secondary education each year, in what UN officials have described as the creation of a…
Afghanistan Reaches Five Years of Taliban Rule
Restrictions on women and girls have been written into law and 21.9 million people need aid, as the fifth anniversary of the takeover approaches…
Spider-Man Takes $145m but Record Survives
The third-biggest second weekend on record leaves the Force Awakens mark of $149.2m intact, with the film on $655m domestically and $1.67bn worldwide.
Marseille Beat Athletic 3-1 in Genesio Home Bow
Angel Gomes, Igor Paixao and Tadjidine Mmadi scored at the Velodrome as Marseille made it three straight pre-season wins ahead of the Ligue 1…
Tonga Faces By-Elections After Bribery Convictions
Two ministers have given up their seats over an undeclared payment and a gift of fish, with a third convicted in June over the…
PNG Parliament to Take Up Bougainville Vote
Seven years after close to 98 per cent backed independence, the non-binding result goes before Papua New Guinea lawmakers on 27 August for consideration.
Don Nelson, Hall of Fame NBA Coach, Dies at 86
The second-winningest coach in NBA history, and a five-time champion as a Boston Celtics player, died on Sunday having reshaped how the game is…