As Australian cricket struggles to recapture former glories, the sport's chiefs are painfully aware of the need to widen the net to reflect the country's burgeoning cultural diversity.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim urged voters to oust the country's long-ruling government as tens of thousands of supporters gathered Saturday in a show of force ahead of coming elections.

Serbia and Kosovo struck key political deals in talks to ease Western Balkans' tension, agreeing to jointly manage crossings on their flashpoint border and send liaison officers to each others' capitals.

An American university student is working to create the country's first white student union, triggering debate over the limits of free speech.

Bosnian lawmakers on Thursday backed a reshuffled government composed of ministers from a new multi-ethnic coalition pledging to implement reforms sought by the European Union.

Prince Charles thanked Australians for being "wonderfully kind" Saturday, as he and wife Camilla wrapped up a six-day tour that has taken them from the Outback to Bondi Beach.

Thousands of Russian ultra-nationalists marched through central Moscow Sunday vowing to drive Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin and accusing him of ignoring the rights of ethnic Slavs.

Thousands of Russian ultra-nationalists marched through central Moscow Sunday vowing to drive Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin and accusing him of ignoring the rights of ethnic Slavs.

Several thousand Russian ultra-nationalists whose ranks included fierce Kremlin critics marched through central Moscow on Sunday calling for President Vladimir Putin's resignation and an end to illegal immigration.

Smiling as his verdict was read, giving a clenched-fist salute and apologising for not having killed more people, Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik remained defiant to the end.

Norway's mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik on Friday dismissed his sentence of 21 years by declaring the Oslo court "illegitimate", but also said he would not appeal against the jail term.

Ethiopia's new leader Hailemariam Desalegn, expected to assume power following the death of the longtime prime minister, readied for the post Friday after holding talks with US President Barack Obama.

Every Ramadan, as they have for decades, the diverse residents of Kirkuk gathered to play a game called Siniyah, which remains one of the few apolitical traditions in the disputed city of northern Iraq.

The success of London 2012 has proved to the world, and more importantly to Britain, that the country still has a role on the world stage but its new-found confidence must be harnessed, newspapers said Monday.

A government-backed film touching on one of the most sensitive episodes in Malaysian history has sparked fears it could stir racial tensions in the multi-ethnic nation as an election showdown looms.

London Mayor Boris Johnson said Saturday he cried "hot tears of patriotic pride" during the Olympic Games opening ceremony, rejecting claims the show was too left-wing.

Aung San Suu Kyi received another hero's welcome as many thousands cheered the Myanmar democracy icon on Sunday in a Norwegian fjord town that has a long connection with her freedom struggle.

Aung San Suu Kyi was greeted with another hero's welcome as thousands cheered the Myanmar democracy icon Sunday in a Norwegian fjord town that has a long connection with her freedom struggle.

Asian American families churn out doctors, engineers and graduate students, but their high-achieving image hides a "bamboo ceiling" that marginalizes the fastest growing US minority, experts say.

Norwegian right-wing extremists decried the "Islamisation" of their country as they took the stand Tuesday in what Anders Behring Breivik's defence hopes will help prove he was sane when he killed 77 people in Norway last year.