GENEVA - Punitive drug policies have driven mass incarceration and grave human rights violations, says the Global Commission on Drug Policy in a new report.

Syria’s new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Assad was ousted.

MOSCOW - Kyiv on Saturday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, the latest in a series of escalating aerial attacks in the nearly three-year conflict.

Muang Thong United striker Felicio Brown is excited at the prospect of facing league leaders Buriram United in the Thai League 1 tomorrow.

It's that time of the year when managers of struggling teams start getting a bit nervous about their immediate future. These fears are not unfounded as witnessed last weekend when two Premier League gaffers were axed on the same day.

SAN JOSé - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday ruled against El Salvador for barring a woman from getting an abortion, despite her life being at risk and her fetus being unviable.

MAGDEBURG (GERMANY) - German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.

WASHINGTON — United States President Joe Biden on Friday approved US$571.3 million in defence support for Taiwan, the White House said.

Thailand play their last Group A match of the 2024 Mitsubishi Asean Cup against Cambodia tonight at Bangkok's Rajamangala National Stadium with coach Masatada Ishii hoping for a fourth straight victory for the War Elephants.

LONDON — Manchester City travel to Aston Villa on Saturday desperately seeking to halt their dramatic slide while Chelsea have the chance to go top of the Premier League, if only briefly.