India on Thursday ordered a halt to its largest rice export category in a move that will roughly halve shipments by the world’s largest exporter of the grain, triggering fears of further inflation on global food markets.

Manchester City’s Algerian forward Riyad Mahrez has completed a move to Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahli, Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV said early on Friday.

A strike affecting Broadway shows looks likely to be averted, just hours after a union representing 1,500 backstage workers announced a vote to walk out.

The roar of more than 40,000 home fans made all the difference for underdogs New Zealand, forward Hannah Wilkinson said on Thursday, after her Football Ferns stunned Norway 1-0 in their Women’s World Cup opener.

When Sophie Ellis-Bextor plays the Latitude festival in Suffolk this weekend, there’s every possibility she’ll ignore her new album, Hana.

Fiji Airways continues its expansion, with the inauguration of direct flights from Nadi to Canberra.

A 34-year-old woman will be produced at a court sitting in Keyasi, Nadroga charged with the alleged possession of illicit substances namely Ketamine and marijuana.

The Fiji National Provident Fund has extended its withdrawal assistance to include internationally recognized professional development courses.

The United Nations Population Fund office based in Suva, has reaffirmed support for the Government’s commitment towards the welfare of women, youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.

Manchester United have signed Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana from Inter Milan on a five-year contract with the option of a further year, the Premier League club announced.

A video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in the north-eastern state of Manipur, hit by violent ethnic clashes, has sparked outrage in India.

Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the Black Sea.