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Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday an Israeli air strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians killed 93 people, as Israel's military accused militants of using the building as a command centre.

Olympic Refugee Team breakdancer Manizha Talash from Afghanistan was disqualified from the breaking competition after she wore a cape saying "Free Afghan Women", the World DanceSport Federation told AFP on Saturday.

Disney lifted the lid on "Avatar: Fire and Ash" and presented new footage from "Star Wars" and Pixar movies at a giant showcase in front of 12,000 fans in California on Friday.

World champions South Africa scored five tries to one as they crushed Australia 33-7 in the opening match of the Rugby Championship in Brisbane on Saturday.

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus appealed for religious unity Saturday as he embraced the weeping mother of a student shot dead by police, a flashpoint in mass protests that ended Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule.

North Korea will move more than 15,000 flood victims to the capital, state media said Saturday, as leader Kim Jong Un insisted recovery efforts would be "based on self-reliance" despite offers of aid from abroad.

With its sleek interior and freshly ground coffee, the cafe run by Belarusian exile Sasha Avdevich may at first glance seem like yet another trendy spot in Warsaw.

Yusuf Dikec may have an Olympic medal and a legion of adoring online fans, but the Turkish pistol sharpshooter is aiming to keep his feet on the ground.

Sicilian lemon producer Rosario Cognata is furious: his fruit is withering due to the drought, while just a few kilometres away rainwater is being dumped into the sea.

Authorities are eyeing the start of the English football season this weekend with trepidation, following riots which have rocked towns and cities across the country.

An Australian woman breakdancer ridiculed on social media for her unique Paris Olympics routine has hit back at her critics.

Authorities in Japan urged people to avoid hoarding as anxiety over a possible megaquake triggered a spike Saturday in demand for disaster kits and daily necessities.

Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday at least 90 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in the besieged Palestinian territory.

The ouster of Bangladesh's autocratic premier sparked celebrations in Dhaka this week but alarm in neighbouring India, which backed Sheikh Hasina to counter rival China and quash Islamist alternatives, analysts say.

Diego Rossi scored two goals to spark the reigning MLS champion Columbus Crew over Sporting Kansas City 4-0 on Friday and into a Leagues Cup showdown against Inter Miami.

Kamala Harris took her rapid tour of battleground states to Arizona on Friday, where she hammered opponent Donald Trump on his favorite issue of immigration, as the Republican used his only rally of the week to boost a Senate candidate.

Reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff was upset by Russia's Diana Shnaider 6-4, 6-1 on Friday in a third-round match at the WTA Canadian Open.

Two astronauts stranded in space may sound like the start to a big-screen science thriller, but the Boeing Starliner mission is no work of Hollywood fiction.

An infographic of a rat with a preposterously large penis. Another showing human legs with way too many bones. An introduction that starts: "Certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic".

A surfer soaring above the clouds, a BMX champion riding up the Concorde obelisk, the first-ever Olympic dive into the Seine... AFP photographers tell us how they captured some of the incredible images from the Paris Olympic Games.

The poor, rural hometown of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif erupted in joy on Friday as she won gold at the Paris Olympics in the face of a major gender controversy.

US health regulators on Friday denied an application for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, saying more investigation needed to be done.

Keshav Maharaj's discipline and persistence earned him three important wickets as the West Indies were limited to 145-4 in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 357 at the end of the third day of the rain-affected first Test at Queen's Park Oval on Friday.

Algerian gender-row boxer Imane Khelif said that winning Paris Olympics gold on Friday was the perfect response to "attacks" and "bullying", and declared: "I am a woman like any other."

France stunned Belgium 81-75 in overtime on Friday to reach the Olympic women's basketball final, where they'll try to stop the United States winning an eighth straight gold.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defied a major gender controversy to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Friday as the United States' star sprinters flew and then flopped on the track.

An airplane carrying 57 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, the airline said.

Top-seeded Brazilian pair Ana Patricia Silva and Eduarda Santos won Olympic gold in the women's beach volleyball on Friday, finally nailing down victory after three tense sets in a bad-tempered game.

France clawed back from a 15-point deficit to grab a thrilling 81-75 overtime victory over Belgium on Friday and book an Olympic women's basketball gold medal showdown with the mighty United States.

France coach Thierry Henry described his team's Olympic performance as "magical" despite their agonising extra-time defeat against Spain in the men's football final on Friday.

Rai Benjamin finally claimed a maiden global title after three previous silver medals and a bronze, defeating old rival Karsten Warholm in the Olympic 400m hurdles final.

Born in a poor village, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has overcome numerous obstacles throughout her life to win a controversial Paris Olympics gold on Friday.