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US Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from President Donald Trump’s war on Iran on Wednesday, questioning its worth and blaming it entirely for a stinging electoral rebuke by ...

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson will not run for election as House minority leader, following the loss of his Republican majority in this week’s midterm elections, a ...

The European Union could conclude accession negotiations with Montenegro by the end of this year and could sign an accession treaty with the country as soon as June 2027, the European ...

The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 37, with dozens missing, officials said, in one ...

Several regional blood banks were hit by a cyberattack on November 2, the French health ministry said on Wednesday, but there was no damage to blood products stored in the centres. ...

Iran’s government savoured the stinging rebuke delivered to Donald Trump in the midterm elections, declaring voters had rejected the war launched by the US president even as Tehran remained ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday his deputy, Carlos Cuerpo, would provisionally run the Transport Ministry after Oscar Puente’s resignation over two deadly high-speed train crashes this ...

As Republicans suffered a landslide defeat and Texas elected its first Democratic governor in more than three decades, one of the biggest losers of the US midterms was not on ...

Democrats seized control of both the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, scoring sweeping victories in Republican strongholds for the first time in generations as tens of millions of ...

Gael Monfils turned his tennis farewell into a message for his young daughter Skai on Tuesday, telling her he hoped she would one day play in Paris as he thanked ...

FC Andorra centre-back Lautaro Spatz defended teammate Jesus Owono on social media following his collision with Tenerife forward Jesus De Miguel on Monday, which preceded the player’s death the ...

World number one Elena Rybakina and American Coco Gauff were drawn in Group One for the WTA Finals, while second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka will face third-ranked Mirra Andreeva in Group Two ...

Bayern Munich strengthened their case as Champions League contenders with Tuesday’s 2-0 victory at Atletico Madrid, combining defensive discipline with clinical finishing at the stadium that will host the ...

Former West Ham United captain Scott Parker returned to the club as manager on Wednesday, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract as he looks to lead the Championship side back to the ...

President Donald Trump acknowledged on Wednesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran played a role in his party’s sweeping defeat in the midterm elections, as Democrats won control of ...

Gianni Infantino cannot stand for a fourth term as Fifa president in 2027 under the body’s statutes, former head of the Fifa Governance Committee Miguel Maduro said on Tuesday as ...

The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is in the advanced stages of setting up a commercial entity to sell a stake in return for capital, two people with knowledge ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday his deputy, Carlos Cuerpo, would provisionally run the Transport Ministry after Oscar Puente’s resignation over two deadly high-speed train crashes this ...

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s open US Senate seat on Tuesday, according to media projections, becoming the first Muslim elected to the chamber while preserving a crucial Democratic seat ...

Democrats are on track for big gains in governor races, notching victories in Ohio, Texas, Iowa, Georgia and Wisconsin, according to US media projections, with a number of other races ...

Russia has hit two power stations in Ukraine’s regions of Kyiv and Zhytomyr, the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram on Wednesday, keeping up nearly daily strikes on its ...

Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain underlined their Champions League title credentials with victories over Atletico Madrid and Villarreal respectively on Tuesday, while Manchester United came from two goals down ...

Americans went to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. Here are some ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion in annual funding to Israel after this year, ...