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Attackers doused a headteacher in petrol and started fires in at least two schools on Thursday, officials said, as increasingly violent student protests raged across France against staff shortages and ...

Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response if the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources said, while continuing a diplomatic push that Iranian officials privately see as ...

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli said Sepang’s notorious abrasive surface could prove a welcome surprise should Formula One finally get its first wet race of the season in Malaysia. The ...

Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off minor wobbles on his retooled serve to dismantle unseeded American Alex Michelsen 7-6(1) 4-6 6-1 and keep his Japan Open title defence on track while several ...

Some New York lawmakers are urging a revamp of the state’s sexual assault statutes to make it easier to prosecute cases involving intoxicated victims, following renewed outrage over an ...

Alpine’s Franco Colapinto said the days after his Azerbaijan Grand Prix crash were among the most difficult of his career, as he faced questions and social media abuse following ...

Bosnia holds national elections on Sunday which could impact its bid to join the European Union but also the influence that the United States and Russia hold over the small ...

Spain’s King Felipe will visit the disputed North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla this month, sources in the royal household said on Thursday, a move that could further ...

England striker Ivan Toney pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a charge of assault at a Soho nightclub in December, British media reported. Toney, 30, denied a single count of assault ...

Sweden will be without five players when they visit Bosnia in the Nations League in Zenica on Friday after a wave of illness swept through the camp. Striker Alexander Isak ...

Questions loomed on Thursday over the motives and background of a co-pilot who stabbed the captain of a passenger jet on its way to Israel, in what Israeli officials have ...

US drone startup Powerus, which is set to go public by merging with a company backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, aims to bring Ukrainian and other foreign ...

A Russian drone smashed into a school in Kyiv and set it ablaze on Thursday morning, but all pupils were in a shelter at the time and no injuries were ...

Kei Nishikori’s final match before retirement ended in a 6-4 6-4 loss to American Frances Tiafoe in the Japan Open first round on Thursday, as an adoring crowd in ...

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton threw their weight behind team principal Fred Vasseur on Thursday, as the Formula One team sought to quash persistent rumours linking former Red ...

Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, three diplomatic sources told Reuters. A source linked to the opposition alliance that has been fighting federal forces in northern ...

Max Verstappen said he wants to win “at least one race this year” as the four-times Formula One champion sits in an unfamiliar sixth place in the championship standings after 15 ...

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his respect for Pep Guardiola and the Manchester City sides that battled Liverpool in some of the Premier League’s closest title races has ...

Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee’s effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the ...

Iraqis celebrated the departure of US forces after more than two decades of war on Wednesday, though many feared that any security vacuum could increase the power of Iran-backed militias ...

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted the execution of death row inmate Christa Pike in Tennessee, less than two hours before she was scheduled to become the first ...

Former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke out in support of the Premier League club on Wednesday after they were found guilty of serious breaches of financial rules. The Spaniard ...

Novak Djokovic marked his return to the China Open after 11 years with a 6-3 7-6(2) win over Nuno Borges on Wednesday, extending his perfect record at the tournament to 30 wins ...

A Turkish court has ordered access to the website and social media accounts of independent news portal T24 to be blocked over content deemed “LGBT propaganda”, the Justice Ministry said ...