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Alleged Indian leader of neo-Nazi child abuse ring goes on trial in Paris

Yemen, Saudi Arabia target Houthis in new campaign as war escalates

Euro, French stocks slide on France debt concerns

US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics

Alcaraz advances to Japan Open final

Swiatek, Zheng survive three-set tests in China Open third round

US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics

Hasan says Test cricket momentum turning for Bangladesh

Hundreds of French high schools shut as protests persist

Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talks

Spain PM calls early election after housing crisis defeat

US arrests woman accused of spying for China on Taiwan leader's family

Stocks rally as 'Goldilocks' jobs data ease rate fears

Yemen military announces broad strikes against Houthis

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Ex-Milan captain Calabria loaned to Bologna after coach row

Deposed AC Milan captain Davide Calabria has been loaned to Bologna until the end of the season after an on-pitch row with coach Sergio Conceicao a week ago.

Stock markets sink, dollar rallies on Trump tariffs

Stock markets tumbled while the dollar rallied and oil prices rose Monday over concerns about the global economy after US President Donald Trump launched trade wars with Canada, China and Mexico.

The role of minerals and tech firms in the DR Congo conflict

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals that power global electronics.

World ski chief working to 'minimise and mitigate' racing dangers

The France men's team would have been top of any alpine skiing pundit's list to be among the leaders of the medals table at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach.

Embattled French PM gets boost from Socialists over budget

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will Monday force through France's budget without a vote, a move set to prompt a no-confidence motion from the left in the bitterly divided parliament.

Greek PM calls for calm amid 'very intense' Santorini tremors

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed for calm Monday after a wave of seismic tremors hit the tourist island of Santorini, prompting concern among locals and hundreds of departures.

French director gets two years with electronic bracelet for abusing child actor

A French court Monday ordered a filmmaker to wear an electronic bracelet for two years after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child, sparing him jail time in one of the key trials of France's #Metoo movement.

Next round for strategy game lineage in 'Civilization VII'

Fans have waited more than eight years for the new instalment in heavyweight strategy game Civilization, with the release of the seventh instalment on February 11 promising to get budding philosopher-kings thinking more about the consequences of their actions.

Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars

Almost 96 percent of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric, an unparalled number in the world and close to the country's goal of selling only zero-emission vehicles as of this year.