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Russia's ice hockey stars come in from the cold after CAS ruling

France boards up ahead of Halloween protests

Wall Street tech rout deepens on doubts over AI spending

Is Bukele's troop deployment in Haiti just a rescue mission?

'Life in the old dog': German economy grows more than expected

Relatives' anguish grows as Spain identifies train crash dead

England great Anderson asks what's 'wrong with me?' after Lancashire exit

Italy inflation surges to 5.4% as economy stalls

Markets lashed by tech rout as earnings fan AI fears

US jury hands win to Bayer in weedkiller cancer case

Germans to join Europe's youth protest wave

Scotland's Kinghorn hails Toulouse move for enhancing career

Novaya Gazeta closure part of Russia's 'giant military campaign': Muratov to AFP

Nations struggle for deal as UN nature talks go down to the wire

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Residents flee as Greece wildfires rage despite 'superhuman' efforts

Greece ordered the evacuation of hospitals and homes near Athens Monday as wildfires spread despite "superhuman" efforts to combat the flames, the fire brigade said.

Rublev to face Popyrin for ATP Montreal title

Andrey Rublev powered into his second ATP Masters 1000 final of the season on Sunday as he lined up a title match against Alexei Popyrin in Montreal.

Faceless mannequins show off clothes in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan's capital, shop windows display dazzling ball gowns and three-piece wedding suits -- with the face of each mannequin covered.

Asian markets mixed as focus turns to US inflation data

Asian markets were mixed Monday as investors try to move on from last week's upheaval that was fuelled by US recession worries, with focus on the release of key inflation and retail data.

French police win plaudits after high-risk Olympics

The vaulting ambition of the Paris Olympics made them risky and hard to police, but French security forces kept thousands of athletes and millions of fans safe -- a "gold medal" performance according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

England's Rai wins PGA Wyndham title as Greyserman collapses

Aaron Rai withstood a 36-hole marathon final Sunday to win the rain-hit Wyndham Championship, taking his first PGA title after American Max Greyserman squandered a four-stroke lead.

Olympics equipment heads for 'second life' post-Games

The stands have fallen quiet and the Athletes' Village is emptying. What happens to all the equipment now the 2024 Paris Olympics are over? Organisers have plans for it.

In Iraq's summer, residents of Kurdistan's Arbil ache for water

The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries.

'Waiting for death': desperate plight of Tigray's war displaced

Wolde Meressa lives cheek by jowl in a cramped classroom with 30 other people in a school that has been converted into a shelter for displaced people in Ethiopia's war-scarred region of Tigray.