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Africa Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 cases, mostly in DR Congo

Bayern 'risk' reaps huge reward for Ballon d'Or winner Kane

EU pushes for more nations to pay to protect nature

Record turnout as Israeli voters deliver verdict on Netanyahu

Boeing reports smaller loss as it aims for stable output growth

Iraola says Isak 'feels the trust' after Liverpool scoring streak

Tech firms gain on Anthropic IPO optimism; HSBC slumps in London

French media protest manhandling of journalists at far-right party rally

Sri Lanka end England hopes with crushing win over Pakistan

EU seeks deportation powers for beefed up border agency

Dangote, Nigeria's oil tycoon rewriting Africa's story

Two charged with UK security offences over airbase plot: police

Mbappe apologises for Mao Zedong comment after Chinese sponsors drop him

Turnout high as Israeli voters deliver verdict on Netanyahu

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Souttar scores as Australia edge Palestine in World Cup qualifier

Harry Souttar scored the only goal as Australia held off a plucky Palestine in their 2026 World Cup qualifying match played at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City on Tuesday.

US Fed expects interest rates to stay high 'for some time': minutes

All members of the US Federal Reserve's powerful rate-setting committee judged earlier this month that it would be appropriate to keep interest rates high "for some time" in order to tackle inflation, minutes of the meeting released Tuesday show.

Retired great Brady sees 'a lot of mediocrity' in NFL

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, who departed the NFL less than a year ago, says standards are slipping in America's most popular professional sports league.

UN General Assembly urges 'Olympic Truce' for Paris Games

The UN General Assembly called Tuesday for the observance of a traditional "Olympic Truce" during the next year's Paris summer games, as Russia again condemned what it called "political interference" in sport.

Stampede kills 31 during Congo army recruitment drive

A desperate crush to get through a stadium gate for an army recruiting event saw at least 31 people trampled to death in the Republic of Congo capital, officials said Tuesday.

S.Korean president addresses UK lawmakers on first day of state visit

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told lawmakers in Britain's parliament Tuesday that relations between the two nations "will be reborn" as he began a pomp-filled three-day state visit.

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants go on strike in Quebec

Several hundred thousand school, hospital and social services workers in Canada's Quebec province walked off their jobs Tuesday for the first day of what is billed as a historic strike to demand better pay and working conditions.

MLB Padres name Shildt as new manager

Mike Shildt agreed to terms on a two-year deal to become the new manager of the San Diego Padres, the Major League Baseball club announced on Tuesday.

N. Korea says spy satellite launch successful

North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.