UK PM in N.Ireland urges unionists to get govt 'up and running'
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday demanded that unionists end their boycott of the devolved government in Northern Ireland, in a speech marking 25 years of peace in the divided territory.
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Iran sanctions: US high court rejects Turkish bank's immunity claim
The US Supreme Court rejected Wednesday the claim of sovereign immunity by a Turkish bank accused of violating Iran sanctions, in a case that has added tensions to ties between Washington and Ankara.
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England Test coach McCullum cleared of breaching anti-corruption code
England Test coach Brendon McCullum has been cleared by the England and Wales Cricket Board of breaching its anti-corruption code and will face no further action over his involvement with an online betting business.
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Macron booed by angry French after signing pensions reform
French President Emmanuel Macron was loudly booed by crowds in eastern France on Wednesday as he embarked on his first trip out of Paris since signing his unpopular pensions reform into law.
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Scotland hooker McInally hanging up boots to earn his wings
Scotland hooker Stuart McInally has announced he is hanging up his boots to pursue a career as a commercial airline pilot.
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EU pledges more cash in Ukraine grain standoff, Bulgaria bans imports
Brussels on Wednesday offered an extra 100 million euros of support for EU farmers to ease a standoff over Ukrainian grain after Bulgaria became the latest country to approve a temporary ban on food products from the war-hit nation.
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Iraq's Yazidis mark New Year still haunted by IS horrors
One by one, members of Iraq's minority Yazidi community light oil lamps to mark their New Year at a sacred shrine, but for Omar Sinan the celebration cannot erase the atrocities of jihadist rule.
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Family planning in India: A woman's burden
Occasional screams sounded from the operating theatre in a rural Indian clinic as a heavily sedated woman named Kajal waited to have her tubes tied, long the country's preferred family planning method.
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Relentless Pogacar surges to Fleche Wallonne triumph
Tadej Pogacar's sensational form continued unabated Wednesday when a late surge on a fabled steep finale landed the Team UAE leader the Fleche Wallonne one-day classic in Belgium.
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Juventus win appeal over stand closure for Lukaku racist abuse
Juventus have won their appeal against a one-match stand closure for their fans racially abusing Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Wednesday.
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