'Waiting like torture': Turks despair as Schengen visa delays mount
Outside the EU's visa application centre in an Istanbul shopping mall, a large crowd waits patiently, clutching thick folders and scanning lists of required documents one last time, their anxiety palpable as they await the security guard's call.
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Skating allows Russian, Belarussians to return as neutrals
Russian and Belarusian skaters will be allowed to return to international competition as neutrals for the 2026–2027 season, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced on Tuesday.
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Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn
Rescuers from around the world pushed Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela's massive quakes that killed over 1,700 people, with tens of thousands still unaccounted for.
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Russian double Olympic figure skating champion Dmitriev dies aged 58
Russian two-time Olympic figure skating pairs champion Artur Dmitriev has died aged 58, the country's figure skating federation announced on Tuesday.
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Over 1 million migrants apply for Spain's mass regularisation: PM
More than one million undocumented migrants in Spain have sought legal status under a scheme that has defied a wider European crackdown on irregular immigration, the government said on Tuesday, the final day for submissions.
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S. Africa deploys police as anti-migrant protests loom
South African police deployed to head off unrest and protests on Tuesday, the unofficial deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave that has already pushed thousands to flee.
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Thousands from Philippine sect protest pro-Duterte senator's graft case
Thousands of members of a powerful Philippine religious sect rallied in Manila on Tuesday, snarling traffic as they protested the expected arrest of a senator and church member.
Read moreMonaco parcel bomb blast wounds Ukrainian oligarch
A parcel bomb blast wounded a Ukrainian oligarch and two others in Monaco on Monday, authorities said, in an unprecedented act that has rocked the super-safe principality.
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South Africa repatriations top 25,000 ahead of anti-immigrant ultimatum
South Africa's security forces said Monday that more than 25,000 people have been repatriated in recent weeks ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests, with many others still awaiting departure.
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Sweden face France's attacking firepower at the World Cup
France unleash their devastating forward line on Sweden in a last-32 tie at the World Cup on Tuesday, while Erling Haaland will try to fire Norway past the Ivory Coast and into the next round.
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