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'Smells of freedom': Serbians hopeful after landmark election

Machado ready to meet Venezuela leader after shock return

South Africa select 'enforcer' Coetzee for Australia decider

Lula celebrates election win as Brazil markets tumble

Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line

Mecca pact countries in Iran in bid to stop war restarting

France's Macron accuses social media of sowing discord ahead of election

New levy on non-EU parcels kicks in Sunday

Anthropic unveils IPO filing showing soaring sales and AI risks

Stocks climb ahead of tech earnings, central bank calls

US singer Chris Brown avoids jail over London nightclub brawl

Ukraine sends ground robots

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Lyman's surrender crisis

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

France assesses protest damage after 1,800 arrests

French authorities began assessing extensive damage after violent demonstrations brought 1,800 arrests, attacks on public buildings and widespread looting across several cities.

Two pilots die in Saudi coalition helicopter crash near Yemen border

Two Saudi pilots were killed when an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed near the Yemeni border, with the coalition attributing the incident to a technical malfunction.

Davidovich Fokina beats rising star Jodar to win Shanghai Masters

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina fought back to beat rising star Rafael Jodar in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday to claim the biggest title of his career.

Dozens of orangutans saved from Indonesia blazes as region grapples with haze

Dozens of critically endangered orangutans have been rescued in recent weeks from rampant wildfires burning across Indonesia that have cloaked the region in toxic haze, conservation groups said.

'Like we had a war': France counts cost of violent protests

France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.

Pope addresses crowd in Vatican after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV addressed thousands of people in St Peter's Square on Sunday, smiling and saying he would resume work "gradually" in his first major public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery.

$Chelsea keeper Martinez 'back in a few weeks' after jaw fracture$

Chelsea keeper Martinez 'back in a few weeks' after jaw fracture

Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez said he would be fit to return "in a few weeks" following surgery on a fractured jaw sustained during his team's 2-0 Premier League win at Everton.

Russia-US diesel deal delivery to take 15-20 days: Russia

Shipping Russian diesel to the US market will take 15 to 20 days once contracts are signed, a senior Russian official said in an interview broadcast Sunday, though a date for that signing has yet to be announced.

France counts cost of violent protests, 1,800 arrested

France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.