Joe Root became the third-highest run-scorer in Test history during the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford on Friday.

A retired general told Brazil's Supreme Court he drafted a document planning for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's assassination, as part of an alleged coup plot for which former president Jair ...

Israelis vented their anger on Thursday at French President Emmanuel Macron for his decision to recognise a Palestinian state later this year.

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of a law restricting immigrants' rights, passed by parliament with the support of the far-right.

Several tallies are circulating regarding the countries that recognise the state of Palestine. Here is a recap of how AFP came to its own count, identifying at least 142 states among the 193 United ...

Meta on Friday said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October ...

Two Belgian NGOs launched a court case on Friday seeking to pressure the country to do more to help stop Israel's war in Gaza, as the European Union struggles to take action.

American forces killed an Islamic State group leader in a raid in Syria's Aleppo province on Friday, the US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

Almost a third of people in Gaza are "not eating for days", the UN's World Food Programme told AFP on Friday, saying the crisis has reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation".

Finland has broken an over 50-year-old weather record as the country is witnessing the longest period of temperatures above 30C, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said on Friday.

Intel stock falls after the chip maker reports a wider loss in the second quarter, while Centene rises even as it posts a ...

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