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The Spanish Football Federation on Thursday accepted Atletico Madrid's appeal against a partial stadium ban after racial abuse dir...

Nepali conservationists condemned on Thursday new regulations permitting hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserve...

Finn Russell is set to return from injury in time to boost Bath's quest for the English Premiership rugby title.

Australian actor Cate Blanchett will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival in September, org...

A migrant rescue charity warned Thursday that a new Italian ban on using surveillance planes to spot migrant boats in distress in...

Celtic captain Callum McGregor has warned his side to keep their cool when they face Rangers in the cauldron of the Old Firm derby...

India's Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra on Thursday said he was hoping to break the elusive 90-metres mark at the Doha Diam...

Lando Norris is "100 percent" confident that McLaren can mount a challenge for the Formula One title next season as he celebrated...

The London and Frankfurt stock exchanges hit record highs Thursday as the Bank of England kept its interest rate at a 16-year high...

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday urged NATO partners to soon start spending 2.5 percent of GDP on defence, during a...

The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate at a 16-year high, but hinted at a cut over the summer as UK inflation...

A court in Spain said Thursday it has shelved a probe into another alleged tax fraud by Colombian pop star Shakira, putting an end...

Bayern Munich's Champions League elimination at the hands of Real Madrid on Wednesday will kick-start a summer of soul-searching w...

Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US President Joe Biden vowed to cut off artillery...

European stock markets wavered on Thursday but with London close to a record peak before a Bank of England decision on interest ra...

Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi, a four-time winner on the WTA circuit, has retired at the age of 32, Italy's tennis federatio...

Real Madrid turned to the same old story in the Champions League and even though Bayern Munich knew all of the words, they were po...

Nissan said Thursday it nearly doubled its full-year net profit in 2023-24, weathering challenges in the Chinese market, but forec...

Spain's second-largest bank BBVA announced Thursday a hostile takeover bid for smaller rival Banco Sabadell but the government vow...

The Olympic torch relay began in Marseille on Thursday with football legend Basile Boli taking the flame in front of the iconic ba...

US private equity firm Blackstone emerged victorious Thursday in a takeover battle for struggling UK music rights owner Hipgnosis...

The dazzling Thai holiday islands made famous by Hollywood film "The Beach" are facing a severe water shortage following a blister...

Nissan said Thursday it nearly doubled its full-year net profit in 2023-24 but forecast a dip of around 10 percent for the current...

President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that his nuclear forces were "always" on alert and that Russia would not tolerate any...

Two of China's wealthiest cities said Thursday they would lift all restrictions on buying homes, joining a growing list of urban a...

One of Malaysia's top football clubs has pulled out of Friday's season-opening Charity Shield after a spate of assaults, including...

Tourists have a few more days to snap Mount Fuji at a popular vantage point after Japanese authorities said Thursday that the cons...

Equity traders struggled to get a recent rally back on course Thursday following a tepid lead from Wall Street, but record perform...

Spain's second-largest bank BBVA announced Thursday a hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell, three days after its smaller rival...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held a rare press conference Thursday, admitting "shortcomings" after his party's recent elec...

At Romania's new crowd-funded children's cancer hospital, one-year-old Eric Ivan eagerly walked up and down the corridor, his moth...

The return of mega-concerts since the Covid-19 pandemic, with Beyonce and Taylor Swift leading the way, has highlighted the lucrat...