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Netanyahu, rivals trade attacks over Iran as clock counts down to Israel vote

Nations far from a deal as UN nature talks enter final stretch

Townsend urges Scotland to use Nations Championship as World Cup springboard

Brazil markets battered, tech in focus elsewhere

Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff

French court adjourns trial over 2020 death of delivery driver

S.Africa ambassador calls for talks with US over 'tense' ties

Serbian student movement eyes power after election triumph

'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

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Rafiq to 'leave Britain' after abuse following cricket racism scandal

Azeem Rafiq, whose allegations of racism plunged English cricket into crisis, is leaving Britain to protect his family from further abuse and intimidation, a report said on Friday.

All Blacks utility back Bridge signs for Montpellier

New Zealand utility back George Bridge has signed for Montpellier until June 2025 from the Crusaders, the French Top 14 club announced Friday.

Adidas, Morocco resolve row over Algeria football jerseys

German sportswear giant Adidas said Friday a row with Morocco over a design on a football top for arch-rivals Algeria had been resolved, and that it regretted the controversy.

Erdogan tells government to start work on Russian gas hub

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backs the Kremlin's idea of creating an international gas hub in Turkey and wants his government to quickly present implementation plans, Turkish media reported Friday.

Court challenge in Kenya over GM crops

A Kenyan lawyer said Friday he has filed a court challenge to a decision by the new government to lift a decade-old ban on genetically modified crops.

London New Year fireworks to open to crowds again

Crowds can attend London's new year fireworks on December 31 for the first time since 2019, the mayor announced Friday, after Covid-19 restricted the spectacle to television for two years.

UK finance chief rushes home to face budget storm

UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng dashed home Friday from Washington for crisis talks with Prime Minister Liz Truss, with both their jobs on the line as their budget plans unravel.

Ireland examines neutrality stance after Ukraine war: minister

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing Ireland to rethink its long tradition of military neutrality, the country's European Affairs Minister Thomas Byrne has told AFP.

Fowler grabs share of Japan lead but 'stressful' for Matsuyama

Rickie Fowler grabbed a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the US PGA Tour's Zozo Championship in Japan on Friday as defending champion Hideki Matsuyama rued another "stressful" day.

Appetite for 'de-Russification' builds in Ukraine

At a bookshop in Kyiv, 33-year-old Yulia Sydorenko was dumping an entire collection of old books -- some gifts from childhood friends -- that have recently lost their appeal.

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