Several hundred masked Hamas fighters paraded through Gaza City on Saturday to honour their dead and to celebrate their “victory” in the 11-day battle with Israel, which ended after a ceasefire on Friday. The group’s top leader made a rare p...

Twenty-one people running a mountain marathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday.

Several thousand people marched Saturday in Paris and other French cities in support of Palestinians after an 11-day conflict with Israel that killed 260 people, most of them Palestinians.

Spanish rapper C. Tangana was taking a big risk when he started mixing old-fashioned influences like flamenco and bossa nova into his hip-hop -- but it's this eclectic sound that has turned him into a phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic. The 3...

Italian rock foursome Maneskin won the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam on Saturday in a glammed-up message of hope for a world emerging from the coronavirus pandemic.

A presidential election in Iran next month could provide the final straw to split an already long-divided conservative political camp, after years of growing divisions. While the list of approved candidates has yet to be released, the June 18 poll ...

Unbeaten Josh Taylor scored a unanimous decision victory over Jose Ramirez to unify the junior welterweight division and become Scotland's first undisputed boxing champion in the four-belt era. The 30-year old Taylor defended his World Boxing Asso...

Sipping a craft beer on a warm spring evening in Catania, Sicily, Corrado Paterno Castello spares a thought for friends and colleagues he left behind in Milan, 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) north. "Today, between meetings, I had a swim at the beach,...

The Eurovision Song Contest is never short of drama and its return after a year off was no exception, with a nailbiting finish and tense national rivalries. Here are some key talking points from the 65th edition of the competition, held in the Dutc...

Atletico Madrid's players ran through the stadium and out into the car park Saturday to celebrate with fans they had not seen all season after their La Liga title was finally secured. Three thousand supporters had gathered outside Jose Zorilla Sta...

It's well before midday but chemical technician trainer Ralf Scharf is already heading to the company canteen. And lunch is the last thing on his mind. He's here to get a Covid-19 jab, as his German employer Evonik Industries joins a push to ramp u...

Liverpool, Chelsea and Leicester will stage a thrilling battle to finish in the Premier League's top four as the English top-flight season comes to a dramatic conclusion on Sunday. Heading into the final round of fixtures, just one point separates ...

Phil Mickelson could wind up playing his way into the Ryder Cup as well as golf history with a victory on Sunday at the PGA Championship on blustery Kiawah Island. The 50-year-old US left-hander fired a two-under par 70 on Saturday to grab a one-st...

Sun Yang's high-profile retrial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport takes place next week with the Chinese swimming star's Tokyo Olympics and his whole career hanging in the balance. It is the latest -- and perhaps decisive -- twist in the triple...

Twenty people were killed and one remains missing after hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain race in China, local officials said Sunday. "Abrupt, extreme weather" hit a high-altitude s...