The 63-year-old German's first press conference since being appointed interim manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came after United's see-saw 3-2 win over Arsenal in the Premier League on Thursday overse...

The Senegalese was head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now renamed World Athletics. Diack, who was also a powerful figure at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was found guilty of corruption by a French co...

"I will resign this afternoon," Information Minister George Kordahi told AFP. "I do not want to cling to this position, if it can be useful, I want to give Lebanon a chance." His resignation has been on the table for weeks and is expected to help u...

Astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron headed outside the space laboratory on Thursday, replacing a faulty antenna and restoring its capability. "It was awesome!" Barron said after completing her first spacewalk, according to a tweet NASA pos...

The UAE, one of the French defence industry's biggest customers, also agreed to buy 12 Caracal military transport helicopters, the French presidency said in a statement. "This is an outcome of the strategic partnership between the two countries, co...

When Peng last month posted that former Chinese vice-premier Zhang Gaoli forced her to have sex, censors were quick to scrub the message and obvious discussion of Peng from social media. The 35-year-old's allegations spread on Twitter -- which is b...

A senior official told AFP that Kordahi "called President Michel Aoun last night to inform him of his decision to resign" on Friday. Kordahi, a well-known TV presenter before he was appointed information minister in September, is holding a press co...

The Senegalese was head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now renamed World Athletics. Diack, who was also a powerful figure at the International Olympics Committee, was found guilty of corruption by a French court i...

Macron was greeted at the leadership pavilion at Dubai's Expo site for talks with Sheikh Mohammed, known as "MBZ", after which they are expected to announce a series of contracts and agreements. "I don't want to reveal the Christmas present" before...

The former Everton midfielder, 44, resigned and has been replaced by Li Xiaopeng, who had been in charge at Super League side Wuhan FC, the Chinese FA said. Li Xiaopeng had been widely tipped to take over and was hired "after extensive consultation...

Ressa, co-founder of news website Rappler, and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov were given the award in October for their efforts to "safeguard freedom of expression". The former CNN correspondent, who is on bail pending an appeal against a convic...

Nina Popova, a 73-year-old retired accountant who lives in the nearby village of Pidgirtsi, says life there is a misery. "It reeks. We're all sick. We have heart problems and difficulty breathing," Popova told AFP outside her modest brick cottage. ...

The hard-hitting Kazakh boxer was set to return to the ring after a year's absence with a unification bout against Japanese WBA super-titlist Murata on December 29 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. But promoters Teiken announced Friday that the fight wou...

Frantic and distraught, Hamido -- an Ivorian national working in France -- tried to contact the Spanish police and the authorities in Gran Canaria for news of his family. But no one could help him, so he flew to the island where he learned via the...

The boat had set off from Dakhla in Western Sahara with 62 North Africans on board, but the attempt to reach the islands cost 10 people their lives. For Salvamento Maritimo lifeboat crews working one of the most dangerous migrant routes to Europe, ...