The Milan-based bank launched its bid, valued at 35 billion euros ($40.6 billion), in early May to gain control of its German rival and cement its status as a European heavyweight. UniCredit's offer officially ends Tuesday at 11:59 pm (2159 GMT), ...

The failure of the hugely competitive exam, along with a separate marking fiasco in high school tests, sparked outrage and fuelled youth protests demanding the education minister's resignation. The Ministry of Electronics issued the order restricti...

Lamouchi is the first coach in World Cup history to be sacked after just one game. Renard guided Saudi Arabia to a shock win against eventual winners Argentina at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and has since coached the France women's team. "The pres...

The highest ranked chess player of all time is in Hong Kong this week to play in the World Rapid and Blitz Team Chess Championships beginning Wednesday. But the Norwegian and devoted football fan will push his preparation for the tournament to one...

The 75-year-old Welsh star, who shot to fame with her hits in the 1980s, was put into a coma at a hospital in Faro, Portugal, in May to aid her recovery. A message from her team and family posted on her website late Monday said she is "no longer in...

A new study presented at the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa on Tuesday finds that 166,000 square kilometres of the world's coral reefs -- around a third of the total -- are particularly "climate-resilient", meaning they have the potential to surviv...

Most in the Iranian capital were asleep when the match against New Zealand kicked off at 4:30 am. But in one of the few cafes open to broadcast the match, there was already a buzz of excitement. Around 40 football fans were discussing their team's...

The Milan-based bank launched its bid valued at 35 billion euros ($40.6 billion) in early May to gain control of its German rival and cement its status as a European heavyweight. UniCredit's offer officially ends Tuesday at 11:59 pm (2159 GMT), un...

It is the latest logistical nightmare for an Iran squad that arrived at the tournament being co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington. The US -- which was in militar...

Standing beneath the historic arcades near the Basilica in Cairo's eastern Heliopolis district, Abbas leapt with the crowd as cups rattled across tables and the roar from television screens spilled into the street. "I remember watching Egypt in 199...

The central bank for the world's fourth-largest economy raised its benchmark rate 25 basis points to 1.0 percent, the highest since 1995 and marking the first increase since December. The widely expected decision followed increases by the European ...

The spotlight has been on Sooryavanshi since his batting heroics in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL) won him a place in India's senior men's team for their T20 tour of Ireland and England. But he made headlines for all the wrong reasons after...

She has since dedicated her life to studying mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit -- a concern that looms ever larger as climate change expands the area where the insects roam. "You have to accept being bitten by a mosquito from time to time,"...

Stokes and Gus Atkinson were dropped for the second Test, which starts at the Oval on Wednesday, after the pair broke a midnight curfew by celebrating late into the night following England's series opening win at Lord's. The England and Wales Crick...

At the Terratis facility in Montpellier, male insects grow inside large glass enclosures. In batches of 400,000, they are exposed to X-rays, making them infertile. "After sterilisation, we release them into urban areas," explained Clelia Oliva, co...