Real Madrid's Trent Alexander Arnold is also expected to be excluded, with Al-Ahli striker Ivan Toney the surprise inclusion. Foden and Palmer played a major role in the Three Lions' run to the final of Euro 2024. However, the BBC and Sky Sports r...

This year's rites, drawing worshippers from across the Islamic world including Iran, follow waves of Iranian attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbours. Saudi officials are keen to keep conflict far from the minds of visitors, who h...

Andrew, the second of the late queen Elizabeth II's three sons, was arrested in mid-February after new revelations stemming from his ties to the late billionaire US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Detectives at Thames Valley Police said Friday they ...

The Italian journalist and writer from Piedmont founded Slow Food in 1986, in protest against the opening of the first fast food restaurants in the country. Since then, the movement has ballooned, spreading to 160 countries in its mission to promot...

The US embassy said it is providing thousands of vehicle covers emblazoned with Trump's face and the US flag for the ubiquitous three-wheeled taxi rickshaws plying the sprawling megacity. "Happy Birthday America!", the cover reads, fitted to the b...

Paul McCartney led an all-star lineup for the final episode of "The Late Show" as host Stephen Colbert bowed out after broadcaster CBS cancelled his show as it courted US President Donald Trump. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert notes that Colbert's exit ...

The game at the 28,000-capacity Ullevaal Stadium in the Norwegian capital brings together, in the words of UEFA women's football director Nadine Kessler, "the two greatest teams probably of all time". Lyon's total of eight titles in the competition...

The deadliest attack took place at dawn in the municipality of Trujillo in Colon department, where 19 people were shot dead with long guns in an area riven by gang turf wars over a palm plantation and drug trafficking routes, authorities said. In ...

Naegohyang Women's FC take on Japan's Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the South Korean city of Suwon, having beaten Suwon FC Women in the semi-finals at the same stadium earlier this week. The rare North-South semi-final was a hard-fought match played in a f...

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr Andreas Krieg, Senior Lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London and Fellow at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies. According to Krieg, "Iran is fighting a war against the global e...

The giant structure -- set to dwarf the Eiffel Tower at 365 metres (1,200 feet) once completed -- is going up in the former coal-mining region of Lusatia in Brandenburg state. Once its huge rotor blades start spinning in the steady high-altitude wi...

But the activity, deeply rooted in local culture and which has enabled generations of women to make a living, is now under threat as mangrove forests deteriorate under pressure from human expansion. "We learnt how to do it for ourselves... to survi...

Originally from the central city of Mopti, Alpha Amadou, 40, has had to give up his usual journey home for the major holiday, known locally as Tabaski. "For the first time in 30 years living in Bamako, I'll be celebrating Eid here this year," he to...

The UN-backed body is tasked with setting regulations for deep-sea mining in international waters, and is currently drafting the founding set of rules for the polarising industry. Frustrated after years of waiting for this legal framework, a string...