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Swimming star Leon Marchand pulled out of the French nationals on Tuesday with a leg muscle issue just weeks before the European Championships.

Spain's Salma Paralluelo will leave Barcelona after her contract ended on Tuesday, said the Catalan giants.

Transport infrastructure across Europe, North America and central Asia must adapt to more adverse climate conditions, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that inaction could prove more costly than upgrades.

Police on Tuesday were searching for the suspect behind a parcel bomb that wounded a businessman of Ukrainian origin and two others in Monaco, after the unprecedented attack rocked the super-safe principality.

Inter Milan announced on Tuesday the departure of goalkeeper Yann Sommer, central defenders Francesco Acerbi and Stefan de Vrij as well as right-back Matteo Darmian.

Inter Milan announced on Tuesday the departure of goalkeeper Yann Sommer, central defender Francesco Acerbi and right-back Matteo Darmian.

Graduating with a degree in biology in Germany, Julia Unkelbauer thought she had done everything right. But applying for job after job since 2024 has so far resulted only in rejections.

Outside the EU's visa application centre in an Istanbul shopping mall, a large crowd waits patiently, clutching thick folders and scanning lists of required documents one last time, their anxiety palpable as they await the security guard's call.

Russian and Belarusian skaters will be allowed to return to international competition as neutrals for the 2026–2027 season, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced on Tuesday.

Rescuers from around the world pushed Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela's massive quakes that killed over 1,700 people, with tens of thousands still unaccounted for.

Russian two-time Olympic figure skating pairs champion Artur Dmitriev has died aged 58, the country's figure skating federation announced on Tuesday.

More than one million undocumented migrants in Spain have sought legal status under a scheme that has defied a wider European crackdown on irregular immigration, the government said on Tuesday, the final day for submissions.

South African police deployed to head off unrest and protests on Tuesday, the unofficial deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave that has already pushed thousands to flee.

Thousands of members of a powerful Philippine religious sect rallied in Manila on Tuesday, snarling traffic as they protested the expected arrest of a senator and church member.

A parcel bomb blast wounded a Ukrainian oligarch and two others in Monaco on Monday, authorities said, in an unprecedented act that has rocked the super-safe principality.

South Africa's security forces said Monday that more than 25,000 people have been repatriated in recent weeks ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests, with many others still awaiting departure.

France unleash their devastating forward line on Sweden in a last-32 tie at the World Cup on Tuesday, while Erling Haaland will try to fire Norway past the Ivory Coast and into the next round.

Taiwanese investigators have raided the Taiwan offices of US company Super Micro Computer and two other tech firms, a prosecutor said Tuesday, as part of an expanded probe into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia AI chips to China.

Fed up with the dearth of same-sex love stories on Philippine screens, Vee Camallere created her own show using artificial intelligence, a technology described as a mixed blessing by LGBTQ campaigners.

Morocco coach Mohamed Ouabhi believes his team is primed to make a deep run at the World Cup, declaring that the Atlas Lions could be "unstoppable" if they play to their potential.

With its grand atrium, 500-seat acoustics-led concert hall and other state-of-the-art spaces, Oxford's Schwarzman Centre is the newest example of an elite UK university showcasing a billionaire's endowment.

In a Moscow suburb, shut-down shops and "for rent" signs reveal the creeping toll of Russia's slowing wartime economy.

US President Donald Trump said Iran requested a meeting on Tuesday in Qatar, despite Tehran denying any directnegotiations were planned with Washington on the deal aimed at ending the Middle East war.

Paraguay sensationally sent four-time champions Germany crashing out of the World Cup on Monday as Brazil and Morocco clinched dramatic victories to reach the last 16.

Morocco defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the last 16 of the World Cup on Monday after a thrilling battle in Monterrey finished 1-1 after extra-time.

NASA on Tuesday is set to launch a daring robotic rescue mission, a long shot bid to prevent one of its aging telescopes from vanishing into dust.

Asian equities fluctuated Tuesday as investors struggled to build on a record day on Wall Street, where tech firms bounced after the hefty selling of the past two weeks, while the yen held around a four-decade low against the dollar.

The streets of Paraguay erupted Monday as people rejoiced in beating powerhouse Germany in the World Cup and the president declared a national holiday.

DR Congo’s long road to a first World Cup in 52 years has been beset by challenges that their English opponents in the last 32 on Wednesday could scarcely imagine.

Unfazed by the crashing waves, 72-year-old Wu Feng-chiao yanks fistfuls of brownish-purple seaweed she will process into jelly, one of the last women in Taiwan keeping the marine harvest tradition alive.

Peru's conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori vowed to restore "order and hope" as final results showed she narrowly won election in the latest victory for a resurgent Latin American right.

The United States military repaired and reopened a key seaport in the hardest hit area of Venezuela on Monday, as the country began burying more than 1,700 victims of twin earthquakes that have left tens of thousands still missing.