On Friday, Liverpool’s majority owners Fenway Sports Group announced the sale of a minority stake in the club a consortium including Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Savarin. Former Queens Park Rangers owner Amit Bhatia is expected to become the…
In the five years since the Taliban seized back power in Afghanistan, the country’s worsening human rights record has drawn sanctions and aid cuts. But despite refusing to officially recognise the fundamentalist movement’s government, some countries are concluding that engaging with…
Five years after seizing Kabul and returning to power, the Taliban is celebrating what it calls a more secure and “free” Afghanistan. But its anniversary comes amid mounting criticism over sweeping restrictions on women and girls, economic hardship and continued…
Palestinian residents of three houses in Qusra near Nablus in the occupied West Bank say they have been effectively cut off from food and other supplies since the siege by Israeli settlers began on Sunday. But the Israeli military has…
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern Flores island early Saturday, leaving at least 20 people dead and several others trapped beneath collapsed buildings. Emergency crews are racing to reach affected communities as landslides blocked roads and residents fled…
Seven people were killed and at least three injured in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon’s state news agency said. It is the worst toll since deals in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel…
A man was charged with multiple hate crimes after allegedly disrupting Shabbat services at a New York City synagogue Friday, striking a congregant and attacking a member of the security team, authorities said. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch…
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever were back at the friendly confines of Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as they welcomed another one of the league’s biggest stars, Paige Bueckers, and the Dallas Wings. Now, there’s been a lot of drama…
An Arizona Shake Shack employee is facing charges after allegedly robbing his own restaurant at gunpoint, locking two co-workers in a walk-in cooler and then returning to work in uniform just two days later. Keondre Simmons, 33, allegedly called out…
Construction workers in Belgium this week uncovered $10.4 million in gold while building a new sewer below a former brewery, according to local police. Police in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, a Flemish community outside Brussels, said the workers contacted them immediately about the…