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Arteta signs new Arsenal deal until 2030

Spotify expands audiobooks to more than 180 markets

Stocks decline as oil climbs on Mideast flareup

French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular 'mystery'

Gauff says online abuse was 'draining' after China Open exit

England's Nations League surge helps heal World Cup wounds

As sector struggles, Porsche puts luxury ahead of volume

Mayor of opposition stronghold Izmir defects to Erdogan party

'It's personal': Fiji minister pushes better climate finance at pre-COP

Mertens beats Gauff to set up Swiatek clash at China Open

Russia glosses over dark Soviet past in reinvented museum

Benin full of pride at role in Messi's last dance

UK tax body opened probe into Man City in 2018: FT

France suspends stun grenade use at student protests ahead of PM speech

Tea giants lose certification after Kenya sex abuse probe

An international body said it had suspended its certification for two major global tea companies after an investigation into a sexual abuse scandal in Kenya.

'Wide open' for business: Russia makes play for Gulf money

Grappling with sanctions and an exodus of foreign firms, Moscow is looking to investors from oil-rich Arab Gulf states as the West locks it out over the war in Ukraine.

Johnny Depp makes comeback in scandal-hit period drama

Johnny Depp's comeback film is full of scandal both on-screen and off, as he tests out his French in the role of King Louis XV.

Stenson resigns from European Tour after sanctions

Axed Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson has resigned his European Tour membership after golf chiefs imposed further sanctions on players who competed in LIV Golf and Asian Tour events without permission.

Army, 'foreign' fighters killed 500 in Mali in March 2022: UN report

The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.

God speed: Archbishop of Canterbury hit with motoring fine

Just days after anointing King Charles III, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was prosecuted in court for speeding, it emerged on Friday.

Fierce Gaza fighting renews as truce hopes fade

Israel and Gaza militants traded heavy fired Friday as hopes faded of securing a truce to end days of fighting that have killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.

Sudan warring sides make humanitarian pledge without truce

Warplanes roared overhead as explosions rocked Khartoum on Friday, just hours after Sudan's warring parties signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict, without a truce in sight.

Pope warns of Italy's 'demographic winter'

Pope Francis called Friday for politicians to find solutions to reverse Italy's declining birthrate, warning that young people faced a "Titanic effort" to start families in a precarious environment.