Ugandans are voting in a tense presidential election as 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule amid an internet shutdown and heavy military deployment.

FIFA said Wednesday it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year's World Cup. Soccer's organizing body said outside the host United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests were made by fans residing in Germany,

Britain's Conservative Party faces fresh turmoil as leader Kemi Badenoch sacks justice spokesperson Robert Jenrick. She says there is “irrefutable evidence” he was plotting to defect. On

Trump had told Reuters that Putin was “ready to make a deal” but Ukraine was reluctant to, in an assessment at odds with European leaders and analysts who believe Moscow has no intention of curbing its war aims.

Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country, accusing the official of spying MOSCOW -- Russia on Thursday ordered a British diplomat to leave the country over allegations of spying,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more challenging elements will be carried out.

The judiciary said that Erfan Soltani would not be executed, Iranian state media reported. His case has drawn attention to the fate of the arrested demonstrators.

America needs Greenland “for the purpose of National Security”, he insisted. The two sides had “agreed to disagree”, Mr Rasmussen said, offering no hint that his government might compromise on the future of Greenland,