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Liverpool sign Bournemouth defender Kerkez

Liverpool sign Bournemouth defender Kerkez

Liverpool on Thursday announced they had completed the £40 million ($55 million) signing of Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez.

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Archer back in England Test squad after four-year absence

Archer back in England Test squad after four-year absence

Paceman Jofra Archer was Thursday named in England's squad for the second Test against India after an absence of more than four years.

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Khamenei says Trump 'exaggerated' impact of US strikes on nuclear sites

Khamenei says Trump 'exaggerated' impact of US strikes on nuclear sites

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday said US President Donald Trump "exaggerated" the impact of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, in his first appearance since a ceasefire in the war with Israel took hold.

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Spaceship carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary, docks with ISS

Spaceship carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary, docks with ISS

A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, marking the first time in decades that these nations have sent crew to space.

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Europe rights court condemns France over police racial profiling

Europe rights court condemns France over police racial profiling

Europe's top rights court on Thursday condemned France over "discriminatory treatment" against a Frenchman who accused his country's police of racial profiling.

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Dollar slides as Trump eyes new Fed boss

Dollar slides as Trump eyes new Fed boss

The dollar slid Thursday as President Donald Trump lined up candidates to succeed Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, fuelling bets of cuts to US interest rates.

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Spotted: endangered leopard in Bangladesh

Spotted: endangered leopard in Bangladesh

Photographs of a leopard snapped by camera traps in forests in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts have raised hopes among conservationists working to save the critically endangered species.

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India recovers data from black boxes after deadly crash

India recovers data from black boxes after deadly crash

Indian investigators have successfully retrieved data from the black boxes of a Boeing plane, after it crashed in one of the deadliest air disasters in decades, the government said Thursday.

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Verdict expected in Italy 'forever chemicals' trial

Verdict expected in Italy 'forever chemicals' trial

A verdict is expected Thursday in the trial of 15 managers of a chemical plant accused of knowingly contaminating the water of hundreds of thousands of people in Italy.

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China hosts Iran, Russia defence ministers against backdrop of 'turmoil'

China hosts Iran, Russia defence ministers against backdrop of 'turmoil'

China hosted defence ministers from Iran and Russia for a meeting in its eastern seaside city of Qingdao on Thursday against the backdrop of war in the Middle East and a summit of NATO countries in Europe that agreed to boost military spending.

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