Manchester City will discover whether their appeal against a two-year ban from European competition has been successful the week of July 13, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday. "The final decision will be made during the week of July 13," CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb...

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Thursday that Iran had agreed to compensate the families' of the foreign victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down outside Tehran in January. "We have signed an agreement of mutual understanding that we will now negotiate with Iran...

Oman's health minister said Thursday that the sultanate had witnessed a "scary" surge in COVID-19 cases that required boosting hospital capacity, especially for intensive care units. The country reported 1,361 new cases of the coronavirus Thursday with three deaths in the last 24 hours, to...

 Some 20 activist groups called on Facebook Thursday to stop the spread of "hate speech" targeting sexual minorities in the Middle East and North Africa through its platform. "We the signers below are concerned about the increase of hate speech against the LGBTQI+ community on...