Bayern Munich's journey to the Champions League title required 'brutal' mental strength and focus during a rollercoaster season that saw a major team overhaul. Sunday's 1-0 win over Paris St Germain not only clinched a sixth European crown for Bayern, it also saw them become the first team...

 More than 150 people were arrested as Paris Saint-Germain fans set cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and clashed with police in the French capital after their team's Champions League final defeat to Bayern Munich, police said Monday. The violence occurred around the Parc des Princes...

Canada is pressing Iran for additional answers over the downing in January of a Ukrainian jetliner, after an announcement by Tehran Sunday provided "limited and selected information." Iran's Revolutionary Guard has said it accidentally shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752...

Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system packing high winds and more of the lightning that sparked the huge blazes. There were hundreds of other...

Bahrain's government has raised its debt ceiling to 15 billion dinars ($39.79 billion) from 13 billion dinars to help finance public spending, the cabinet said Monday, as low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis have dented state revenues. The debt ceiling was also increased to pay for...

The UAE's decision to normalise ties with Israel has been welcomed by some Arab countries, but despite cheerleading from the US, others have rejected the idea and many approach it with caution. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on a Middle East tour that takes in Israel, Sudan, Bahrain...

Two regime forces have been killed by an ISIS ambush in eastern Raqqa province, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter..   The attack took place on Sunday evening when Daesh-linked militants attacked an army vehicle at the road of Rusafa-Athariya that links between Aleppo and Raqqa...

British foreign minister Dominic Raab will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week to press for renewed dialogue between their governments to pursue a negotiated two-state solution. "The UK remains committed to Israel's security and...

Iran's constitutional watchdog Monday set June 18 as date for the country's next presidential election, a vote that will choose the successor to President Hassan Rouhani who has served two four-year terms in office. The watchdog, the Guardian Council, approved the date, Iranian election...

 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Monday praised Israel's normalization of ties with the UAE and said he hoped to see other Arab countries follow suit. "I'm very hopeful that we will see other Arab nations join in this," he said standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

Some 172 countries are engaging with the WHO-led COVAX plan designed to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization said Monday, but more funding is urgently needed and countries should now make binding commitments. "Initially, when there will be limited...

Members of Syria's Constitutional Committee, tasked with amending their war-torn country's constitution, met at the UN in Geneva Monday for the first time since a failed attempt at talks last November. Delegations from President Bashar al-Assad's government, the opposition and civil society...

Paris Saint-Germain will look back at their narrow defeat by Bayern Munich in Sunday's Champions League final in Lisbon and wonder what might have been, while also stealing themselves to come back stronger in Europe's elite club competition in a new season which is already starting....

At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded — including soldiers and police — in a twin bombing Monday involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said. The attack happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where...

As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo started a Middle East tour in Israel Monday, Islamist group Hamas called on regional leaders to "break their silence" on Israel's blockade of Gaza. Israel has bombed the coastal Palestinian strip, which is ruled by the group, almost daily since August 6,...

President Donald Trump announced emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma - a move he called "a breakthrough," one of his top health officials called "promising" and other health experts said needs more study before it’s celebrated. The announcement Sunday...

The Tour de France rolls out of the French Riviera next Saturday with peaks, plains and rigid coronavirus protocols standing between the 176 riders and the final dash along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Delayed by over two months because of the virus, political will and organisational savvy...

Two rights groups are lodging a complaint to the UN over the "arbitrary" detention of a philanthropist Saudi prince, according to a document seen by AFP, adding to international pressure for his release. In January 2018, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, now 37, was swept up along with his...

President Donald Trump will draw on all his showman's instincts at the Republican convention starting Monday to get Americans to look beyond his handling of the coronavirus crisis and return him to the White House for a second term. Facing anger over the pandemic and ensuing economic...

Almost 150 people were arrested as Paris Saint-Germain fans set cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and clashed with police in the French capital after the team's Champions League final defeat to Bayern Munich, police said Monday. The violence occurred around the Parc des Princes stadium and...