World Archive

Two French football supporters have died as violence erupted across the country following Les Bleus ’ World Cup triumph. Some of the worst scenes were in central Paris, where the Champs Élysées remained closed in the early hours of Monday following

Tunisia’s World Cup coach Nabil Maaloul has left his job in order to take charge of Qatari league champions Al Duhail. Maaloul, who turns 56 later this month, takes over from Djamel Belmadi, who quit and is widely expected to be

France won the Fifa World Cup for the second time by overcoming Croatia’s bold challenge in a thrilling final in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Didier Deschamps’ side repeated the success on home soil at France ’98 by a margin that hardly looked

Nigeria’s armed forces have released 183 children who were being held on suspicion of having ties to militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The 175 boys and eight girls – whose ages ranged from eight to 18 years – were freed in

The news that all 12 boys and their coach have been rescued will come as a huge relief to millions in Thailand and around the world who have followed every step of this captivating story. The boys – aged between 11

A former Thai navy diver who joined in search efforts to rescue 12 boys and their coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand has died. Saman Gunan, 38, lost consciousness on his way out of the Tham Luang cave complex

Najib Razak has been charged with corruption, a dramatic fall from grace for the former Malaysian prime minister two months after he lost office. He faces three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power. He

Justice Maurine Onyetenu of a Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, Wednesday, granted leave to two Nigerians, Kanmi Ajibola, a lawyer and Sulaiman Adeniyi, a human right activist in their suit, seeking to compel the National Assembly to initiate