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Romano Floriani scored his first Serie A goal as Lazio soared to the top of the Italian league with a 6-2 thrashing of 10-man Sassuolo on Tuesday.

Syria condemned on Tuesday deadly strikes on the country's south a day earlier that Jordan said killed more than 20 jihadists as retaliation for a gun attack on a church.

President Donald Trump is set to announce Tuesday a sweeping rollback of rules that stop oil and gas producers from emitting methane, a greenhouse gas super pollutant.

England are sweating on the fitness of fly-half Fin Smith to face Australia in their November opener, but fellow midfielder Benhard Janse van Rensburg will play no part in the second phase of the Nations Championship.

Paris department store BHV Marais, which courted controversy last year with a partnership with Asian fast-fashion giant Shein, said Tuesday it had sought bankruptcy protection to protect its operations and jobs.

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi urged Iran during a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday to grant immediate access to his agency so it can verify the Islamic republic's nuclear materials.

Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka and striker Breel Embolo are available for selection again for next month's Nations League matches after being sanctioned for using forged Covid-19 certificates during the pandemic, the Swiss FA said Tuesday.

Boeing shares slumped around nine percent Tuesday as the company's cautious production growth timeframe surprised Wall Street, deepening questions about how fast recent plane certification and defense procurement wins will translate to the bottom line.

Napoli coach Massimiliano Allegri was on Tuesday banned for two Serie A matches and fined following his red card late in his team's 3-3 draw against Roma last weekend.

US President Donald Trump risks further straining an already tense relationship with Brazil after he branded elections won by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as "rigged," although the two powers still share strategic interests.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fighting for his political life, scrambled to bring out his base on Tuesday as Israelis voted in record numbers in the country's first election since the October 7, 2023 attack.

An isolated Ecuadoran air base has quietly become a key hub in Washington's expanding war on drug trafficking, according to flight records, satellite imagery, witnesses and military documents uncovered by AFP.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will try to secure unprecedentedly close ties with the EU when he hosts the bloc's leaders this week, with the possibility of a special "associate member" status even being raised.

Rangers boss Derek McInnes said he will understand a hostile reception at Tynecastle despite nearly leading Hearts to a first league title in 66 years last season.

Serbia's student movement on Tuesday demanded the bosses of the national broadcaster resign over alleged bias during the 14-year rule of Aleksandar Vucic's right-wing nationalist party, which was defeated in weekend elections.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned 81 on Tuesday, promising to work "24 hours a day" following his historic re-election for a fourth term.

Mitchell Starc took four wickets in six balls to cap an Australian fightback on the first day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Tuesday.

Boeing shares slumped around nine percent Tuesday as the company's cautious production growth timeframe surprised Wall Street, deepening questions about how fast recent plane certification and defense procurement wins will translate to the bottom line.

A British man who drugged and raped his then-wife over 13 years had advertised on sites like Craigslist and Grindr for strangers to have sex with her without her consent, a UK court heard Tuesday.

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny warned Tuesday that dictators are becoming "more cunning", as she helped launch a report revealing deepening global ties between autocrats and authoritarian-leaning parties.

Africa's latest outbreak of Ebola has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese health authorities said on Tuesday, with almost 5,000 fatalities.

The crowning moment of Harry Kane's career came back in his native city of London, but winning the Ballon d'Or would not have been possible without taking the "risk" of moving to German giants Bayern Munich.

The European Union vowed Tuesday to maintain its push for more countries to fund global conservation, as a dispute over who should pay divides nations at key UN nature talks.

Israelis flocked to the polls Tuesday in record numbers as a deeply divided electorate delivered a verdict on veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack.

Boeing on Tuesday reported a smaller quarterly loss compared with the same period last year -- when plane certification delay costs heavily dented results -- as it ramps up output carefully.

Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola said Tuesday that striker Alexander Isak "feels the trust of everyone" after rediscovering his goalscoring form for the club this season.

Tech firms rose Tuesday for a second day as AI titan Anthropic's IPO filing revived optimism over the sector.

French media groups on Tuesday called on the far-right National Rally (RN) party headed by Marine Le Pen to allow them to "work freely" after journalists were allegedly subjected to rough treatment at a congress last weekend.

Pace bowler Dilshan Madushanka grabbed a career best 5-34 as Sri Lanka cruised to a thumping eight wicket win over Pakistan in Lahore on Tuesday which ends England's hopes of reaching the tri-series final.

The European Union wants to give its border agency greater powers, including handling deportations, under plans to strengthen the bloc's response to irregular migration presented on Tuesday.

After going from hawking sweets to his primary schoolmates to becoming Africa's richest man, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote now stands on the cusp of what could be the continent's biggest-ever IPO.

UK anti-terrorism police said Tuesday two men have been charged with national security offences after an incident last month at a British airbase used by the United States, linking the scare to Iran.