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FIFA files criminal complaint against secondary ticket firm Viagogo
FIFA on Tuesday said it had filed a criminal complaint against the secondary ticketing firm Viagogo's sale of 2018 World Cup tickets, opening a new battle between sports organisations and websites se…
ICPC arraign suspended SEC boss, commissioner for N115m misappropriation
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Tuesday arraigned the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mounir Gwarzo, and a commissione…
Nine killed in Niger suicide bombings
Nine people were killed in three suicide bombings in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria, a local official said on Tuesday.The attacks occurred late Monday in the regional capital of Diff…
Belgian authorities detain 13 in tennis match-fixing probe
Belgian authorities say they have detained 13 people for questioning from raids linked to an investigation into match-fixing in professional tennis.The federal prosecutor's office says in a statement…
Harvey Weinstein set to plead not guilty in New York
Fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was expected to plead not guilty Tuesday to rape and sexual assault charges in New York, opening a legal battle for the #MeToo movement that dreams of seeing him b…
Iran tells UN it will hike uranium enrichment capacity
Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity, nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday."If conditions allow, may…
Man shot dead at Irish boxing gym
A 30-year-old man has died after a shooting at an Irish gym founded by the father of world boxing champion Katie Taylor.Two other men, aged 35 and 57, were also injured in the shooting at Bray Boxing…
Ethiopian pastor killed by crocodile during baptism
A Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in northern Ethiopia has been killed by a crocodile, police and residents have told BBC Amharic.About 80 people were being baptised when Pa…
Saudi women get driving licences
Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, authorities said, just weeks before the historic lifting of the conservative kingdom's ban on female motorists.Ten…
Formula One: Daniel Ricciardo to be hit with grid penalties at the Canadian GP
Monaco GP victor Daniel Ricciardo will be hit with multiple grid penalties at the upcoming Canadian GP.Two weeks after claiming victory in F1's showpiece event despite a crippling loss of power from …
Liverpool's Loris Karius suffered concussion during Champions League final, doctors confirm
Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius suffered concussion during the Champions League final, doctors in the United States have confirmed.Karius underwent scans at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston…
Death toll from Guatemala volcano eruption rises, more bodies recovered
Rescue workers pulled more bodies Monday from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, bringing the death toll to at least 69.Of them, 17 have been identi…
Afghan president condemns suicide bombing
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned Monday's suicide bomb attack outside a peace tent gathering of Muslim clerics in Kabul and backed their fatwa against suicide attacks, saying they violated the…
U.S. special counsel accuses Manafort of attempted witness tampering
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who has been indicted by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, attempted to tamper with potential witnesses, Mueller said in a court f…
Russian court gives Ukrainian reporter 12 years for espionage
A Russian court on Monday sentenced a Ukrainian journalist to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony after he was found guilty of espionage, in a case Kiev has condemned as "politically motivated".…
Congo's Virunga National Park to remain closed until 2019
Africa's oldest national park ? known for its volcanoes and endangered mountain gorillas ? will not be reopening again this year for tourists visiting eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Virunga Nat…
Tennis: Serena Williams pulls out of French Open with pectoral injury
Serena Williams has pulled out of her fourth-round match at the French Open against Maria Sharapova because of a pectoral muscle injury that won't allow her to serve, she announced on Monday."I'm bey…
Tennis: Rafael Nadal overcomes early wobble to power past Maximilian Marterer in French Open
Rafael Nadal overcame an early wobble to breeze into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-3 6-2 7-6 win over Germany's Maximilian Marterer.The win extended the 10-time Roland Garros champio…
Macron's chief of staff faces corruption probe: prosecutors
French anti-corruption prosecutors have opened an investigation into President Emmanuel Macron's chief of staff Alexis Kohler over his links to Italian shipping giant MSC, a statement said on Monday.…
Jordanian PM resigns after protests: official source
Jordan's Prime Minister Hani Mulki has resigned after several days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures.The protesters say a new tax bill backed by the International Monetary Fund (IM…