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Football has never seen a stadium as audacious and outlandish before.

An 18-year-old Briton has been sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai after a "holiday romance" with a girl who was 17 at the time.

South Korea's former defence minister has tried to take his own life while being held in detention over his role in the failed imposition of martial law, officials have said.

A Georgia man has been charged over the 1985 killing of a couple at a black church after the original suspect was exonerated by DNA evidence.

The alleged killer of a US health insurance boss has tussled with police officers as they were escorting him to court.

The world's landmark Paris Agreement is "more fragile" than it has ever been and disagreements risk "imploding" it, the UK's climate ambassador has warned.

Benjamin Netanyahu has started giving evidence in his corruption trial, calling the case "absurd" and saying he hates champagne in response to claims he accepted gifts of alcohol and cigars.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is recovering in intensive care after having emergency surgery to drain blood from his brain, a medical note published by the country's government said.

Russia has said the Ukraine war will continue until it meets its aims - either on the battlefield or via negotiations - as its spy chief claimed it was close to achieving them.

The family of a US journalist held captive in Syria for the last 12 years say they are "incredibly hopeful" that he can be returned safely to them amid the "chaos" following the fall of Bashar al Assad's regime.