The recently concluded 2021 modern pentathlon Youth World Championships revealed that Egypt's young athletes are ready to jump to the senior ranks.
The Under-19 and U-17 one-week event was held at the Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime (...)
France on Tuesday urged its European Union partners to consider whether to delay negotiations on the bloc's future trade agreement with Australia over what Paris says is a lack of trust sparked by a major defense deal between the U.S., Australia and (...)
Italy set an international record by extending its unbeaten run to 36 games in a 0-0 draw at Switzerland in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday that saw penalty expert Jorginho miss from the spot again.
The European champion has not lost under coach (...)
Italy fans will get to cheer on the same heroes that beat England in the Euro 2020 final, coach Roberto Mancini said on Wednesday as his team prepare for their first match since their triumph at Wembley.
The Azzurri host Bulgaria in Florence on (...)
Over the past 30 years, the number of adults (aged 30-79 years) living with hypertension worldwide has doubled to 626 million women and 652 million men in 2019, from an estimated 331 million women and 317 million men in 1990, with most of this (...)
A Polish refugee rights group said Friday that 32 people who fled Afghanistan have been trapped for 12 days in an area between Poland and Belarus while caught up in a standoff between the two countries.
The group, Fundacja Ocalenie, called on Polish (...)
Four times a week, an Iraqi Airways Boeing 747 leaves Baghdad Airport for Minsk, the capital of Belarus, with hundreds of Iraqis on board. The passengers are not going to one of Europe's newfound tourist destinations but are refugees seeking shelter (...)
Belarus' authoritarian president said Friday he's prepared to invite Russian troops into the country if such a move is necessary to ensure the security of both Belarus and Russia.
But, President Alexander Lukashenko said, at the moment "there is (...)
Romanian champion Cluj was the first team to benefit from the abolishment of the away-goals rule in UEFA competitions.
Cluj on Tuesday advanced to the Champions League second qualifying round with an extra-time goal in a 2-1 loss at Borac Banja Luka (...)
The authoritarian leader of Belarus visited Russia on Tuesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin as soaring tensions with the West have boosted his reliance on Moscow's support.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko thanked Putin for the (...)
The European Union's border agency is pledging to ``significantly'' step up its support to Lithuania in the coming days ``due to the growing migratory pressure at Lithuania's border with Belarus'' that the Baltic nation is trying to contain.
The (...)
Spain's preparations for the European Championship have taken a hit after captain Sergio Busquets tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday and is in danger of missing key games at the tournament.
Busquets will need to be in isolation for 10 (...)
Belarusians distraught by the intensifying crackdown on political opposition in their homeland demonstrated Saturday against the country's authoritarian president in the capital of neighboring Ukraine.
The protest of about 100 people came a week (...)
When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19: Held before a live, indoor audience of 3,500, the (...)
As tensions with Russia simmer, thousands of NATO troops, several warships and dozens of aircraft are taking part in military exercises stretching across the Atlantic, through Europe and into the Black Sea region.
The war games, dubbed Steadfast (...)
Tottenham and Roma are starting on the road to Tirana next season.
The two clubs that recently fired and hired Jose Mourinho are the highest-ranked entries in the list being finalized this week for the inaugural Europa Conference League - the (...)
US President Joe Biden will join a virtual summit of eastern European NATO states held in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Monday, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said, with a focus on security in the Black Sea region and Ukraine.
The summit of (...)
Seven former Soviet bloc countries have announced they are expelling Russian diplomats and Moscow is retaliating, in a series of disputes that are spiralling by the day. Here is an overview:
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech authorities said on April 17 they (...)
Denmark said on Thursday it had not yet decided what to do with leftover AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after a senior figure from the World Health Organization suggested the Nordic country would share them with other nations.
Denmark this week (...)
The United States and 13 other countries expressed concerns on Tuesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint (...)
Many countries are resuming use of the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker's vaccine after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the benefits outweighed the risks following investigations into reports of blood (...)
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced, lastThursday, that there is no indication the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is linked to an increased risk of blood clots.
"There is currently no (...)
Health authorities in Denmark and Norway said on Thursday they had temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine shots after reports of the formation of blood clots in some who have been vaccinated.
The move comes after Austria (...)
Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport received on Sunday its first-ever flight by Avion Express, arriving from Lithuania, a statement by the Ministry of Civil Aviation said.
The Avion Express flight, carrying 173 passengers on board, was welcomed (...)
Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny held candle-lit gatherings in residential courtyards across Russia on Sunday despite warnings that they could be arrested.
Navalny's allies have declared a moratorium on street rallies until the spring (...)
