Accusations of racism and a sending-off for José Mourinho. Real Madrid won the Champions League match against Benfica 1-0, but the focus shifted elsewhere.
FootballTwo years ago, Russian regime critic Alexei Navalny died in a penal colony. On the anniversary of his death, his mother is demanding justice.
WorldThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) is threatening Vladyslav Heraskevych with a ban, but the Ukrainian skeleton racer insists he intends to continue competing while wearing his banned helmet.
SportsDubai's main airport once again set a passenger record last year and looks set to retain the title of busiest airport in the world for international passenger traffic.
BusinessKenya described it as "unacceptable" that several Kenyans were reportedly tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
ConflictsFirst, Russia recruited prisoners and minorities within the country. Then it added soldiers from Asian countries. Now it is tricking young men from African countries into becoming “cannon fodder” in Ukraine, several Kenyans told the AFP news agency. “Don’t try to escape, or we will shoot you,” the commanders told them, 28-year-old Victor says.
ConflictsJust hours after his release, Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested, prosecutors in Caracas confirm. Nobel laureate María Corina Machado is demanding his release.
WorldThe Washington Post's CEO, Will Lewis, is resigning amid major cuts at the newspaper.
WorldCold snaps down to minus 20 degrees - and no electricity or heating. The elderly in wartime Kyiv are trying to stay warm with the help of plastic bottles of hot water. We will have a hard time surviving, says 91-year-old Lidija Telesjuk.
WorldProsecutors in France have opened a preliminary investigation into financial crimes involving former senior politician Jack Lang following revelations in the Epstein documents.
World politicsChina has overturned the death sentence on Canadian Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian government source told AFP.
WorldThe Venezuelan parliament has given initial approval to a proposed amnesty law.
World politicsWarnings of an arms race are being sounded, and the Doomsday Clock is being moved forward. Now New START, the agreement that limits the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia, is expiring. President Donald Trump said, "We will make a better agreement."
WorldHuman rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is on a hunger strike in an Iranian prison, her family's Paris-based lawyer said.
WorldSeif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya's ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was killed at his home in a commando raid.
WorldAt least eight civilians, including three children, have been killed in a drone attack on a health facility in the town of Kadugli in southern Sudan, a medical source told AFP.
ConflictsThe much-anticipated opening of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing turned out to be a trickle. Only five patients were released on the first day.
ConflictsLarge protests have broken out in the Czech capital, Prague, in support of the country's president, who has come into conflict with the government.
World politicsIranian protester Erfan Soltani has been released on bail, his lawyer told the AFP news agency.
WorldThe disputed Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been partially opened, according to Israel.
ConflictsAn agreement between the government in Damascus and the pushed-back Kurdish SDF is to "unify Syrian territory." Kurdish forces are to be incorporated into the Syrian military.
WorldDozens of people have been killed in an Islamist attack in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, local sources told AFP.
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