'Human shield': Niger's ousted president held by junta
President Mohamed Bazoum has been languishing for two years along with his wife in Niger's presidential palace since his ouster by a junta, which is using them as human shields to avert foreign military intervention to free them, according to the couple's lawyers.
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Notre-Dame gets back St Thomas statue adorning spire base
A statue of the apostle Saint Thomas was on Thursday returned to Notre-Dame in Paris, which has now recovered all 16 statues that adorned the base of its spire before a 2019 devasting fire.
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Notorious French singer faces new probe over ex-wife's death
A notorious French singer who beat his girlfriend to death is to face a new legal investigation over the suicide of his ex-wife following a Netflix documentary about his violent behaviour, prosecutors said Thursday.
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India's Pant hits battling fifty as England captain Stokes strikes
Rishabh Pant defied a severe foot injury to make a gutsy fifty while England captain Ben Stokes took his first five-wicket haul in eight years as India were dismissed for 358 in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Read moreIsrael recalls Gaza negotiators after Hamas responds to ceasefire plan
Israel said on Thursday it had recalled its negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas, as international pressure mounted for a breakthrough to end nearly two years of devastating war.
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Trump to tour Fed as war on central bank chief ramps up
Donald Trump is due to visit the US Federal Reserve Thursday as the president escalates his pressure on its chairman Jerome Powell over the central bank's management of the economy.
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Farhan's 50 lifts Pakistan to 178-7 in third Bangladesh T20I
Opener Sahibzada Farhan hit a solid half century to guide Pakistan to an improved total of 178-7 in the third and final Twenty20 international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday.
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ICC convicts pair over Central Africa war crimes
The International Criminal Court Thursday convicted a former top Central African Republic football official and a militiaman nicknamed Rambo for multiple war crimes committed during the country's civil war in 2013 and 2014.
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EU-US trade deal hopes buoy stocks
Stock markets mostly extended gains Thursday as optimism grew that the European Union could soon strike a trade deal with the United States, following the Japan-US agreement.
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EU turns up pressure with Trump trade deal 'in reach'
With the contours of a hard-fought EU-US trade deal taking shape, the European Union is flexing its muscles in a bid to squeeze concessions from US President Donald Trump in the run-up to his deadline of August 1.
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