Turkey outlined Monday its plans for a 120-kilometre "safe zone" in Syria on the eve of a key withdrawal deadline, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the West of "standing by terrorists".A Turkish military source said Kurdish fighters should initial

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.The visit came as Sanchez faces mo

Shares of Boeing tumbled again on Monday over its handling of the 737 MAX crisis after US aviation regulators criticized it for withholding key documents for months.Both UBS and Credit Suisse downgraded the company following Friday's statement by the Federal

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes the English champions are still not strong enough at either end of the field to count themselves as realistic contenders to win the Champions League for the first time.City are the bookmakers' favourites to final

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo gave coach Maurizio Sarri a vote of confidence on Monday when he said he was happy with the "more attacking" approach the club had adopted since Sarri came on board in the summer. "I think the team is getting better," sai

Pace duo Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav had India on the brink of a series whitewash after South Africa crumpled while following-on in the third Test and saw batsman Dean Elgar suffer a wincing blow to the helmet.At the end of the third day the tourists were o

Bangladesh's professional cricketers -- including several members of the national squad -- went on strike Monday to call for better pay and benefits.The protest, announced by national Test and Twenty20 captain Shakib Al Hasan, could also put next month's tou

Botswana votes on Wednesday in the most closely fought general election in the history of the southern African country, long known as one of the continent's most stable democracies.Former president Ian Khama has shaken up the country's traditionally calm pol

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in public for the first time in six months on Monday, seeming frail and confused during a British court appearance ahead of his extradition hearing.The 48-year-old Australian is fighting a United States bid to extradit

Yazidis, an ancient ethnic group much persecuted for their faith, now have a massive new temple in Armenia to help preserve their religion and identity.The Yazidi community, which has suffered greatly in recent upheavals in the Middle East, has found a safe ha

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is waiting anxiously on the outcome this month of a probe into alleged mismanagement that has dented its already severely depleted funding, one of its top officials said Monday.The UN Relief and Works Agency hopes the res