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William Troost-Ekong's second-half penalty gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday, turning up the heat on the host country whose hopes of reaching the last 16 remain in the balance.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday that air strikes by Pakistan and Iran on each other's territory showed Tehran was not "well-liked", as the White House warned against any escalation.

Belgium's main museum dedicated to Africa has started delving into the origins of its enormous collection, as a first step towards possible restitution of items that were obtained in violent ways during colonial times.

Five kicking specialists from England and Ireland are among 16 athletes from eight nations named Thursday to the NFL's International Player Pathway (IPP) program for 2024, the league announced Thursday.

Israel's athletes will join the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris despite security concerns, the country's Games boss told AFP on Thursday.

New car sales in Europe rebounded by 13.9 percent in 2023 as electric vehicles overtook diesel for the first time, an industry group said on Thursday.

A crippled American spaceship is set to burn up in the atmosphere over a remote region of the South Pacific on Thursday, bringing a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon.

Ecuador's Attorney General Diana Salazar is no fortune teller, but a few weeks before narco gangs went on a violent rampage she warned the country to brace itself.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that US and British military strikes against Yemen's Huthis would continue, because the Iran-backed rebels were still attacking shipping in the Red Sea.

Australia failed to sparkle but joined hosts and holders Qatar in the Asian Cup knockout rounds on Thursday, with Uzbekistan in pole position to join them.

The Israeli army said troops reached the southernmost point of their ground invasion of Gaza so far on Thursday as they intensified operations across the south of the Palestinian territory.

Iran is barely cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency which feels it is being held "hostage" to the country's disputes with Western countries, IAEA director general Rafael Grossi told AFP on Thursday.

China's Li Haotong, Dubai Desert Classic champion in 2018, surged to a four-way lead after the first round of the $9 million tournament on Thursday as defending champion Rory McIlroy struggled four shots off the pace.

France head coach Fabien Galthie said on Thursday he had selected Gregory Alldritt as captain for the Six Nations in Antoine Dupont's absence as he is younger than regular stand-in Charles Ollivon.

Rishi Sunak on Thursday urged members of the UK's unelected upper chamber of parliament to pass his contentious plan to send migrants to Rwanda, insisting it was "the will of the people".

Former England hooker Richard Cockerill has been appointed the new head coach of Georgia and will also manage the Tblisi-based Black Lion franchise, the Georgian rugby federation announced on Thursday on X.

Global stocks rebounded Thursday in choppy trade as investors assessed the outlook for interest rates after the previous day's sharp losses.

Indian-owned Tata Steel is to cut about 3,000 jobs at a plant in Wales, a source said Thursday, as the industry struggles to finance greener production of the metal.

Turkey on Thursday hailed the unexpected sighting of the leopard barbel fish -- listed as one of the most endangered in the world -- in the Tigris River.

The Anglo-Dutch group Just Eat Takeaway said Thursday that it would wind up its Paris subsidiary that employs riders on labour contracts but that it will continue to operate its delivery service in the French capital.

An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut are set to launch for the International Space Station on Thursday with Axiom Space, as countries increasingly look to the private sector to fulfill their final frontier ambitions.

Wanindu Hasaranga's bottom-order demolition eased Sri Lanka to a 2-1 series win against Zimbabwe Thursday after the tourists were bowled out in Colombo for 82, their worst-ever T20 total.

Emilio Nsue scored the first Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick since 2008 as Equatorial Guinea beat Guinea-Bissau 4-2 on Thursday to close in on a place in the last 16.

Generative artificial intelligence could transform healthcare through things like drug development and quicker diagnoses, but the World Health Organization warned Thursday of the potential pitfalls in rushing to embrace AI.

Icelanders forced from their town by a dramatic volcanic eruption face never returning home, after lava engulfed several homes in the town, something the island nation had not seen in five decades.

The post election crisis in the Comoros has intensified with the first reported death in street violence and a call from the opposition for a national day of protest on Friday against the "masquerade" of President Azali Assoumani's victory.

The Ecuadoran army and police on Thursday launched an operation in a vast penitentiary complex in the port city of Guayaquil, the nerve center of a drug war between the government and powerful criminal groups.

Turkish first division club Basaksekir on Thursday sent Israeli midfielder Eden Karzev on loan to Maccabi Tel Aviv following a probe into his repost of a social media message calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas militants.

Movie stars and indie darlings from Pedro Pascal and Kristen Stewart to Richard Linklater and Steven Soderbergh were headed to the mountains of Utah on Thursday for the 40th edition of the Sundance film festival.

Sri Lanka skipper Wanindu Hasaranga cut through Zimbabwe's bottom order to bowl the tourists out for their worst-ever T20 innings total of 82 in Thursday's series decider in Colombo.

Turkish first division club Basaksekir on Thursday ended the loan spell of Israeli midfielder Eden Karzev who reposted a social media message calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas militants.

The head of Russia's Bashkortostan said Thursday protests that shook the Urals region this week were organised by separatist "traitors" from abroad who want to start a "partisan war".