The production is slick, the pundits are sharp and the players are gods.

A Russian man has been arrested after two Ukrainian men were stabbed to death in southern Germany.

Pope Francis has made his first trip out of Rome for seven months with a visit to Venice where he asked worshippers to "pray for me". 

Twenty soldiers have been killed in a huge explosion at a military base in southwestern Cambodia.

Two Russian journalists could face at least two years in prison after they were arrested on "extremism" charges, accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

Ireland is pledging emergency legislation enabling it to send asylum seekers back to the UK.

Measles cases nearly doubled globally between 2022 and 2023, researchers say. 

The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised Israel over the arrest of a young Palestinian Christian woman in the occupied West Bank.

A memorial is set to be built for Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside British and Allied forces in both World Wars.

Spanish football has been marred by another racist incident, with "monkey sounds" directed at a black player.

Britain plans to equip its armed forces with a homegrown hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the decade, according to a report.

Hamas has released a new video that appears to show two hostages who have been held in Gaza since the 7 October assault on southern Israel.

The United Nations has expressed increasing concern over a potential imminent attack on al Fashir, the capital of North Darfur in Sudan.

British troops on the ground delivering aid to Gaza is "an option" but there has been no approval for the move, a Whitehall source has told Sky News.

A tourist has been fined NOK 12,500 Norwegian Kroner (£900) for approaching a walrus in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

There was no clear winner in Solomon Islands' election this week - now the two major opposition parties have struck a coalition deal with the aim of taking power. 

A well-known Iraqi social media influencer has reportedly been shot dead in her car by a gunman on a motorbike.

Four Vietnamese nationals accused of advertising their people smuggling services on Facebook have been arrested in England.

A well-known Iraqi social media influencer has reportedly been shot dead in her car by a gunman on a motorbike.

The family of a missing high school student who may have been the first victim of a suspected serial killer in Mexico City have protested at the site where bones were found last week.

The daughter of a British man who died in Cambodia says she has been left with unanswered questions - and claims the Foreign Office isn't "doing enough" to address them.

A wave of demonstrations have swept the Canary Islands as locals protested against a tourism model they say has plundered the environment, priced them out of housing and forced them into precarious work.

A British tourist is in intensive care after being attacked by a shark in Trinidad and Tobago.

In the nation of 'Cade Mile Failte' (a hundred thousand welcomes), the residents of Coolock want to shut the door.

Israel's security minister, controversial far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car accident, police have said.