Former Everton and Real Madrid footballer Royston Drenthe has been taken to hospital after having a stroke, according to a Dutch and Belgian football group.

The Louvre museum in Paris has been closed following a robbery, according to France's culture minister.

Israel has received the bodies of two more hostages from the Red Cross, the Israeli prime minister's office has confirmed.

Protesters have gathered in northern Germany demanding the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann be ousted from where they live.

Afghanistan has withdrawn its national team from a cricket series in Pakistan after strikes in an eastern border province killed three local players, the national governing body said.

Afghanistan has withdrawn its national team from a cricket series in Pakistan after strikes in an eastern border province killed three players, the national governing body said.

Burkas and niqabs are set to be banned in most public spaces in Portugal after MPs voted for a proposal to outlaw face veils introduced by a far-right political party. 

Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage to Israel, as bulldozers are deployed in the search for more bodies under the rubble of Gaza.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not ruled out the possibility that he can secure long-range Tomahawk missiles from the US, adding that he believes "Putin is afraid" of the consequences.

Ukraine's hopes of securing Tomahawk missiles have been ruled out by the US over fears it would spark an escalation, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Hostages returned to Israel alive face a number of health challenges that could even be life-threatening, a professor has warned.

It's the dead of night, and a convoy is driving along a road in Gaza's far north, 1.4km inside the Israeli area of control.

The family of Mango founder Isak Andic, who died after falling from a cliff, say his son is innocent - and did not play any part in the tragedy.

Italy's anti-mafia police are investigating after a car belonging to a leading journalist exploded outside his house.

The King will become the first British monarch to pray publicly with the Pope, since the Reformation 500 years ago, during a state visit to the Holy See next week.

Drugmakers in India have been told they must bring their manufacturing facilities up to international standards after at least 24 children died in the country from consuming cough syrup with a high level of toxicity.

Former Bayern Munich star Jerome Boateng is facing a backlash against a planned coaching internship after he was found guilty of physically abusing a former partner.

American forces have struck a vessel in the Caribbean suspected of carrying drugs, leaving some survivors, according to reports.

It feels like a game of diplomatic chess.

Hamas has told Sky News that it is committed to every detail of the ceasefire agreement but says it faces "enormous difficulties" in recovering the remaining bodies of Israeli hostages.

One week into the ceasefire, a new kind of violence is plaguing the Gaza Strip.

The Catholic Church has a "moral and spiritual obligation" to do more to help the victims of sexual abuse - and must take tougher action against their abusers, a Vatican report says.

The government has again delayed making a decision on whether the Chinese super embassy can go ahead.

A number of men who were stationed at or connected with a British Army base in Kenya have been declared the fathers of Kenyan children by the High Court.

The world's biggest packaged food company, Nestle, is to cut 16,000 jobs in the next two years, it announced on Thursday.