Teenage Barcelona striker Lamine Yamal was named player of the year in la Liga on Friday after spearheading the club's drive to the title.
England suffered a dramatic middle-order collapse on Friday, losing four wickets for just one run, as New Zealand fought back on the second day of the first Test at Lord's.
Lebanon's leaders issued pointed calls for Iran to stop interfering in their country's affairs on Friday, as Israel and the Tehran-backed Hezbollah traded attacks after a new truce deal collapsed before it even began.
- Argentine rock legend Carlos 'Indio' Solari dies at 77
- FIFA ups payments to clubs who send players to World Cup
Politics
The Russian economy has not fallen apart, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, dismissing Western criticism that his country's economic engine had run out of steam.
June 05, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Charles Leclerc made local knowledge pay on Friday when he topped the times for Ferrari in opening practice for his home Monaco Formula One Grand Prix ahead of team-mate seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.
June 05, 2026
RECENT NEWS
A Dutch court Friday handed jail terms to three men convicted of the brazen theft of a 2,500-year-old golden Romanian helmet that sparked outrage in Romania and the art world.
June 05, 2026
An international coalition of lawyers said it will file a complaint Friday with Africa's top human rights body to halt US deportations to Equatorial Guinea, which has served as a waystation for sending people home to countries where they fear persecution.
June 05, 2026
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak plans to "say everything" about the club's battle with Premier League chiefs once a verdict on their financial charges has been delivered.
June 05, 2026
Politics
Celtic's interest in appointing Robbie Keane as their new manager has sparked anger among the club's pro-Palestine fans after his previous role with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv.
June 05, 2026
RECENT NEWS
European leaders gathered in Montenegro on Friday with a renewed focus on "gradual integration" for six Western Balkan nations vying to join the bloc.
"Pessimistic" predictions that the Middle East war could push tens of millions more people into acute hunger if drawn out are being proven right, the United Nations said Friday.
Israel's air force struck south Lebanon on Friday following warnings for several areas of imminent attacks against Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed militants rejected a truce brokered by the United States.
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned "unacceptable" lapses within the judicial system over an 11-year-old girl's killing, after it emerged that the main suspect was previously accused of sexually abusing children.
June 05, 2026
Sports
Maja Chwalinska will bid to become only the second qualifier in the professional era to win a Grand Slam title on Saturday after a run that has been "hard to process", but faces her toughest test yet in the final against Mirra Andreeva.
June 05, 2026
RECENT NEWS
A sea drone exploded early Friday in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta without causing casualties, officials said, a week after an aerial drone injured two when it crashed into an apartment building in the country.
The eurozone recorded an unexpected contraction in the first three months of 2026 due to a steep slump in Ireland's economic figures, according to revised data issued on Friday.
Some 1.47 million people are displaced in gang-ravaged Haiti, the United Nations' migration agency said Friday, warning that its ability to help could dry up within months.
Ollie Robinson celebrated a five-wicket haul on his return to England Test duty as New Zealand were dismissed for just 113 on day two of the first Test at Lord's on Friday.
June 05, 2026
- Former France rugby coach Saint-Andre eyes making history with Aix
- Spanish PM denies links to plot to disrupt probes into allies
- Oil dips, equities diverge on MIdeast, AI trades
- France probes judicial 'dysfunction' after girl's suspected murder
- Tuvalu says fossil fuel holdings revealed by AFP 'not a good look'
- Serena Williams' comeback to continue in Berlin
- France's data centre ambitions bump up against rural fears
- Norway crown princess put on waitlist for lung transplant