Around 400 French schools are expected to stay closed on Friday to try to quell a series of violent student protests around the country.

Russia is devising urgent measures to control its population of brown bears after at least 22 people killed in attacks.

FIFA is looking to stage another major event in the US, with plans advancing for the launch of the women's Club World Cup despite the leadership crisis around Gianni Infantino, Sky News understands.

A British man who has been detained in India for nearly nine years without conviction has been released on bail, according to human rights organisation Reprieve.

Glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume in 2026 after a "devasting year" marked by intense heatwaves and low snowfall, according to a study.

A UK-French pilot scheme known as "one in, one out," set up to cut the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, has been scrapped.