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.

A court in Paris has found six men guilty of manslaughter in connection with the deadliest small boat Channel crossing.

A journalist and former television news anchor has been crowned monarch of a Ugandan kingdom following a bitter royal row.

Kim Jong Un's sister has threatened retaliation and said claims North Korea planted land mines that injured three South Korean soldiers are a "conspiratorial farce".

A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv has landed safely after an incident during the journey, the airline has said.

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Morocco has named its first-ever female prime minister, and only the second woman to hold the position in the Arab world, following an election.

South Africa's president has announced urgent action after the killing of at least 11 women in just two months.

The head of the company which runs the Eiffel Tower is to stand down after female staff were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group.

A man and a woman who swore affidavits on behalf of Conor McGregor ahead of his appeal against a sexual assault finding have been charged with perjury.

Russia's spy agency has opened a criminal case against a Russian exile living in London, accusing her of being part of a terrorist organisation.

Evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal can return to the apartment she has lived in for decades, her lawyer has said.

Argentina's president has threatened the UK with legal action over an oil project off the coast of the Falklands.

US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq, leaving the country where 4,500 of their comrades died over more than 20 years of war.

FIFA has accused European football chiefs of "harassment" against Gianni Infantino and trying to influence the presidential election by "spreading misinformation" against him over the World Cup venture.