Panic swept through eastern DR Congo’s second largest city as residents fled to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed ...

Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages on Saturday, parading them before a crowd in the southern Gaza Strip ...

Second-half goals from Andre Dozzell and Mark O’Mahony earned Portsmouth a 2-0 victory at Oxford, inflicting a first home defeat on Gary Rowett since he took charge at the Kassam Stadium. This was ...

Charlie Todd registered the first Grade Two victory of his career when Gwennie May Boy ran out an easy winner of the WKD Rendlesham Hurdle at Haydock.

A British husband and wife on a motorcycle journey around the world have been detained in Iran. Craig and Lindsay Foreman were reportedly detained in January but the country’s state-run media revealed ...

Super sub Mikel Merino saved Arsenal’s blushes at lowly Leicester as the makeshift striker’s brace secured a much-needed win for the Premier League title hopefuls. Mikel Arteta’s men headed to the ...

Gibbs Island remained unbeaten over obstacles with a stylish display in the Victor Ludorum Juvenile Hurdle at Haydock. A useful performer on the Flat for Andy Oliver in Ireland, he was transferred to ...

A young man from an isolated indigenous tribe who approached a community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said. The encounter ...

After odds-on favourite Jingko Blue parted company with Nico de Boinville early on, Brendan Powell set a strong gallop on The Changing Man and gradually established a sizeable advantage. Peaky Boy ...

Jockey Jordan Gainford was taken to Aintree Hospital following a fall from Minella Sixo at Haydock. The Gordon Elliott-trained six-year-old was just getting into contention in the opening Pertemps ...

Golden Ace returned to winning ways in gutsy fashion when coming out on top in a battle with Burdett Road in the BetMGM Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton. Jeremy Scott’s seven-year-old famously beat ...