The rebels’ advance into other areas was slowed by a weakened military that recovered some villages from them.

US President Donald Trump has sacked the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of Biden administration staff. Mr Chopra was one of the more important ...

Two contestants have been eliminated from The Masked Singer in a double unmasking ahead of next week’s semi-final. None of the ITV show’s judging panel of Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama, Mo Gilligan and ...

The United players were adamant that Marley Watkins had fouled goalkeeper Jack Walton before nodding the ball over the line ...

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery hopes to sign two or three players before Monday’s transfer deadline. Emery watched his depleted side lose 2-0 at Wolves on Saturday night to continue their theme of ...

An Italian navy ship took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centres in Albania on Saturday following a court decision in Rome. It was the third failed attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right ...

US Democrats on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as the national chairman, turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to co-ordinate their resistance to Donald ...

Back-to-back champions Ireland increased pressure on rival head coach Borthwick after tries from Jamison Gibson-Park, Bundee Aki, Tadhg Beirne and Dan Sheehan secured a comeback, bonus-point success ...

Aston Villa are close to agreeing a loan deal for Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford, the PA news agency understands. The 27-year-old has been frozen out at Old Trafford under new boss Ruben ...

Charlton boss Nathan Jones admitted he was “gutted” after his side threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Blackpool.

Shrewsbury boss Gareth Ainsworth said he was “proud” to give his team Monday off as a reward for their fightback with 10 men to beat Mansfield 2-1. The hosts secured back-to-back home wins to move off ...

Wigan manager Shaun Maloney could not hide his frustration with referee John Mulligan after Lincoln rescued a late point thanks to an 88th-minute penalty award. The home side had looked set to pick up ...