Concerns have been raised about the welfare of Barcelona's teenage sensation Lamine Yamal and the "alarming" demands on him at such a young age.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca described José Mourinho as a "legend" ahead of the return to Stamford Bridge of the Portuguese coach who had two successful spells at the London club.

After five years out of the Champions League, Mourinho is back in Europe's top club competition as the new coach of Benfica — and his first game in the league stage just happens to be on Tuesday at Chelsea, where he is still revered by fans.

South Africa was stripped by FIFA on Monday of a win in 2026 World Cup qualifying and lost top spot in its group for fielding an ineligible player.

Here he is, depicted at six months in office, chiseled and brawny, as mighty as the very nation. Here he is as a Star Wars Jedi wielding a patriot-red lightsaber, rescuing our galaxy from the forces of evil. Here he is taking over Gaza, transforming the strip into a luxury resort complete with a golden effigy of himself.

Britain's Treasury chief warned Monday that "harsh global headwinds" from wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have worsened the U.K.'s economic outlook since the governing Labour Party won power last year.

An ex-Marine smashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan, opened fire and set the building ablaze during a crowded Sunday service and then was fatally shot by police. At least four people were killed and eight wounded, and authorities were searching the building ruins for more victims.

The attack occurred about 10:25 a.m. while hundreds of people were in the building in Grand Blanc Township, outside Flint.

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would not allow itself to be disarmed on Saturday as he addressed supporters marking one year since the killing by Israel of his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

The charismatic leader was killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on September 27, 2024.

A top Iranian security official called on regional countries Saturday to put their differences aside and cooperate closely as they face what he called "Israel's conspiracies."

Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, spoke in Beirut where he arrived earlier Saturday to attend the anniversary of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.

Hezbollah suffered one blow after another during its most recent war with Israel, culminating in the killing of the group's longtime leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in massive Israeli airstrikes on a Beirut suburb.

The group was weakened militarily and politically. Many of its opponents declared that its days as a dominant regional and local player were over.

Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh walked free from a year in custody over embezzlement allegations Friday after posting more than $14 million in bail, a judicial official told AFP.