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America's military assault of Caracas to grab Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro unsettled many US allies, but also impressed some who are supportive of Donald Trump.

Attacks by Sudan's army and its paramilitary foes on two towns in the western Darfur region over the past week have killed 114 people, medical sources told AFP Sunday.

Defending champions Napoli climbed to second in Serie A Sunday when a 2-0 win at Lazio left them lurking a point behind leaders AC Milan.

Matheus Cunha saved Manchester United from a rare defeat against fierce rivals Leeds as the Brazilian's equaliser salvaged a 1-1 draw at Elland Road on Sunday.

Frenchman Mathieu Baumel hailed an "enormous triumph" as just a year after having his leg amputated he won the opening stage of the Dakar Rally alongside Belgian driver Guillaume De Mevius on Sunday.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday for a four-day visit, eager to boost economic ties with Seoul's largest trading partner while keeping a lid on potentially explosive issues such as Taiwan.

Armed gangs have raided a village in a north-central Nigerian state where hundreds of schoolchildren were abducted late last year, killing more than 30 people and kidnapping several others, police said Sunday.

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced Sunday he will return to boxing in 2026.

Denmark on Sunday made its displeasure known after the wife of President Donald Trump's most influential aide posted a social media picture of Greenland painted in the colours of the US flag.

Cross-country skiing great Johannes Klaebo won the prestige Tour de Ski for a record fifth time on Sunday, a month ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina.

Painfully aware of the fire tragedy in Crans-Montana, ski tourists said they had opted to stay in the Alpine Swiss resort whose tourism-dependent community remains open for business as it mourns the many victims.

Camille Rast ended US star Mikaela Shiffrin's World Cup slalom streak on Sunday as the Swiss skier completed a double at Kranjska Gora a day after winning the giant slalom.

Bangladesh has requested their matches at next month's T20 World Cup be played in Sri Lanka, after India forced a Bangladeshi player to quit the Indian Premier League.

Australian Test great Damien Martyn has woken from an induced coma following meningitis, with ex-teammate Adam Gilchrist on Sunday calling it "a miracle".

Authorities investigating a New Year's blaze at a bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana have identified 24 of the 40 people killed, including 11 minors and six foreign nationals, police said Sunday, as its owners were probed for negligent manslaughter.

An investigation into a fire at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana which killed 40 and left 119 injured has cast a spotlight on the French owners who are suspected of "negligence".

US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin clocked the second-fastest time behind Swiss Camille Rast in the first run of the World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora on Sunday.

Hundreds of prisoners walked free in Myanmar on Sunday after the junta announced annual independence day pardons, just a week after the start of an election that international monitors have denounced as sham.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka got her 2026 season off to a winning start for Japan in the United Cup, after Great Britain's Emma Raducanu pulled out of their singles clash with a fitness issue.

Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin opened her 2026 season with a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriele Ruse in the Brisbane International on Sunday.

Flamboyant England star Harry Brook admitted Sunday he was learning to be more patient, with a frustrating Ashes tour teaching him when he needs to curb his all-out aggressive approach.

Golden State star Stephen Curry scored 20 of his 31 points in a dazzling third quarter to propel the Warriors to a 123-114 NBA victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday.

Joe Root and Harry Brook tamed Australia's all-pace attack with an unbroken 154-run stand on Sunday to rescue England and give them the upper hand after a rain-hit day one of the fifth and final Ashes Test.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday, eager to boost economic ties with Seoul's largest trading partner while keeping a lid on potentially explosive issues such as Taiwan.

Australia pulled a 138-year first Sunday by failing to pick a spinner for a Sydney Cricket Ground Test, with skipper Steve Smith saying he had been backed into a corner.

Bangladesh will request their matches at next month's T20 World Cup be played in Sri Lanka, after India forced a Bangladeshi player to quit the Indian Premier League.

Myanmar's junta said on Sunday it would release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day.

Sam Darnold's Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers 13-3 with a dominant defensive display Saturday, capturing the NFC top seed and earning a favorable route to the Super Bowl.

Joe Root and Harry Brook shared in an unbroken 154-run partnership on Sunday to rescue England and give them the upper hand at tea on day one of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia.

A lingering smell of explosives hung over Venezuela's capital Caracas on Saturday as shocked residents took stock after an early-morning US strike that ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung left for China on Sunday, eager to boost economic ties with Seoul's largest trading partner while keeping a lid on potentially explosive issues such as Taiwan.

Nearly three months since border clashes prompted the closure of land crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan, university students, merchants and families are left hanging with no way of getting back.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in a New York jail Saturday, hours after American special forces seized and flew him out of his country — which Donald Trump said would come under effective US control.

Twelve hours after the United States bombed Venezuela during an operation to oust President Nicolas Maduro, the smoke continued to seep from hangars in the port of La Guaira north of Caracas.

Less than a year after watching flames raze his home in the Altadena foothills, Ted Koerner has moved into a brand new house, one of the first to rebuild in this Los Angeles suburb.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States will "run" Venezuela and tap its huge oil reserves after seizing leftist leader Nicolas Maduro during a bombing raid on Caracas.

England and Australia's cricket teams honoured at the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney on Sunday emergency service personnel and members of the public who responded during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach.

Joe Root and Harry Brook led a rescue mission after England lost three wickets in a torrid opening session of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney on Sunday.

James Nnaji, a 21-year-old Nigerian center who was selected in the 2023 NBA Draft but approved to play US college basketball, made his controversial debut on Saturday.