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Russia is taking back World War II-era tanks from Laos because, well, Moscow needs a star, lots of them.

Twelve people have been arrested in Costa Rica and Spain in connection with the suspected kidnapping of an American businessman, authorities said.

The White House's National Security Council asked the Pentagon last year for plans for launching a military attack against Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported early Sunday, citing current and former US officials.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faced his first real test as Manchester United's caretaker manager against a top four English Premier League side on Sunday and passed it with flying colors after coming away from Wembley Stadium with a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.

There's just no stopping "Champion of Champions" Marcel Hirscher.

In a rare acknowledgment of Israeli operations in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country's air force struck Syria over the weekend.

A leftist Italian fugitive has been detained in Bolivia and will be sent to Italy as "a little gift" from far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

Low tides have revealed a relic from World War I -- the skeleton of a German U-boat visible again off the coast of northern France.

There's a giant bronze hippopotamus missing in England.

Caroline Wozniacki prepares for the defence of her Australian Open title.

Attackers killed five people at a police station in Herat, Afghanistan, on Saturday evening, Herat police Chief Aminullah Amarkhel told CNN.

January has tended to be a tricky month for Liverpool under manager Jurgen Klopp.

For someone who says she is usually asleep by 10 p.m., Simona Halep pushed past her bedtime during tennis' off-season.

As Morocco embraces electric power, Jerome D'Ambrosio won an unpredictable showcase Marrakesh ePrix.

As the first country to attempt a break from the European Union, the UK's divorce from the bloc was always going to be a messy affair.

A Huawei executive has been arrested in Poland on charges of spying for China.

A recent thrilling clash between Liverpool and Manchester City, the top two teams in the English Premier League this season, was more than merely a game. It was an embodiment of a generation's worth of globalization and openness, and a warning against jeopardizing that progress with Britain's clumsy march toward, what in soccer terms, would be a political and economic own goal: Brexit, its divorce from Europe, scheduled to take place March 29.

Starbucks wants its new location to be a tourist destination.