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Iraq’s influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday praised his supporters who are currently staging a sit-in protest in parliament in Baghdad, and called on Iraqis not to miss what he termed a “golden opportunity” for reform in the country. On Saturda…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put a new naval doctrine into effect as the country celebrates Navy Day. He said Russia would protect its maritime borders by all means necessary – including in the Arctic and Black Seas – in comments made in St Pet…

Protesters claim that more supporters of Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr joined a sit-in protest inside parliament on Sunday in the capital Baghdad. The protesters are in control of Iraq’s parliamentary building and authorities are cau…

Germany and the Czech Republic continued to fight forest fires on Sunday, with the situation tense on both sides of the border. The fire burning in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park, one of the largest seen in Czech history, now spans an area of a…

The German Football Federation (DFB) said in Sunday it is investigating “alleged attacks” from spectators on Wolfsburg players after their 1-0 cup win at Carl Zeiss Jena the previous day. The DFB said there were reports that some Wolfsburg players were…

Schalke tuned up for their Bundesliga return next week by reaching the second round of the German Cup with a 5-0 cruise away to Bremer SV on Sunday. A Dominick Drexler double came between the opener from Rodrigo Zalazar Martinez and an own goal from Se…

US President Joe Biden tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, just days after being given a clean bill of health following a coronavirus infection earlier this month. Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, said in a statement that rebound infecti…

Sadio Mané scored on his competitive debut for new-look Bayern Munich as they overcame RB Leipzig 5-3 on Saturday to lift the German Super Cup. Germany teenager Jamal Musiala rifled Bayern ahead after Leipzig had failed to clear a corner on 14 minutes….

Some 220 more firefighters were called up from across the Czech Republic on Saturday to support efforts to contain a wildfire raging in a national beauty spot, even as German crews continued to struggle with fires across the border. The call-up of Czec…

Bayer Leverkusen suffered a shock 4-3 defeat at third tier Elversberg on Saturday to crash out of the German Cup first round. Fellow Bundesliga side Cologne were also eliminated 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at second division Jahn Regensburg. Wolf…