Several Taliban members, some with assault rifles dangling from their shoulder, were among visitors using the lights of their cellphones to peer into display cases of ancient ceramics and 18th-century weapons.
The Iranian authorities are being accused of holding Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as state hostage and tying her release to a 40-year-old debt London owes Tehran.
"I'll defend the Barca colours with all my determination and commitment. It's our time. This is our path", says Antoine Griezmann whose moving sparked a furious reaction from Atletico Madrid over the amount Barcelona paid for.
In an attempt to replace Palestinians with Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, an Israeli court has ordered at least a dozen families to hand over their homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
Eight runners were hospitalised, three of them with goring injuries, on the last day of the annual San Fermin bull-running festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona.
US says it won't send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights "atrocities," as Beijing pledges "countermeasures" against any diplomatic boycott.
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s unorthodox views towards Iran’s military establishment angers the supreme leader, deepening moderate-hardliner infighting as June elections approach.
England beat New Zealand by a tiebreaker of boundaries scored after the match was tied after regulation play and then the first Super Over in the tournament's history.
New Delhi says supplies of missile defence systems began this month, adding talks between leaders of Russia and India didn't figure Washington's warnings against the $5 billion purchase.
Islamabad repatriates the remains of the factory manager who was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob, an incident PM Imran Khan called a "day of shame for Pakistan."
The host nation beat New Zealand in a dramatic World Cup final at the Lord’s cricket ground in London. Players Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, however, caught the world’s attention for rushing away moments before champagne was opened.
