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As eagles swoop overhead and a cool autumnal wind blows through the cemetery in Gray Horse, on the ancient lands of the Osage people in northern Oklahoma, Margie Burkhart points to the tombs of ancestors murdered a century ago.

The United Nations on Thursday issued an emergency appeal for $294 million to address "the most urgent needs" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where more than 400,000 Palestinians have fled their homes in recent days.

World champions Argentina made it three wins out of three in South American World Cup qualifying with a hard-earned 1-0 win over a determined Paraguay on Thursday.

Julian Nagelsmann, the youngest Germany coach for almost a century, has turned to veterans as he hopes to rebuild the fallen giants nine months out from hosting Euro 2024.

Flanker Jac Morgan has been pivotal to Wales' advance into the World Cup quarter-finals, leading from the front in a number of outstanding perfomances that has seen him dubbed his country's very own Antoine Dupont.

Wales play Argentina in Marseille on Saturday with a place in the World Cup semi-final at stake, a position few thought Warren Gatland's Welsh side would be in after a year of turmoil.

Levani Botia has climbed mountains before and the renowned Fijian jackler is prepared to do it again to help Fiji topple England at the Rugby World Cup in Marseille.

The Republican nominee to lead the US House of Representatives dropped out Thursday after failing to find enough support to win a vote of the full chamber, plunging the paralyzed lower chamber of Congress deeper into crisis.

More than 40 percent of Antarctica's ice shelves lost volume in 25 years, increasing the risk of sea levels rising and with human-induced warming the likely cause, scientists said on Thursday.

Darwin Nunez struck a stoppage time penalty as Uruguay fought back for a 2-2 draw at Colombia in their South American World Cup qualifier in Barranquilla on Thursday.

A top United Nations expert on Thursday urged law enforcement agencies around the world to ban 20 "modern-day torture tools," such as spiked batons, electric shock bands and caged beds.

Houston Rockets swingman Dillon Brooks was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for striking Indiana Pacers center Daniel Theis in the groin in a home pre-season victory on Tuesday.

Scotland missed their first chance to seal a Euro 2024 berth as they lost to two late goals in Spain on Thursday as the third contender in Group A, Norway, won 4-0 in Cyprus.

Philadelphia and San Francisco, the NFL's last undefeated teams, take their 5-0 records into away games on Sunday while division leaders Detroit and Tampa Bay face an early season showdown.

Alvaro Morata's diving header and a scrappy Oihan Sancet goal earned Spain an important 2-0 win over Scotland in Euro 2024 qualifying on Thursday.

Yossi Landau has spent decades collecting corpses in Israel, but he almost reached breaking point recovering the remains of people killed by Gaza militants in the country's deadliest assault.

Hosts Ivory Coast were joined in Group A by Nigeria in the draw for the Africa Cup of Nations in Abidjan on Thursday.

Global stock markets stalled and oil prices flatlined Thursday, as a steady September inflation print renewed traders' concerns that interest rates will have to stay higher for longer to slow down price increases.

Hundreds of Hollywood celebrities signed an open letter Thursday condemning the "barbaric acts" of Hamas fighters who murdered and abducted Israeli civilians in a shocking weekend assault.

Alvaro Morata's diving header and a Ryan Porteous own goal earned Spain an important 2-0 win over Scotland in Euro 2024 qualifying on Thursday.

Gareth Southgate has urged England's understudies to seize their chance to impress in Friday's friendly against Australia at Wembley.

Talks between Hollywood actors and studios over an ongoing strike have collapsed, in a blow to hopes for a swift end to a crisis that has crippled the entertainment industry.

For the first time ever, a NASA probe is set to journey to an object composed not of rock, ice, or gas, but metal: the asteroid Psyche.

It's a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps an entirely new type of celestial body unknown to science.

The Republican nominee to lead the US House of Representatives struggled Thursday to find enough support to win a vote of the full chamber, underlining the mountain he will have to climb to unite the deeply fractured party.

Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo have been sent home from Italy's training camp after criminal prosecutors launched an investigation into alleged gambling offences, the country's football federation said Thursday.

The European Commission said Thursday it is opening an investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to determine if it has allowed the spread of disinformation about the conflict in the Middle East.

Zambia is close to signing a long-sought debt deal with its foreign creditors, an IMF spokesperson said Thursday after the institution's chief prematurely announced it was signed.

Marnus Labuschagne said the TV umpire's decision to give Marcus Stoinis out caught behind during Australia's record-breaking World Cup defeat by South Africa on Thursday was "confusing".

Wayne Rooney said he was targeting promotion to the Premier League "in the near future" after being unveiled as Birmingham's new manager on Thursday.

An Italian court on Thursday fined journalist Roberto Saviano 1,000 euros for defaming Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by criticising her stance on migrants.

Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted the five-time champions were "hurting" after suffering a 134-run loss to South Africa on Thursday, their heaviest World Cup defeat.