UEFA has dismissed an appeal by Barcelona against a 500,000 euros ($536,000) fine for breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, European soccer's governing body said on Friday.

On Monday, November 6, 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Council will closely evaluate Turkmenistan’s rights record during the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

Israel will not agree to any temporary ceasefire with Hamas until it frees the hundreds of hostages it is holding captive, Benjamin Netanyahu has said, in an apparent rebuff to US calls for a “pause” to the conflict. 

The second edition of the 2023 Istanbul Photo Awards, an international news photography competition organized by Anadolu, opened Wednesday in New York.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has started clearing backlogs of foreign exchange (FX) forward contracts through some banks as part of efforts to rebuild confidence in the Nigerian economy.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Thursday of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial frauds on record, a verdict that cemented the 31-year-old former billionaire’s fall from grace.