Building Amsterdam's North-South metro line was big trouble -- a budget-blowing 15-year operation that involved carefully burrowing beneath the foundations of centuries-old architecture.

Czech football star Jakub Jankto has become the first active international men's player to announce he is gay.

Everyone seems to be in a bit of a debt bind at the moment: The US government has run out of credit to spend, high inflation and interest rates have taken a big bite out of debt-laden tech companies that expected pandemic-era growth to continue and US credit card debt reached nearly $1 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to TransUnion.

At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church -- mostly priests -- over the past 70 years, a report by the commission investigating the issue said on Monday, adding the findings are the tip of the iceberg.

English Premier League side Brentford is "disgusted and saddened" by "abusive racist messages" received by star player Ivan Toney following Saturday's match against London rival Arsenal, according to a statement released by the club.

Tens of thousands of flag-waving Israelis converged on the nation's parliament Monday, amid warnings that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to weaken the judiciary risks plunging the country into a "social collapse."

A US citizen detained in Jordan is calling on the US government to demand his return to the United States and launching a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.

Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday, killing a 14-year-old boy, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Qusai Radwan Waked was shot in the abdomen, the ministry said.

The Canadian women's national soccer team has called off its strike and resumed training after the sport's governing body Canada Soccer threatened legal action, players said on February 11.