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Vice Media announced Tuesday that co-founder Shane Smith was giving up his position as chief executive, as the youth-oriented digital group sought to move past recent turbulence.

President Donald Trump's sacking of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could sound the death knell for the Iran nuclear deal and further strain US ties with key European allies.

The Iranian nuclear deal is still in the best interests of the United States, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday, going against President Donald Trump's claim that it's a "terrible" agreement.

Triple Olympic champion Kamil Stoch reinforced his lead in the ski jumping World Cup on Tuesday with victory at Lillehammer.

World number one Simona Halep cruised past Wang Qiang of China 7-5, 6-1 in the fourth round of the WTA Tour's Indian Wells tournament on Tuesday.

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins is poised to become the highest paid quarterback in the NFL by signing a three-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings, multiple US media reports said Tuesday.

Russia warned Britain on Tuesday to expect reprisals if it announces sanctions over the poisoning of a former double agent, as the US and other allies joined London in demanding answers on how a Soviet-designed nerve agent was used in the attack.

Faced with certain death, what do patients have to lose by trying experimental drugs that have not been approved for the market?

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed Gina Haspel as “the first woman” tapped to be the new CIA director. But with her track record of links to secret overseas detention sites and torture, Haspel may not be the best woman for the job.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has described Barcelona's Andres Iniesta as a "genius" and challenged Eden Hazard to emulate the Spaniard by winning major trophies.

Security researchers said Tuesday they discovered flaws in chips made by Advanced Micro Devices that could allow hackers to take over computers and networks.

The migrant reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where conditions have markedly deteriorated in recent months, will be temporarily shut down for renovation works, the Italian interior ministry said Tuesday.

Divisions emerged Tuesday after experts commissioned by the EU Commission called on tech groups and social media firms to sign up to a voluntary code of conduct for tackling "fake news".

Anti-establishment leader Luigi Di Maio on Tuesday called on Italy's other political parties to listen to what he called a "signal" from voters and help him break the country's post-election political deadlock.

US President Donald Trump Tuesday announced he was firing Rex Tillerson, capping months of speculation the secretary of state was on the verge of being pushed out.

"You come up from the ocean and you're just freaking cold," says Unn Holgersen, who surfs almost every day in the frigid waves off the coast of Norwegian islands above the Arctic Circle.

German unions on Tuesday called for nationwide "warning strikes" in the public sector this month after state and local governments rejected their demands for a wage hike.

Heavy prison terms, abduction, execution -- the scale of the fate reserved for double agents and other "traitors" depends on the nature of the regime they have crossed and the need to make "examples" of them.

A Salvadoran woman serving a 30-year sentence for aggravated homicide after having an abortion was released from prison on Tuesday having served half her sentence.

Twins who made a fortune in cryptocurrency after settling a claim they came up the idea for Facebook on Tuesday pitched a plan to regulate the wild digital money market.

Superstar Neymar has a future at Paris Saint-Germain, his father said Tuesday after meeting with the club's president amid rumours that the player wants to quit PSG.

Israel's government said Tuesday a deal had been reached between partners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition that would allow for the end of a political crisis that threatened to prompt early elections.

One month to the day after a 19-year-old shooter unleashed a hail of gunfire at a Florida high school, tens of thousands of American students will stage a school walkout in a politically charged tribute to the victims.

Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski said Tuesday he was ready to defend his Milan-San Remo title this weekend after the Team Sky rider won the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race.

Britain is keen for back-up as its espionage row with Russia escalates -- yet the diplomatic crisis comes at a time when its ties with European partners have been badly strained by Brexit.