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Quarterback Daniel Jones plans to stay with the Indianapolis Colts for at least two more years. The two sides agreed to a new deal that will pay Jones up to $100 million, a person with knowledge of the contract told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Shakira says her new world tour is turning lifelong dreams into reality as she sets attendance records and earns major recognition.

Iran's sports and youth minister said that the country is in no position to take part in the World Cup after the United States killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in its ongoing war.

The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa was summoned to explain his criticism of the country's policies, the South African foreign minister said Wednesday, as a diplomatic rift continues.

The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools who's on paid leave during a federal investigation, denies any wrongdoing and asks to be reinstated as head of the nation's second-largest district.

Cambodia says it is close to shutting down the country's online scam centers after a long-running crackdown.

An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries has struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.

The Russian national anthem has played again at the Paralympics a day after Germany athletes appeared to stage a protest in the podium ceremony at Milan Cortina.

Advocates across the U.S. are hoping a growing unhappiness of wage and wealth inequalities that have increased coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic will help more states adopt policies involve the rich paying more in taxes.

Governments are working on plans to unblock vital oil chokepoint the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran war has effectively closed the waterway and pushed up gasoline prices.