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US President Donald Trump has said the CIA did not conclude that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was killed on 2 October in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Officials told US media such an operation would have needed the prince’s approval. But Saudi Arabia maintains it was a “rogue operation”. “They ...

A former judge and leading opposition figure has been sworn in as the head of Ethiopia’s electoral board. Birtukan Mideksa is the latest significant appointment of a woman to a key public office. Ms Birtukan returned to Ethiopia earlier this month after seven years in exile in the US. She was among dozens of opposition leaders jailed after the disputed ...

Several Red Devils stars are said to have rowed with manager Jose Mourinho this season, but they have been told to get on with their job Romelu Lukaku is tired of rift talk at Manchester United and has told any team-mates that become caught up in arguments with Jose Mourinho to “deal with it”. Speculation regarding internal rows at Old ...

The striker says he gave the defender some advice, with the Manchester United star scoring in his side’s 2-0 victory over Russia on Tuesday Zlatan Ibrahimovic has responded to defender Victor Lindelof after the Sweden defender jokingly called out the legendary striker. Lindelof opened the scoring in Sweden’s 2-0 win over Russia on Tuesday. The Manchester United star powered home ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola would like to turn his attention to international football at some point in his glittering career. Pep Guardiola would like to move on to international management at some point, believing a football career is too short not to embrace new challenges. The Manchester City manager has enjoyed incredible success at club level, winning 24 major ...

TRANSFER NEWS LIVE – All the latest rumours and gossip coming out of the Premier League. Jose Mourinho told he can spend Man Utd have told Jose Mourinho he can splash the cash in the January transfer window. Mourinho is desperate to land Atletico Madrid’s Diego Godin, Lorenzo Pellegrini of Roma and out-of-favour Chelsea defender Gary Cahill. Neymar wants Barcelona ...

DIDIER DROGBA has revealed he asked Jose Mourinho to let him leave Chelsea – but was convinced to stay. Drogba, who announced his retirement last night, admits his Chelsea career could have been over before it had even got started. Drogba joined Chelsea from Marseille and the meteoric rise from France’s second division to the bright lights of London left ...

LIVERPOOL have blocked Barcelona from raiding Anfield for top talent such as Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk as fresh details of their bizarre deal emerge. The Spanish giants can only sign one of the Reds’ stars if they pay an extra £89m (€100m) on top of any transfer fee until 2020. It has emerged Liverpool inserted the clause when ...

Cameroon’s security forces have rescued kidnapped students and one teacher after a raid on a camp of separatist fighters in the South-West region. The group of nine, not 20 as first reported, was taken from a school in the city of Kumba, on Tuesday. Four attackers were shot dead in the operation but one was captured, a senior official told ...

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter called Wednesday for the ethics body of world football’s governing body to investigate his successor Gianni Infantino. Blatter was speaking after the Football Leaks website alleged that Infantino had held meetings with Switzerland’s Attorney General Michael Lauber, possibly to obtain privileged information about a probe into corruption within FIFA. Lauber has dismissed the concerns, ...