APRNEWS - Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard must make up his mind whether he wishes to commit to Chelsea and extend his contract worth a rumoured £350,000 ($450,000) a week, the club's manager Maurizio Sarri said.

REUTERS - More than 700,000 undocumented Afghans have returned from Iran this year as the Iranian economy tightens, with a knock-on effect on the Afghan economy, according to data from the U.N.’s migration agency.

APRNEWS - Award-winning comedian and actor, Kevin Hart has added another feather to his cap as it was announced last night that he will host the 91st Academy Awards in February 2019.

APRNEWS - EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini on Wednesday urged Russia and the US to save a Cold War arms control treaty after Washington issued a 60-day ultimatum to Moscow.

APRNEWS - Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says he will be unveiling new measures in the fight against corruption in less than a week.

The president in tweets posted on Tuesday pledged to defeat the cancer of corruption which he says was affecting all sectors of the Ugandan society.

APRNEWS - Lawmakers in Sudan have backed a constitutional amendment that would extend term limits, paving way for president Omar Bashir to seek re-election in 2020.

APRNEWS - German firm BigRep says it’s produced the first fully functioning motorbike make using a 3D printer. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

This might be the future of motorbikes.

Not because it looks like something Batman would ride. But because of the way it’s made.

APRNEWS - French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe on Tuesday announced a suspension of the controversial fuel tax increases planned for January 1 in a move aimed at bringing an end to weeks of violent "Yellow Vest" protests against the tax.

APRNEWS - Luka Modric’s journey from Croatian war child to the world’s best footballer was celebrated Monday when the Real Madrid midfielder hoisted the Ballon d’Or.

A national hero in his home country and crowned the best player on the planet, Modric was rewarded for his key role in Croatia’s historic run to the World Cup final and his club Real Madrid’s third straight Champions League trophy.

REUTERS - Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N) have offered to cut merchants’ charges for non-EU credit and debit cards by at least 40 percent to end an EU antitrust investigation, part of a decades-long crackdown by the European Commission against such fees.