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LUSAIL, Qatar: Asian Cup hosts Qatar kickstarted their title defence with a 3-0 win over Lebanon in the tournament opener on Friday with a brace from their prized playmaker Akram Afif and a goal from...

NEW YORK: Donald Trump on Thursday accused the New York judge in his civil fraud trial of "having your own agenda" - and the judge told his lawyer to control his client - as a months-long case that...

THE HAGUE: Israel on Friday rejected as false and "grossly distorted" accusations brought by South Africa at the UN's top court that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide campaign...

LONDON: The oil price surged on Friday, as the escalating conflict in the Red Sea region threatened to further disrupt global trade, while stocks rose in light of US inflation data that reinforced...

Top international diplomats discussed strategies for keeping the Gaza war from spreading beyond Israel and the Palestinian territories on Sunday, exactly three months after the start of the...

SYDNEY: Alexander Zverev led Germany into the semifinals of the United Cup on Friday after winning his singles rubber against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas before partnering Laura Siegemund in the mixed...

Brisbane: Rafael Nadal's Australian Open preparations suffered a blow when the Spaniard suffered a shock defeat by Jordan Thompson in the Brisbane International quarterfinals on Friday. Local...

KHAN YOUNIS: Eleven-year-old Noor's left leg was almost entirely torn off when her home in Jabalia, Gaza was hit by an explosion in October. Now her right leg, fitted with a heavy metal bar and four...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA: Israel said on Tuesday its troops had killed dozens of Palestinians in the north of the Gaza Strip in the past day, while its aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes in the south...

TOKYO: All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines plane escaped a devastating fire that erupted after it collided with a smaller Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday.However,...

Japan: At least 30 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year's Day, with rescue teams on Tuesday struggling to reach isolated areas where buildings had been toppled, roads...

BEIJING: The bodies of the two remaining people missing in the aftermath of China's most serious earthquake in nearly a decade were found on Sunday, a tragedy that has renewed concern over exposed...

CAIRO/GAZA: Tens of thousands of newly displaced Gazans huddled under tarpaulins on Friday in the centre of the Palestinian enclave after fleeing an Israeli tank offensive, while warplanes attacking...

KYIV: Russia on Friday unleashed one of its biggest missile attacks on Ukraine of the war so far, killing 12, wounding dozens more and hitting residential buildings in Kyiv, the south and west of the...

FLORIDA: The US military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket capable of delivering it to a higher...

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged Chinese ambassadors to forge a "diplomatic iron army" loyal to the Communist Party, reviving the abrasive "Wolf Warrior" rhetoric propagated by...

PERTH: Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter handed Britain a 2-0 win over hosts Australia on the opening day of the United Cup mixed team tournament on Friday, as the new tennis season began after a short...

HOUSTON/AUSTIN: Standing at 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 300 pounds, Nasa's humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure. Valkyrie, named after a female figure in Norse mythology and being...

KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo will not cancel the results of last week's presidential election despite repeated calls from the opposition for a full re-run of the disputed vote, government...

MEXICO CITY: Mexican and US officials agreed to keep border crossings open, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday, following a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...