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MADRID/LONDON: Zara pulled an advertising campaign featuring mannequins with missing limbs and statues wrapped in white from the front page of its website and app on Monday after it prompted calls by...

MELBOURNE: David Warner has shrugged off Mitchell Johnson's withering criticism of his selection in Australia's Test squad as a "headline" for the home summer, saying his former teammate is entitled...

Dubai: With efforts to better protect nature seen as crucial to meeting global climate goals, and rising temperatures a key threat to the natural world, more formally joining up nature and climate...

DUBAI: The world needs to focus on phasing out coal, United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei said on Thursday on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit."I don't think we...

GENEVA: A World Health Organization official in Gaza said on Tuesday the situation was deteriorating by the hour as Israeli bombing has intensified in the south of the Palestinian enclave around the...

Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of the southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, even as the United States and the United Nations repeatedly...

GAZA: Israel ordered people out of swathes of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday as it pressed its ground campaign deep into the south, sending desperate residents fleeing even as...

DUBAI: Money pledges are grabbing the spotlight at COP28 in Dubai, and more were expected on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in how much climate finance is needed and what's...

GAZA/CAIRO: Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip sought shelter in an ever-shrinking area of the south on Sunday as Israel stepped up its bombing from air, sea and land across the...

DUBAI: As global leaders gather in Dubai for the world's U.N. climate conference, delegates hope to clinch an early victory on a disaster fund on Thursday before the summit turns its focus to fossil...

WASHINGTON: Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned him...

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas were negotiating through mediators on Wednesday over another potential extension of the Gaza truce, with hours left to reach an agreement before fighting was due to...

KUWAIT - Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah was admitted to hospital on Wednesday due to an emergency health problem and his condition is stable, the state news agency KUNA reported.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces and Hamas fighters appeared to be abiding by a truce for a fifth morning on Tuesday, after a four-day ceasefire was extended at the last minute for at least two days to...

SILKYARA: Indian rescuers led by "rat miners" drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days.The process of...

CAIRO: nHamas said on Sunday they had handed over 13 Israeli hostages, three Thai nationals and one Russian to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina forward Angel Di Maria will retire from international football following next year's Copa America, the 35-year-old said on Thursday after representing his country for 15...

LONDON: Erlend Fagerli admits his shooting leaves a bit to be desired and is not especially interested in fellow Norwegian Erland Haaland's exploits at European champions Manchester City.But put a...

VALENCIA: Francesco Bagnaia is on the brink of becoming just the third rider to claim back-to-back MotoGP titles but the Italian says there is no chance of him celebrating too soon with everything...

LONDON/SYDNEY: Global shares drifted on Friday in the absence of guidance from Wall Street, which was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday the previous day, but they were still on course for their best...