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Beirut, Lebanon:  Around 150,000 people gathered at Beirut's waterfront for mass with Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday morning, the highlight of the Catholic leader's visit to the capital, where he...

Seoul - Samsung launched its first triple-folding phone on Tuesday, a special-edition product with an eyewatering price tag, placing it out of the reach of the average consumer.The Galaxy Z TriFold...

Kolonnawa - For villages on the northern edge of Sri Lanka's capital, floods are a familiar ordeal -- but even the hardiest residents were stunned when the Kelani river surged this week.Heavy...

Out of a total number of around 6,000 A320 aircraft potentially impacted, the vast majority have now received the necessary modifications, Airbus said in a statement.The airline added, "We are working...

Hong Kong:  Asian equities were mixed Monday with investors awaiting the release of key US data that could play a role in Federal Reserve deliberations ahead of an expected interest rate cut next...

Sydney, Australia, will soon ban under-16s from the likes of Facebook and TikTok, a world-first move of huge interest to all those worried about the harms of social media.Internet regulators the world...

Manila: Thousands marched in the Philippine capital on Sunday, demanding jail time for scores of officials, lawmakers and construction firm owners accused of pocketing billions of taxpayer dollars in...

London - MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video.More than...

Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 123 people across Sri Lanka so far, with another 130 still missing, the Disaster Management Centre said Saturday. Director General...

Washington - Donald Trump said Thursday he would suspend migration from what the US leader called "third-world countries", a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in...

Spinner Simon Harmer took six wickets as South Africa thrashed India by 408 runs in the second Test on Wednesday, condemning the hosts to a record loss and sweeping the series.It was South...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said the Red Cross had received on Tuesday the remains of a hostage held in Gaza, under the terms of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas."According...

United Nations - Every 10 minutes last year, a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations said Monday as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against...

Hanoi:  The death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 people still missing, the environment ministry said Sunday, after days of heavy rain and landslides.Relentless rain has...

Tokyo - Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's largest nuclear plant on Friday, a key step in the process to bring it back online after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.Hideyo...

Riyadh - A bus carrying over 40 Indian Umrah pilgrims, including children, collided with a diesel tanker near Medina in Saudi Arabia.The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday said a "tragic" bus...

US flights will return to normal schedules on Monday after reductions imposed during a government shutdown were lifted, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The FAA said Sunday evening that...

Turkey wants to host next year's UN climate change talks and is ready to organise the event alone if there is no agreement on sharing the event, a Turkish diplomatic source told AFP...

Nairobi - Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday. The Marburg...

Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday.The Marburg virus is one...