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Mumbai - Indian authorities said they had ensured "timely containment" of the deadly Nipah virus after two cases were confirmed in West Bengal state.Nipah, which spreads from animals to humans, has no...

 Israel has said that it will reopen the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt within days for travelers on foot, a move that would allow Palestinians who fled the enclave during the two-year war...

 Guwahati: Inspired bowling and a 14-ball fifty by opener Abhishek Sharma led India to a crushing eight-wicket series-clinching win over New Zealand in the third T20 international on Sunday.Pace...

San Francisco, United States - A landmark trial beginning this week in Los Angeles could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to addict...

Manila - A ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank Monday morning in choppy seas off the southern Philippines, leaving at least 15 dead and 28 still missing, the coast guard said.The MV Trisha...

Tokyo - Panda lovers in Tokyo said goodbye on Sunday to a hugely popular pair of the bears that are set to return to China, leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first time in half a...

Mumbai - India's Bollywood is moving decisively towards a cinema of scale and confrontation -- where patriotism, spectacle, and ideological clarity increasingly trump nuance and narrative risk,...

 Los Angeles: South Korean Kim Si-woo will have world number one Scottie Scheffler and teen phenom Blades Brown nipping at his heels as he takes a one-shot lead into the final round of the US PGA...

 New York: American Josh Hoey clocked 1min 42.50sec to break the 800m indoor world record at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix meeting in Boston on Saturday.Hoey, the 2025 indoor world champion at...

AFP English - Cisarua - A landslide killed at least eight people and more than 80 are missing on Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, a disaster official said. Triggered by heavy...

Melbourne: Top players spoke of temperatures that "zap you" and used bags of ice to try and cool down in brutal heat touching 40C at the Australian Open on Saturday.Competitors, spectators and...

Colombo: Nepal captain Rohit Paudel says his side have "nothing to lose" in next month's T20 World Cup as they target more famous upsets and a place in the tournament's Super Eight second...

Paris - At least two European airlines suspended flights to cities in the Middle East on Friday, with Air France saying it will temporarily stop service to Dubai due to the geopolitical...

Sydney - A 12-year-old boy bitten by a shark in Australia's Sydney Harbour has died of his injuries, his family said on Saturday.Nico Antic's parents said their son died of the injuries...

RABAT: ​Morocco's King Mohammed VI said on Thursday that African fraternity would prevail ‌after what he described as "deplorable" acts that marred the closing minutes of the Africa Cup of...

Melbourne: Aryna Sabalenka said Friday she planned to have children at some point in the next few years, but would return to tennis "just to challenge myself".Before that happens the world number one...

Melbourne: An ominous Carlos Alcaraz wasted little energy in his 100th Grand Slam match to sweep into the last 16 of the Australian Open on Friday with a straight-sets mauling of French showman...

 Melbourne: Novak Djokovic sent 141st-ranked qualifier Francesco Maestrelli packing in straight sets to ease into the Australian Open third round on Thursday -- with a little help from a fig tree.The...

 Nagpur, India: Opener Abhishek Sharma struck 84 off 35 balls to set up a convincing 48-run win for India in the first of five T20 internationals against New Zealand on Wednesday.Abhishek smashed...

What is Trump's 'Board of Peace'?Brussels, Belgium, Jan 21, 2026 (AFP) - US President Donald Trump is set to formally announce the first charter of his so-called "Board of Peace", a...