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Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Tuesday across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, where Israel has intensified a...

Seattle - Microsoft on Monday said its cloud servers will now host Grok from Elon Musk's xAI, days after the chatbot went off the rails with talk of "white genocide" in South Africa.Musk told an event...

Japan has suspended imports of poultry meat from the southern Brazilian city of Montenegro and live poultry from the wider state of Rio Grande do Sul following a bird flu outbreak, an official at...

Washington - Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, and is reviewing treatment options, his office said Sunday.On...

Istanbul - Russian and Ukrainian delegations will meet in Istanbul on Friday for their first talks in more than three years of war, with tens of thousands killed in Europe's worst conflict since World...

The EU accused TikTok on Thursday of breaking digital rules after concluding that the Chinese-owned social media platform is not transparent enough about advertisements.The European Commission "found...

Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi is still in shock after an Israeli air strike killed her documentary's main subject, 25-year-old photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, in Gaza last month."Why would you kill...

RIYADH: US President Donald Trump signed a strategic economic agreement with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a tour of Gulf states aimed at...

Donald Trump enjoyed a lavish welcome in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as he opened the first state visit of his second term, with the US president eyeing major business deals even as progress on the Middle...

Cool showers and less coffee or alcohol: sleep quality is being harmed by hotter temperatures caused by climate change, and scientists say we need to learn how to adapt.The human brain is very...

Montreal - The UN aviation agency blamed Russia Monday for the downing of a Malaysian jetliner over Ukraine in 2014, leading to the deaths of 298 people.Australia and the Netherlands, the countries...

New Delhi - India's batting great Virat Kohli announced his immediate retirement from Test cricket on Monday, just days before India names their squad for a tour to England. Kohli, who scored 9,230...

Muscat - Iran and the United States wrapped up nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday with no apparent breakthrough in a public standoff over enrichment, but with both sides confirming plans for future...

Muscat - Iran and the United States are set to attend a fourth round of talks over Tehran's nuclear programme on Sunday, as US officials have voiced increasing opposition to Iranian enrichment.The...

Washington - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged India and Pakistan to restore direct communication to "avoid miscalculation" in a series of calls as the conflict neared all-out war, the State...

New Delhi - The Indian Premier League has been suspended indefinitely because of the deadly conflict between New Delhi and Pakistan, Indian media reported Friday. Officials decided to pause the...

Mumbai - India has suspended civilian flights at 24 airports in the north following fighting with nuclear-armed rival Pakistan.Nearly 50 people have perished, mainly in Pakistan, since India launched...

Vatican City - Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru but also a keen grasp of the inner workings of the Church.The new Leo XIV, a...

Pakistan said on Thursday it shot down 25 drones from India in its airspace while India said it "neutralised" Pakistan's attempts to strike military targets with drones and missiles.The latest...

Israel will do to Iran what it has done to Hamas in Gaza, Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Thursday."You are directly responsible. What we have done to Hezbollah in Beirut, to Hamas in Gaza, to...