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KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ‌will discuss territorial issues, the main stumbling block in talks to end the war, with US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, as a 20-point...

A South Korean investigation into the Jeju Air crash ‌that killed 179 people is set to miss a one-year deadline to release a progress report, two officials said, as frustrated relatives of the...

Tokyo - Silver surpassed $75 per ounce on Friday for the first time, as both precious and industrial metals hit unprecedented highs at year's end, driven by economic and geopolitical uncertainty....

 At least 12 people died on Wednesday after a boat filled with migrants seeking to reach Europe sank off the coast of Senegal, security sources said.The coastal west African country is one of the...

New Delhi:  India's space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment "a significant stride" for the space sector.The LVM3-M6...

Rabat: Nicolas Jackson scored twice as much-fancied Senegal began their Africa Cup of Nations bid with a convincing 3-0 win over Botswana on Tuesday, while Nigeria's Super Eagles made harder work...

US trade officials determined that China should be punished for employing unfair tactics to dominate the semiconductor industry, but will wait 18 months to impose tariffs, American authorities said...

Gold prices broke past $4,500 in Asian trade Wednesday on optimism that the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates next year, and amid rising tensions between the United States and...

Johannesburg - Nine people were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early Sunday, police said, in the second such shooting in South Africa this month.Ten more were...

Adelaide, Australia - Dominant Australia collected the last four wickets they needed on Sunday to win the third Test and retain the Ashes in just 11 days of cricket, crushing the dreams of a "hurting"...

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the under-priced purchase of luxury state...

Seven elephants were killed, and one ‌was injured when a Delhi-bound train collided with a herd in northeast India early on Saturday, district police ​chief VV Rakesh Reddy said.The ‌incident in...

 More than 1,000 civilians were killed during three days of attacks by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the Zamzam displacement camp in April, the UN said Thursday, demanding a war...

 "There is nobody who will be left without a job," he said. "But there might be some people for whom we still have to work out what it is that they will do."Frankfurt: The last car rolled off the...

 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday sharply expanded a travel ban by barring people from seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the...

Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record in 2025, the IEA said Wednesday, thanks in part to policy measures introduced by the Trump administration to boost the industry.In its annual report...

Sydney:  Police charged alleged Bondi gunman Naveed Akram with terrorism, 15 counts of murder and a litany of other crimes on Wednesday after Australia's deadliest mass shooting in...

Washington - US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing...

 US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot.The lawsuit,...

Bangladesh's interim government said it would fly a leader of the 2024 uprising, a candidate in upcoming elections, for treatment in Singapore after an assassination attempt that left him...