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HONG KONG: Manager Xabi Alonso hailed Mykhailo Mudryk's "emotional" return from a doping ban as the winger played for Chelsea for the first time in nearly two years in a 1-0 friendly defeat to...

TORONTO: World number one Aryna Sabalenka returned to her hard court comfort zone with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima in the WTA 1000 in Toronto on Tuesday. It was a solid...

New York: A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX rocket was believed to have unintentionally crashed into the Moon on Wednesday, a collision that posed no danger to Earth but is expected to leave behind a...

Sanaa: Yemen's Ansar Allah said on Wednesday that they attacked a Saudi oil tanker off Yanbu, in the Red Sea, as the rebels pressed on with their declared maritime blockade of the kingdom. This...

A ​DHL ​cargo aircraft collided mid-air with an unknown object shortly ⁠after take-off from Leipzig ⁠airport, prompting an immediate unscheduled ‌landing in Hanover, ​a ⁠source...

US President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as soon as Wednesday but warned Iran it would get "hit very hard" if negotiations fell through. Transit of the...

PARIS: Pressure on Fifa president Gianni Infantino intensified on Tuesday, with opposition emerging from within world football's governing body as well as from external critics over his...

Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported a 44 percent surge in net profits on Tuesday after the Middle East war sent energy prices soaring.  Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter and engine of the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a "last chance before decapitation."...

BARCELONA: Slovenian cycling great Tadej Pogacar will bid to win the one Grand Tour missing from his achievements the Vuelta a Espana when he rides in this year's race for the first time since...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that new negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on striking the Islamic Republic to pursue a deal to end the war entering its...

Tehran: Iran said on Sunday that it was nearing a deal with the Sultanate of Oman over a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the US called off major strikes to allow for diplomacy. ...

Washington: Alexandra Eala stunned former world number one Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the women's final of the WTA and ATP Washington Open, where she will face third-ranked Jessica...

Surabaya, Indonesia: An Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea on Sunday, killing five people and leaving another 41 missing after some jumped overboard, search and rescue officials said. A total of 225...

Ceuta, Spain: At least 72 people died during last week's mass influx of migrants into Spain's Ceuta enclave, when tens of thousands of people mostly swam around the border post from...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump held a call aimed at reducing regional tensions, the kingdom's official SPA press agency...

Seoul: South Korea registered a maximum temperature of 42.5C Sunday, its highest since records began in 1904, according to the state weather agency. The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the...

President Donald Trump said that he had canceled threatened new strikes on Iran — provided a deal was struck “rapidly” with Tehran that included the “Immediate, Complete, and Total” opening...

HONG KONG: Enzo Maresca's first game as Manchester City manager ended in defeat on penalties after drawing 1-1 with Inter Milan in a friendly in Hong Kong on Saturday. Matteo Lavelli netted the...

Skardu: Pakistan rescue teams resumed a high-altitude search on Saturday for seven climbers missing after a powerful avalanche on one of the world's highest peaks, with the remains of three...