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Actor Christina Applegate said on Tuesday she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which doctors had attributed her symptoms to since 2021. The actor, who gained fame in the sitcom...

Tokyo: Tokyo and Osaka topped 30C on Wednesday, the latest in the year both cities have ever recorded such temperatures, a Japan weather official said. Warm, humid air from the south swept across...

 After a weekend of protests, riots and looting, France is looking to head off further unrest, ahead of fresh demonstrations called for Saturday. Here are some of the measures authorities have...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Ansar Allah said on Wednesday it had intercepted five drones launched towards the kingdom, including in the Medina region home to one of Islam's...

Paris: Global greenhouse gas emissions remained at record levels in 2025, said a UN report Wednesday that warned Earth would warm 2.6C this century even if governments met their latest climate...

LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed a 30-day suspension for leaving the Portuguese national team camp, the country's football federation (FPF) announced on Monday. The 41-year-old abruptly...

Riyadh: Saudi forces on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile aimed at the kingdom's capital, said a spokesman for the Riyadh-led coalition backing Yemen's government, after authorities...

French President Emmanuel Macron has secured the delivery of an additional 200,000 tonnes of diesel per month from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain during a tour of the Gulf, the French presidency...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday an oil tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine, the latest such incident since Tehran tightened its grip of the waterway. Iran...

Sofia, Bulgaria: A bomb threat against an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna on Sunday forced the plane to divert to Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian authorities and the airline. The...

Washington: Britain's Met Office says this year's El Nino is "unprecedented." Japan's weather agency has called it the strongest ever observed. US forecasters say it still trails the...

Riyadh: Riyadh's Kingdom Centre (Kingdom Tower) skyscraper, one of the city's major landmarks, ordered its office tenants to work remotely "until further notice" on Sunday, after repeated...

Tehran: Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi as the country's new defence minister, replacing his predecessor who was killed on the first day of the war with the United States....

Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars's moons to retrieve samples that could help unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, in what aims to be the first round trip to...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that it had intercepted four drones, including over the capital Riyadh, as the country comes under repeated fire from Yemen's Ansar Allah. Riyadh leads a...

Tehran: Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday said two oil tankers were on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mines in the waterway at the heart of the Middle East war. Tehran seized...

Sri Lanka suffered a nationwide electricity blackout on Saturday after the national grid tripped, possibly because solar power generation exceeded consumption, officials said. The country was without...

Dubai: A tanker was struck by an "unknown projectile" off Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast, forcing the evacuation of its crew, a maritime monitoring agency said on Saturday. The vessel was hit on...

The International Monetary Fund expects energy-rich Middle Eastern economies to bounce back, but not in the medium term, the organisation's regional chief said on Thursday, as fighting continued...

WUHAN, China: A frustrated Aryna Sabalenka suffered a second successive early exit as her bid for a fourth Wuhan Open title was foiled by American world number 31 Ann Li 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in round...