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Thirteen civilians and five soldiers were killed when suicide bombers drove two explosive-laden cars into an army compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the military said in a new death...

Barcelona - Keeping smartphone users safe from phishing, deepfakes and malicious software is top of mind for many manufacturers and network operators this week at the world's biggest wireless...

Washington - Donald Trump leaned on his reality TV instincts as he goaded opponents, wooed adoring fans, and engineered heart-tugging moments Tuesday in the longest-ever presidential speech to...

Washington - Steep US tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods came into effect Tuesday as a deadline to avert President Donald Trump's levies passed without the nations striking a deal, in a move set to...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday for his first trip abroad since taking office earlier this year, the presidency said.Aoun, a former army chief thought to be backed...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he would work with Europe to set terms for a possible peace deal to present to the United States, after allies gathered in London pledged to spend...

Thrissur - It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples.Made of...

Manila - Soaring temperatures shut down schools in nearly half the Philippine capital on Monday, local officials said, as the torrid dry season started in the tropical Southeast Asian country.A...

Egypt rejects proposals to displace the Palestinian people to not "liquidate" the Palestinian cause and to avoid threatening the national security of countries in the region, the Egyptian presidency...

Lima - At least six people were killed and 78 injured after the roof of a food court at a busy shopping center collapsed in northern Peru, authorities said Saturday, as the death toll from the...

Caracas - With a monthly salary of $15, a teacher in Venezuela earns nowhere near enough to cover their basic food necessities, never mind rent or medicine.Many in the crisis-stricken South American...

Vatican City - Pope Francis's condition "continues to be critical", the Vatican said Saturday, saying the 88-year-old was alert but had suffered a respiratory attack that required "high-flow oxygen",...

Dubai - Cricketing powerhouses India and Pakistan renew their storied if rare rivalry in the most hotly-anticipated match of the 2025 Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday.AFP Sport looks back at six...

United Nations - The United States proposed Friday a United Nations resolution on the Ukraine conflict that omitted any mention of Kyiv's territory occupied by Russia, diplomatic sources told AFP....

The dollar headed for a third straight weekly drop on Friday as traders reasoned the start of Donald Trump's second term has been mostly bluster on tariffs, and knocked the yen back from a 2-1/2-month...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, - Arab leaders were gathering in Saudi Arabia on Friday to hammer out a recovery plan for Gaza aimed at countering President Donald Trump's proposal for US control of the...

Shanghai - Chinese tech companies shrugged off foreign scrutiny of upstart chatbot maker DeepSeek, telling AFP on Friday they were confident the country's tech startups would make more gains in the...

Hamas is set to hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, including those of the Bibas family, who have become symbols of the ordeal that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war...

A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for attempting to kill Japan's then prime minister Fumio Kishida with a pipe bomb in 2023, a local court said. Kishida was unharmed in the attack...

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company unveiled on Monday the latest version of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes will find traction in a highly competitive sector contested by the...