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Foxborough: Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi promised that his team will bounce back from their World Cup quarter-final exit against France on Thursday and keep building as they prepare to co-host the...

Los Angeles: Rob Woollard France underscored their status as the World Cup's team to beat on Thursday, overpowering African champions Morocco with a clinical 2-0 win to book their third...

Paris: France has urged its football fans to be responsible as their team prepares to face African champions Morocco on Thursday in a World Cup quarter-final, after previous high-profile matches led...

The United States struck scores of targets in Iran, including the railway line between Tehran and Mashhad, hours before late supreme leader Ali Khamenei was due to be buried on Thursday in the...

Two days of US strikes against Iran have killed 14 people and left 78 injured, Tehran's health ministry said on Thursday. "Of the injured, 47 are still hospitalised and the rest have been...

The death toll from devastating floods in southern China's Guangxi region rose to 39 on Thursday, with nine people still missing, state media reported. Extreme weather has wreaked havoc on...

The United States and Iran traded strikes on Thursday for the second day running as Washington and Tehran battled over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The vital oil shipping corridor is a flashpoint...

Tehran: The United States launched new strikes on Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump vowed to hit "hard" following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump, while ordering...

 OpenAI said its latest powerful artificial intelligence model series will be released to the public on Thursday, as the US government reportedly approved a broader launch. The company's new...

Islamabad, Pakistan  - Pakistan was searching Wednesday for a Boeing cargo plane missing off the coast of Karachi after radar showed it "rapidly descending," the Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA)...

'I celebrated in bed' — Norway's Solbakken stays grounded after beating Brazil Montclair, United States, July 6, 2026 (AFP) - Norway coach Stale Solbakken admitted on Monday he...

Damascus - An explosion was heard in central Damascus on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Syrian capital, AFP journalists said, with witnesses reporting smoke rising near a...

Heavy rain and severe storms have killed several people in parts of China, state media reported on Tuesday, as authorities warned of further extreme weather. In the central province of Hubei, storms...

Kansas City: John WEAVER Lionel Messi's Argentina face Egypt for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday as the maestro looks to reclaim the lead in a fiercely contested Golden Boot...

London: An "unknown projectile" struck an oil tanker off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, causing a fire, the British maritime security agency UKMTO said. The incident occurred...

Spain defeated Portugal 1-0 on Monday to end Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup dream and reach the quarter-finals as the United States aimed to shrug off controversy surrounding reprieved striker...

Arlington: Substitute Mikel Merino scored a late winner to put Spain in the quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Portugal and end Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career on Monday. The European...

London:  Londoner Zainab Hussain once saw air conditioning as a luxury in Britain. Now, the 35-year-old "can't see how we'll survive without it". She and her husband are among a small but...

Six people, including five children, were killed when a building collapsed in Mumbai, officials said Monday, as monsoon rains pounded India's financial capital, flooding roads and leading to...

Joe Jackson Londoner Zainab Hussain once saw air conditioning as a luxury in Britain. Now, the 35-year-old "can't see how we'll survive without it". She and her husband are among a small but...