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WASHINGTON: Prosecutors overstepped in charging January 6 rioters with obstruction for trying to prevent certification of the 2020 presidential election, the US Supreme Court said Friday in a case...

By Valentin BONTEMPSOlive oil producers are improving irrigation and seeking new varieties of olives to safeguard production as climate change upends harvests, causing prices of the staple of the...

Spielberg, Austria: Defending three-time world champion Max Verstappen topped the times for Red Bull ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Friday's opening practice session at the Austrian Grand...

Bridgetown, Barbados: Unbeaten throughout almost a month of cricket across the USA and the Caribbean, India and South Africa will face off at the Kensington Oval on Saturday in the T20 World Cup final...

London: Former champions Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic shrugged off lingering injury concerns on Friday to take their places in the draw for Wimbledon. Murray, the 2013 and 2016 champion, had...

Herzogenaurach: Euro 2024 hosts Germany come into Saturday's last 16 clash with Denmark in Dortmund hoping to have learned from Sunday's 1-1 draw with Switzerland, their final group stage match. After...

Berlin: Champions Italy take on Switzerland in the Euro 2024 last 16 on Saturday after making it through the group phase by the skin of their teeth. The Azzurri needed a 98th minute equaliser from...

With exciting football and vibrant fans lighting up cities across Germany, Euro 2024 has thrilled even though the European game's biggest stars have failed to take the tournament by storm.Portugal...

The death toll from a batch of illegal alcohol that devastated a town in southern India last week has risen to 63, police said Thursday.Hundreds of people die every year in India from cheap alcohol...

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: The outgoing United Nations humanitarian chief warned Wednesday that a spread of the Israel-Hamas war to Lebanon would be "potentially apocalyptic", as fighting...

Japanese scientists have used human cells to develop an equivalent to living skin that can be attached to robotic surfaces to flash a realistic -- if creepy -- smile.The University of Tokyo...

Seoul - Korean Air said Tuesday it was investigating an emergency incident at the weekend in which one of its Boeing 737-8 airliners had to divert due to a pressurisation problem which left 17...

Kenya was in a state of shock Wednesday following unprecedented scenes that left parts of parliament ablaze and gutted, as protests over proposed tax hikes turned deadly, prompting President William...

Tehran - Six candidates -- five conservatives and one reformist -- are competing in Iran's presidential election on Friday to succeed the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month....

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 faithful died during the hajj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat, and that most of the deceased did not have official...

Ibrahim Aycan has been waging all-out war against the electric minibuses newly introduced on the car-free island of Buyukada, which he says threaten his corner of paradise on the southern shores of...

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned on Friday that scorching heat in the Gaza Strip could exacerbate health problems for Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombardment and heavy fighting...

GAZA: Israel bombed Gaza on Friday as exchanges of fire and threats over the Lebanon border raised fears of wider war. Five municipal workers died "during an Israeli bombing" of a garage in Gaza City,...

BRUSSELS: The far-right EU parliament group led by Giorgia Meloni's party is on track to overtake its centrist rival linked to France's Emmanuel Macron -- as the Italian leader pushes for a greater...

NAIROBI: A man died on the sidelines of mass demonstrations by Kenyan youth against proposed tax hikes, police said Friday, with protesters calling for a national strike in the coming week.A police...