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More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo's worst outbreak of the deadly disease ever, according to Congolese authorities. It began in the northeastern...

An explosion and fire have hit an ammunition storage site in Bulgaria, police said, weeks after a blaze at another munitions facility in the country. The latest incident happened late on Friday at a...

CORON: Philippine disaster agency workers carried coffins to a cemetery in the resort town of Coron on Saturday, intended for the temporary burial of victims of a ferry fire that has killed dozens of...

Birmingham: Debutant Razaullah launched a remarkable late salvo as Pakistan finally showed some fight at Edgbaston on Friday, setting England a target of 130 to seal a clean sweep in their three-Test...

PARIS: Fifa said on Friday that a decision on the venue for the 2030 World Cup final would be made "in due course", after Moroccan football federation president Fouzi Lekjaa said the showpiece match...

BUDAPEST: Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt claimed 19 global titles in a storied career, but he wishes the kind of prize money on offer at the Ultimate Championship from Friday had been available...

Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar's second-busiest airport was closed for two days on Friday, security sources told AFP, a day after the military-backed government accused pro-democracy rebels of...

NEW YORK: Elena Rybakina ended Zheng Qinwen's spirited US Open run on Wednesday, guaranteeing her rise to world No 1 as she booked a semifinal showdown with Coco Gauff. Rybakina beat Zheng 3-6,...

Hong Kong: Asian stocks fell Thursday and Brent oil extended gains a day after breaking the psychological $100 barrier on the back of resurgent Middle East hostilities that have fanned inflation...

Oil prices hovered above $100 a barrel on Thursday, a day after Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran tightened its grip on the vital oil...

Danny Kemp and Frankie Taggart President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, coupling the extraordinary claim with...

At least five people were killed and 86 remain missing after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coast guard said Thursday. The blaze broke...

NEW YORK: Ben Shelton stunned holder Carlos Alcaraz in an epic US Open quarterfinal that ended at 3:34 am Wednesday, breaking the record for the latest finish in Flushing Meadows history. The...

London: Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, topped $100 a barrel Wednesday following a flare-up in the US-Iran war since the end of August that risks fresh disruption to oil supplies....

 Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday, two weeks after deadly flooding triggered by a glacial mountain collapse. The August 26 tsunami-like...

DHAKA: Bangladesh, which once came close to eliminating measles, is facing its worst outbreak on record, with 999 ​suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths reported since March as hospitals...

Miami: The two pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport, striking a van and killing five people, have been released from hospital,...

Brussels: European cities will gain more leeway to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb under plans to bring down housing costs in tourism hotspots that the European Union is to unveil Wednesday....

UK travellers faced more misery on Wednesday with more than 150 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain's air traffic control service scrambled to rescover from a technical glitch that...

* Zverev secures another routine win * Gauff outclasses compatriot Jovic * Rybakina ⁠moves one win from world number one * Another great escape for Zheng * Khachanov, Van de Zandschulp prevail in...