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Riyadh - Al Nassr fans showed their support for Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday as the Portuguese star missed a second straight game after reportedly growing frustrated over transfers.The 41-year-old was...

Paris: British scientists said on Thursday that a world-first AI tool to catalogue and track icebergs as they break apart into smaller chunks could fill a "major blind spot" in predicting climate...

Australia in December became the world's first ​country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's...

A top Russian military intelligence general was shot in a Moscow apartment building on Friday and hospitalised, Moscow said, in what it said was an assassination attempt orchestrated by Ukraine.There...

Japanese premier Sanae Takaichi won US President Donald Trump's full endorsement on Friday, two days before snap elections that polls suggest may see her coalition romp home with a...

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pleaded for caution from flood-hit residents on Friday as more rain was expected to drench parts of the Iberian Peninsula already saturated by a deadly...

ATHENS: The Greek government has firmly backed its coastguard, insisting it is "not a welcoming committee" as questions grow over a collision in the Aegean Sea this week that killed 15 asylum...

TOKYO: Toyota has named a new CEO to "accelerate" decision-making, the Japanese auto giant said on Friday as it hiked its profit and sales forecasts for the current fiscal year despite the impact of...

Years after the pandemic, the aviation industry is still struggling to recover from supply chain ‌disruptions that have been exacerbated by record passenger demand and geopolitical challenges,...

Islamabad, Pakistan:  A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad killed at least 31 people on Friday, according to authorities, with a police source saying more than...

Paris, France:Jack Draper made his return to action with an emphatic victory for Great Britain in their Davis Cup first round qualifier in Norway on Thursday, while his team-mate Cameron Norrie also...

 Paris, France: Danish former world champion Mads Pedersen will undergo surgery after suffering a fractured wrist and collarbone at the early season Tour of Valencia on Wednesday, his team Lidl-Trek...

Silver prices collapsed more than 15 percent Thursday morning as the volatility that hammered precious metals around last weekend returned, with gold shedding more than three percent.The white metal...

ALBACETE, Spain: Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo goals helped Barcelona reach the Copa del Rey semifinals with a nervy 2-1 win at Albacete on Tuesday.The record 32-time cup winners were pushed to the...

United Nations experts on Wednesday called on Israel to withdraw a bill proposing the mandatory death penalty for terrorist acts, warning it would violate the right to life and discriminate against...

WASHINGTON: The United Arab Emirates ‌on Tuesday pledged to donate $500 million to a UN fund for humanitarian aid for Sudan, amid a US push to renew efforts towards a truce in the conflict that has...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced plans to issue passports to the kingdom's millions of camels, to help better manage the country's prized herds.The Ministry of Environment, Water and...

Tripoli: Libyan prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating the killing of Seif Al-Islam al Gaddafi, son of slain ruler Muammar Gaddafi, in the city of Zintan.The public prosecutor's...

GENEVA: Allowing the last US-Russia nuclear arms control deal to expire could unleash a new nuclear arms race, making all crises more dangerous, the ICAN campaign group warned on Wednesday, calling...

Tehran - Women in Iran can now formally obtain a licence to ride a motorcycle, local media reported Wednesday, ending years of legal ambiguity surrounding two-wheelers.The law previously did not...