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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iran and its regional allies will not back down, after an Israeli attack on Beirut that is thought to have targeted the heir apparent to the...

WASHINGTON: Former US president Barack Obama will stump for Kamala Harris in key swing states, adding his star power to the Democrat's White House bid in the final month before election day, her...

KISELJAK: At least 14 people died in floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday and many others were missing as torrential rain and landslides destroyed homes, roads and bridges across the centre of...

BRUSSELS: Brussels will stick to plans to impose hefty tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, the EU executive said on Friday, even after the bloc's leading economy Germany rejected them and exposed...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel's military said it killed 15 Hezbollah members in south Lebanon on Thursday and bombed Beirut after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of...

Rwanda is poised to start vaccine and therapeutic clinical trials to treat Marburg viral disease, health minister Yvan Butera said on Thursday.The disease, first confirmed in the country late in...

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for Israel's campaign against Tehran's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.Alarms sounded across Israel and...

BEIJING: China's central bank on Friday lowered interest rates and injected liquidity into the banking system as Beijing assembled a last-ditch stimulus assault to pull economic growth back towards...

LONDON: Britain's Labour government is reconsidering part of its plan to toughen up tax rules on wealthy foreigners living in the country, known as its non-dom tax, media reports said on Friday.Prime...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel rejected proposals on Thursday for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying allies including the United States which had called for an immediate three-week halt in fighting to...

Beirut: The United States is spearheading a new diplomatic effort to end hostilities in both Gaza and Lebanon, linking the two conflicts as part of a single initiative, six sources familiar with the...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday and shot down a missile that Hezbollah fired at Tel Aviv, further intensifying the conflict between the two arch-foes....

WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday announced it was admitting Qatar into its visa waiver program, allowing visa-free travel by Qatari citizens for up to 90 days starting no later than December...

NEW YORK: U.S. President Joe Biden will look to burnish his foreign policy legacy in a U.N. speech on Tuesday, still facing the challenges posed by Ukraine's effort to repel Russian invaders and in a...

JERUSALE/BEIRUT: Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollah targets on Monday, killing at least 100 people by Lebanese tallies, and warned citizens to...

BEIRUT/HAIFA: Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict across Lebanon's south and Hezbollah...

BEIRUT: Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the Israeli military and two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long...

CAIRO: Israeli forces killed at least 14 Palestinians in tank and air strikes on north and central areas of the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, as tanks advanced further into northwest Rafah near...

India will conduct its much-delayed national census soon, Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, after a delay of about three years.The once-in-a-decade survey was due in 2021 but was delayed by...

Los Angeles - Japan-set historical epic Shogun smashed records and was named best drama at television's Emmy Awards on Sunday, as Hacks and Baby Reindeer racked up big wins at the glitzy gala in Los...