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Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen, the Ansar Allah said on Wednesday, as the Iran-backed fighters solidified their gains after a lightning advance that has extended Tehran's reach in the Middle East...

NEW DELHI: Nepali ⁠authorities said on Wednesday that only about 7% of ​the bodies recovered ​after the devastating flood have been identified, underscoring the scale of the work involved in...

CAIRO/GAZA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Gaza rescuers on Wednesday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 16 Palestinians including children...

At ​least 60 ​people were killed in a gold mine collapse on Sunday in a remote area north of the ⁠town of al-Nuhud in Sudan's ⁠West Kordofan, three local sources told Reuters on...

 Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic robbed Tokyo of ⁠the Olympic party it hoped for, Japan will welcome fans to a major multi-sport event when the 20th Asian Games open in Nagoya ​on...

 U.N. officials said ​on Tuesday ​that efforts to curb Ebola in eastern Congo were beginning to show results but ⁠stressed that the epidemic remained "massive" ⁠and would take months to bring...

 Leeds United climbed ⁠to third in the Premier League after a dominant ​4-1 victory ​over Newcastle United on Monday. A devastating 14-minute spell before halftime laid the foundation for...

LONDON: If cutting-edge AI is ⁠truly powerful enough to end humanity, it may already be too powerful to slow down. With the technology now locked in a strategic arms race tied to national security,...

LONDON: No government in the world is ready for the changes artificial intelligence will bring to society, Bill Gates said in an interview with Reuters, as he warned of the risks ahead. The Microsoft...

Warnings from researchers at leading U.S. AI developer Anthropic that increasingly powerful models could escape human control have drawn attention in China, where policymakers have been preparing for...

  VALENCIA: Lamine Yamal scored twice as Barcelona ​continued their perfect start to the season with a hard-fought 4-2 LaLiga victory over Levante in Valencia on Sunday. Xavi Espart and Karim...

   Cristiano Ronaldo ⁠said on Sunday that fans who appeared to make chants referencing former teammate Diogo Jota at Ruben ​Neves during a Saudi Pro League ​match should be banned from...

 The Saudi Civil Defence sent an all clear on Monday after issuing alerts ⁠for potential danger in four ⁠southern cities amid an uptick in attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned ‌Houthis. Saudi...

Commodity vessel ⁠transits through the Strait of Hormuz fell to a single digit ​per day at the ​weekend, preliminary shiptracking data showed on Monday, well below a 10-day average of 14. Over...

Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Gulf powers, while attacks around the region's two most important oil...

SYDNEY: Share markets ​slid in Asia on Monday, dragged down by AI stocks, while supply concerns in the Middle East caused oil prices to spike anew, and investors braced for likely interest rate...

 Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for ⁠140 people from a passenger ship that sank in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died, a ‌search and rescue agency...

  ROME: Substitute Diego Moreira ​grabbed two goals in as many minutes to allow AC Milan to fight their way back and hold hosts Lazio to a 2-2 draw at the Olympic Stadium in Serie A on Saturday....

  MADRID: Kylian Mbappe ⁠scored twice as Real Madrid enjoyed a 4-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano in ​LaLiga at the Santiago ​Bernabeu on Saturday. Mbappe got his sixth goal of the season in the...

SUNDERLAND, England: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta ⁠labelled the decision to award Sunderland a penalty 'unacceptable' on Saturday after watching his side grind out a ​2-0 win to...