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DUBAI: Emergency workers tried to clear waterclogged roads and people assessed the damage to homes and businesses on Thursday after a rare and epic rainstorm swamped the United Arab Emirates. Dubai...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, the Iranian state-run IRNA news agency reported.IRNA reported that a Guards helicopter had boarded...

Paris: Rafael Nadal withdrew from the upcoming Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, saying his body is not yet ready for competition, casting more doubt on whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will...

London: Chelsea staged a last-gasp comeback to beat Manchester United 4-3 with Cole Palmer bagging a hat-trick to turn a madcap Premier League match on its head after the Reds seemed to have staged...

Liverpool: Liverpool reclaimed the Premier League lead in an enthralling title race as Alexis Mac Allister's thunderbolt and a late header by Cody Gakpo secured a nervy 3-1 home victory over bottom...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that concerns are growing over the global economic fallout from China's excess manufacturing capacity, making the issue the main focus of four days of...

The United States and the European Union committed to extend by three years their cooperation on identifying disruptions in the semiconductor sector, with a particular emphasis on mainstream "legacy"...

Kuwait held its first parliamentary election on Thursday since Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah assumed power late last year with a focus on expediting economic reforms after protracted deadlock...

NEW DELHI: India's top court on Tuesday warned the nation's most popular yoga guru and his company of stern legal action for not complying with its directive to stop advertisements saying traditional...

KYIV: Massive Russian missile and drone attacks hit thermal and hydro power plants in central and western Ukraine overnight, officials said on Friday, in the latest barrage targeting the country's...

MIAMI: Carlos Alcaraz's hopes for a Sunshine Double came undone in spectacular fashion as the top-seeded Spaniard fell 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to Grigor Dimitrov, who will move on to face Alexander...

MIAMI: Fourth seed Elena Rybakina overcame a second-set meltdown to beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(2) on Thursday and secure a return trip to the Miami Open final. In Saturday's title...

Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 in an attack claimed by IS.In the deadliest attack in...

TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, emphasised the need to protect civilians in Gaza and sustain humanitarian aid...

JERUSALEM: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Friday declared 800 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land, in a move that will facilitate the use of the ground for settlement...

Russia admitted two years into its invasion of Ukraine on Friday that it was "in a state of war," as it launched a massive wave of missile and drone attacks on its neighbour's territory.Russia fired...

European stocks were mixed in early trading on Friday after cautious Asian markets put a dampener on the recent equity rally, in a move attributed to profit-taking after a busy week.A surprise rate...

Australia will begin enforcing tougher visa rules for foreign students this week as official data showed migration hit another record high, which is likely to further exacerbate an already tight...

GAZA STRIP/CAIRO/DUBAI: Israel said on Friday it would send a delegation to Qatar for fresh talks on a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, keeping faint hopes for a truce alive despite rejecting a...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named Mohammad Mustafa, an ally and leading business figure, as prime minister with a mandate to help reform the Palestinian Authority (PA), the state-run WAFA news...