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From DFS to Avolta, duty-free stores selling premium perfumes ​and spirits to big spenders are feeling the pinch as conflict in the Middle East shuts airports and curbs travel to the region, a...

DUBAI/LAHORE - Saudi ​Arabia will provide $3 billion in additional support to Pakistan to help the South Asian nation bridge a multibillion-dollar financing gap linked to an upcoming debt repayment...

  BEIJING: Electric ​vehicle maker BYD said a fire broke out at a parking garage in a Shenzhen industrial park on Tuesday morning. The garage was a ⁠parking area for "test and scrapped...

BENGALURU: Ayush Shetty’s silver ⁠medal at the 2026 Asia Championships has given Indian badminton a new men’s ​singles contender as the country ​begins to shape its plans for the 2028 Los...

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON/DUBAI: N​egotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad this week to resume talks to end the war, sources told Reuters on Tuesday, after the collapse of...

SINGAPORE/TOKYO: A ​third Iran-linked tanker was entering ​the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday on the first full day of the U.S. blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports, shipping...

Ghana have ⁠appointed Carlos Queiroz as head coach, the ​country’s football ​association said on Monday, with the Portuguese set to make his fifth consecutive World Cup appearance. Queiroz,...

MANCHESTER, England: Leeds United's Noah Okafor scored ⁠twice as his side grabbed a morale-boosting 2-1 Premier League away win over bitter rivals Manchester United, who had ​Lisandro...

  Carlos Alcaraz said the opportunity ⁠to quickly reclaim the world number one ranking from his big rival Jannik ​Sinner provided him additional ​motivation for this week's Barcelona Open,...

  This year's Women's ⁠Twenty20 World Cup will have a tournament-record prize ​pool of $8.8 million ​with the winners set to earn $2.3 million, the International Cricket Council (ICC)...

WASHINGTON/DUBAI - The U.S. military began a blockade of Iran's ​ports, angering Tehran and adding uncertainty around the crucial waterway, although ​hopes for dialogue to end the war...

The U.S. military on Monday detailed the boundaries of its Strait of Hormuz blockade, saying it would extend east to the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, while ship-tracking data showed two ships turned...

WASHINGTON/DUBAI: The U.S. military said it will begin a ​blockade of ships leaving Iran's ports on Monday, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours, after...

SUNDERLAND, England:Tottenham Hotspur's relegation fears ⁠deepened as manager Roberto de Zerbi's first game in charge ended in a 1-0 defeat ​by Sunderland that left the ​London club...

LONDON: Manchester ⁠City reignited the Premier League title race on Sunday, scoring three ​goals in 17 second-half minutes ​to crush Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and move within six points of...

COMO, Italy: Marcus Thuram and Denzel Dumfries scored twice each as ​Inter Milan rallied from two goals down to beat ​Como 4-3 away on Sunday and extend their lead at the top of Serie A to nine...

    HAMBURG, Germany: Bayern ​Munich set an all-time Bundesliga goal record for one season when they beat St Pauli 5-0 on Saturday to ⁠take their tally to 105 ⁠so far with five matches...

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's teenaged winger Rio Ngumoha became the club's youngest player to score a Premier League goal at Anfield on Saturday before Mohamed Salah struck four minutes later in...

CAIRO - Saudi ​Arabia ​has restored full oil pumping capacity through ⁠the East-West ⁠pipeline, amounting to approximately seven million ‌barrels per ​day, ⁠it said ​in a statement...

Belgium knocked out 18-time champions the ⁠United States to qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on Saturday, ​as Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, ​Spain and Ukraine also secured places in the...