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​The United States and Iran exchanged defiant messages ahead of Monday's scheduled announcement of new U.S. economic sanctions that could impact the Islamic Republic and Tehran's most...

* No-confidence vote is being discussed by Uefa and Infantino opponents * Infantino intends to seek re-election and ⁠retains support from several associations * EFC warns clubs could refuse future...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Already one ⁠of athletics' biggest stars, Sweden's Mondo Duplantis is now providing the soundtrack ​too, with the ​double Olympic pole vault champion releasing...

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands: Max Verstappen signed a ​contract extension with Red Bull to the end of 2030 on Thursday, ending speculation about the four-time world champion's near-term Formula One...

LONDON: The Iran war has pushed the global oil refining industry to the brink, signalling that diesel and gasoline prices may remain elevated for years. Deal or no deal, the global energy inflation...

WASHINGTON/DUBAI: U.S. President Donald Trump warned of economic consequences against any country that provided "any type of lifeline to Iran" as the United States looks to resolve a war it began...

Pakistan's government will challenge a Supreme Court decision that ordered authorities to move jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said...

The U.S. dollar drifted near multi-month lows against major peers on Wednesday as Treasury yields eased from recent highs, with investors awaiting minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest policy...

Meta Platforms rejected accusations by U.S. states that it ​intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in pursuit ​of profit, at the start of a trial that...

SINGAPORE: Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed, data showed ​on Wednesday, as most ​shipowners avoided the key waterway because of a lack of clear signalling on its reopening from a...

The United ​Arab Emirates' (UAE) defense ministry ​said on Tuesday that it had detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran, the first such incident reported since a May 4 strike on...

ZURICH: Fifa said on Monday that ​Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour had left the organisation, weeks ​after he publicly criticised Gianni Infantino's plan to sell a stake in the commercial...

WASHINGTON: The ​Milky Way, a large and spiral-shaped galaxy that ​is home to hundreds of billions of stars including our sun, has taken a long and complicated path to achieve its current...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday ​that former Prime ​Minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, meeting a longstanding...

The U.S. dollar held near multi-month ​lows against most major currencies on Tuesday as traders walked back expectations of near-term monetary tightening, although the imminent threat of an...

The oil market is ⁠increasingly behaving as though disruptions to Middle East energy supplies are not a temporary shock but a new reality. Nearly six months after war erupted between the U.S. and...

Ship crossings via the Strait of Hormuz were still in ​single digits on ​Monday, despite rising slightly from the weekend, according to preliminary shipping data on Tuesday, amid a stalemate in...

Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and ⁠the situation was now under control, officials said, the second such...

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) received a report on Tuesday ⁠that a vessel was struck ⁠by an unknown projectile while transiting outbound in the ‌Strait of Hormuz,...

A Russian ​attack ​targeted port infrastructure in Ukraine's Izmail district ⁠in the ⁠southern region of Odesa overnight, authorities ‌said on ​Monday. Fires ⁠caused ​by the...