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The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is set to reopen on Sunday after almost a year, allowing Palestinians to leave the war-torn territory and marking the end of the first phase...

  Melbourne: Jannik Sinner's hopes of a third successive Australian Open title were saved by the heat rule as the second seed fought off cramp and American Eliot Spizzirri to reach the fourth...

Berlin - The eight European countries targeted by US PresidentDonald Trump with new tariffs over their united stance against hisGreenland demands said the threats "undermine trans-Atlanticrelations...

Washington - The United States will impose a 10% tariff onimports from eight European countries from February 1, US PresidentDonald Trump announced on Truth Social on Saturday, citingdisagreements...

London: Max Verstappen admitted the new-look Red Bullwill take "time to adjust" to as he prepares for his bid to regainthe world title.The Dutchman's run of four successive titles ended in last...

London: Barcelona eased into the Spanish Super Cup final with a 5-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in Saudi Arabia.Ferran Torres, Fermin Lopez, Roony Bardghji and Raphinha all scored in the space of a...

 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations, saying they no longer serve US national interests.A presidential memorandum signed...

Iran has restricted internet access amid the current nationwide protests, with data traffic dropping by 35% according to data logged by US-based IT company Cloudflare, and cited by Iranian daily...

London: British boxer Anthony Joshua is recovering in hospital after being involved in a car crash in Nigeria that resulted in the death of two members of his team.The incident occurred along the...

London: As Tiger Woods turns 50 on Tuesday, he can reflect on an incredible career so far which has seen him go from child prodigy to one of the biggest names in sport and bounce back from dramatic...

Parliamentary elections will take place in Myanmar on Sunday for the first time since the military coup in the South-East Asian country almost five years ago.The ruling junta announced the polls at...

 Israel plans to invest 350 billion shekels ($110billion) over the next decade to make its domestic arms industry more independent, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, according...

Next year is likely to be the fourth year in a row where global temperatures are more than 1.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the UK's Met Office said.In its annual outlook for...

Oil prices rose in early trade on Wednesday following heightened tensions between the United States and Venezuela.Brent crude for February delivery climbed to $59.84 a barrel, up 92cents, while US...

 War-ravaged Sudan, home to the world's worst internal displacement crisis, has topped the annual Emergency Watchlist of countries where humanitarian conditions are expected to deteriorate...

 Elon Musk has become the first person to reach an estimated net worth of more than $600 billion, according to calculations by Forbes magazine published on Monday.The increase was driven by the...

Berlin (dpa) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sees progress following negotiations with US representatives over a peace plan for his country, but he said several difficult questions remain.He...

 US President Donald Trump has threatened Mexico with an additional 5% tariff on imports over a dispute about water allocations along the shared border.Trump said in a post on his Truth Social...

 The year 2025 remains on track to become one of the three hottest ever recorded, the EU's Copernicus Climate ChangeService said on Tuesday.It is currently tied with 2023 as the second-hottest...

 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said hevplans to meet the newly elected mayor of New York, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, at the White House."Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran...