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 European Union senior officials on Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza."President Trump's Gaza plan is an opportunity for lasting peace. It offers the...

Paris - More than 16 years after the crash of an Air France flight between Rio de Janeiro and Paris that killed all 228 people on board, the airline and aircraft manufacturer Airbus will once again...

The world's highest bridge has opened to traffic in the south-western Chinese province of Guizhou, cutting travel time through the mountainous Huajiang Canyon from about two hours to just a few...

Munich: US tech giant OpenAI and Europe's largest softwaregroup SAP are to cooperate in providing artificial intelligence (AI) to the German public sector.The partnership, termed OpenAI for...

Super Typhoon Ragasa is causing major flight disruptions across Asia as it churns in the South China Sea, with Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific saying on Tuesday that more than 500flights were being...

 FIFA has been accused of not caring about fans and "living in a parallel universe" over its controversial ticket pricing policy for next year's World Cup.A 10-day window opened on Wednesday,...

 At least 29 people were injured - including two who are in a critical condition - after a magnitude-6 earthquake struck Sunday morning on the island of Sulawesi in central Indonesia, an official...

 At least 31 people were killed and 13 wounded when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a displacement camp in the Sudanese region of North Darfur, the Sudan Doctors Network said on...

  US President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from European Union members and dozens of other countries were set to take effect on Thursday.Just minutes before the tariffs were due to kick...

US President Donald Trump has said that a ceasefire between Iran and Israel that he announced hours earlier "is now in effect."Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump went on to call for the...

The US strike on nuclear facilities in Iran has not released any radiation outside the facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in an initial assessment on Sunday."Following...

The death toll in ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to rise, as Tehran launched a fresh wave of deadly strikes on Israel overnight and Israel targeted Iran's energy industry.At least eight...

London: Two Israeli government ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, have been sanctioned by the United Kingdom because of their comments on Gaza.Ben-Gvir, the security minister in Prime...

London - Air India has been ranked the worst airline for UK flight delays.The carrier's departures from UK airports were an average of 45 minutes and 48 seconds behind schedule in 2024, according to...

London - The UK is planning on restricting visa applications from nationalities considered most likely to overstay and claim asylum, a report has suggested. Applications for work and study visas from...

China officially implemented its planned retaliatory tariffs on US goods on Thursday, imposing an additional 84% duty on imports from the United States.The move comes after Washington escalated its...

Flights have begun landing at London's Heathrow Airport, which aims to return to normal operation on Saturday after being shut due to a power loss. Restrictions on overnight flights have been...

The South Korean government on Monday said it has suspended the use in the country of Chinese artificial intelligence(AI) app DeepSeek.South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC)...

NATO defence ministers will gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss raising military expenditure, expanding defence industry capacities and the war in Ukraine.US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is...

London - The British Council could "disappear" within the next decade without urgent government intervention, the organization's chief executive has said.Scott McDonald, the boss of the UK's...