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World Cup referee Omar Artan of Somalia was denied entry into the United States for the tournament owing to security concerns, broadcasters CNN have reported. CNN said they were told by an official...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the southern Philippines has risen to 45, while 630 people were injured and 17 remained missing, a civil defence official said on Wednesday. Most of the...

The number of confirmed deaths linked to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 101,officials said on Tuesday.  According to a statement by the Congolese Ministry of...

 A powerful earthquake struck near the southern Philippine island of Mindanao early Monday, prompting tsunami warnings across parts of the region. The quake struck at 7:37 am (2337 GMT on Sunday)...

Tehran: Iran's armed forces have said their missile attacks onIsrael targeted military installations. The Ramat David airbase, located south-east of the city of Haifa, wasattacked with ballistic...

Leading European politicians are set to hold a summit with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the coming days, following his offer to Russian President Vladimir Putin of direct peace talks,...

 Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company SpaceX is seeking to raise about $75 billion in what would be the largest initial public offering (IPO) on record, according to an updated prospectus...

 Barcelona star Lamine Yamal could make Spain's World Cup finals opener against Cape Verde after positive news on hisongoing fight for fitness. The 18-year-old has been ruled out of Thursday...

 Airbus, the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, on Tuesday said that the first of 12 modified A350 aircraft ordered by Australian airline Qantas had completed its maiden flight. Qantas...

US President Donald Trump said a framework agreement with Iran could be reached "over the next week," US broadcaster ABC News reported on Monday. ABC reported that Trump told one of its...

Anthropic, the AI firm and rival of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, may soon become a publicly traded company, allowing people to buy shares in it. The company said on Monday it had confidentially submitted...

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday called for a fundamental change in the country's leadership style, while his office denied rumours that he plans to resign. Pezeshkian said...

  London: Video assistant referees will have new powers to intervene at this summer's World Cup if fouls are committed immediately before the ball is in play at set-pieces, the International...

  London:  Doctors on Saturday praised "unprecedentedly strong responses" to an injection that eradicated entire tumours in otherwise treatment-resistant cancer cases during a trial. It shrank the...

Berlin:  Iran's team is still waiting for United States and Mexico visas less than two weeks before the start of the World Cup,the nation's governing football body FFIRI has said. The...

A video posted on social media by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir showing the far-right Cabinet member mocking activists belonging to a Gaza-bound aid flotilla has caused outrage...

 Global sales of electric vehicles are likely to receive a boost from the war in Iran, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, as persistently high oil prices encourage the shift...

San Jose: Google on Tuesday unveiled smart glasses powered by its Gemini artificial intelligence software, stepping up competition with Meta in the emerging market for AI-enabled wearable devices....

Representatives of Israel and Lebanon are set to meet in Washington on Thursday and Friday for further US-mediated talks. The US State Department said the discussions aim to advance a"comprehensive...

The cruise ship Hondius, which was hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, reached the Spanish island of Tenerife early on Sunday, live footage from Spanish public broadcaster RTVE showed. Medical...