Israel kills Hamas operative in rare West Bank air strike
An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in ...
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Forced birth control in Greenland ‘did not constitute genocide’
A campaign of forced contraception in Greenland that ran primarily in the 1960s and 1970s violated women’s human rights but did not meet the legal definition of genocide, two ...
US Open draw hands Alcaraz, Sabalenka tough tests
Defending U.S. Open champion Carlos Alcaraz faces a challenging road to the New York final while Aryna Sabalenka will also have her hands full in her bid for a ...
Nepal and China resume flood rescue after lake threat eases, death toll tops 500
Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears ...
Canada hits back over ‘petty’ Trump renaming Lake Ontario
U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” on Thursday, escalating a feud with Canada that has already spawned tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border ...
Sloppy Springboks seek massive improvement against All Blacks
South Africa were well-beaten in the opening fixture of their Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against old foes New Zealand last weekend but are unlikely to be as error-prone again ...
Iran’s disfigured supreme leader remains invisible six months into an existential war
Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran’s supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard ...
King Harald V, Norway’s reform-minded head of state, dies at 89
Norway’s King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne, died on Friday at the age ...
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Maresca urges patience with new signing Bouaddi
Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca praised new signing Ayyoub Bouaddi but said the club would take a cautious approach with the highly-rated teenager as he adapts to life in England.
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Djokovic seeks history as US Open endurance test awaits
Novak Djokovic heads to the U.S. Open chasing a record 25th Grand Slam title, but his latest bid for history carries renewed questions over whether his 39-year-old body can ...
Ukraine’s Nova Poshta says depots destroyed in Russian attacks
Russian attacks have destroyed Nova Poshta sorting centres near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and in the northern city of Sumy, the Ukrainian private postal and courier company said on ...
Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below ten-day average, data shows
Seven commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from 17 a day earlier and below the ten-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday.
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China rushes to minimise risk from lakes formed by glacier debris near Nepal border
China is racing to reduce the risk of more flooding at the disaster-stricken border crossing linking the Tibet region to Nepal after hundreds were killed in a flash flood on ...
South Korea backs Trump bid to revive North Korea talks, seeks nuclear progress
South Korea supports US President Donald Trump’s efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not ...
Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attack a NATO country, and he played down media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe ...
Le Pen seeks to woo French business leaders at first presidential debate
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen sought to woo France’s business leaders on Thursday, pledging during a first presidential debate with key rivals to put public finances back on track ...
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” on Thursday, escalating a feud with Canada that has already spawned tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border ...
Holders PSG to meet Barca, Man City as Champions League draw throws up marquee ties
Champions League holders Paris St Germain will take on Barcelona and Manchester City in this season’s league phase, while record 15-time champions Real Madrid will face Inter Milan and ...
Uefa pursuing criminal legal action against Infantino
UEFA has asked a U.S. federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida for use in a planned criminal complaint in Switzerland against ...
Ratko Mladic, former general convicted of Bosnia genocide, dies
Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in a U.N.-designated “safe area” of Bosnia, Europe’s worst atrocity since World War Two, ...
Trial for accused mastermind of 9/11 attacks set for June 2028
A U.S. Air Force judge has ordered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and three co-defendants to go on trial before ...
Qatar PM visits Tehran to pursue mediation efforts
Qatar’s prime minister visited Tehran on Thursday in a bid to relaunch diplomacy after the U.S. and Iran traded recriminations over Washington’s promise to increase economic pressure, ...
Russia says it could strike UK military targets
Russia warned on Thursday that it could strike British military targets inside and outside Ukraine in response to Ukrainian attacks on targets inside Russia using long-range British cruise missiles.
The ...
Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm
Meta’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the U.S. shows companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian officials said on Thursday, as ...