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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defence lawyer urged a jury on Friday to find the former hip-hop mogul not guilty in his sex trafficking trial, saying prosecutors are trying to criminalise his ...

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran was enriching uranium to a level that concerned the United States, and he backed inspections of ...

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a US-brokered peace agreement on Friday, raising hopes for an end to fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more ...

UBS Global Wealth Management raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 index (.SPX) to 6,200 from its prior forecast of 6,000, banking on softening trade tensions and expectations of resilient ...

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow on Friday to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices ...

The All England Club’s decision to jettison line judges in favour of technology carries an air of inevitability as the world embraces AI but the human arbiters of the ...

Britain’s statistics office will split its leadership and invest more money as part of a push to fix problems with its economic data that have hampered the Bank of ...

Israel’s Military Advocate General has ordered an investigation into possible war crimes over allegations that Israeli forces deliberately fired at Palestinian civilians near Gaza aid distribution sites, Haaretz newspaper ...

Present rivalries and past collisions hang over Red Bull’s home Austrian Grand Prix as Formula One braces for the next round of Max Verstappen v George Russell and more ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sharply scaled back planned welfare cuts on Friday to quell a rebellion by lawmakers in his governing Labour Party, the latest U-turn to dent his ...

Carlos Alcaraz will begin his quest for a third successive Wimbledon title against dangerous Italian Fabio Fognini and women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka will open her campaign versus Canadian ...

Israel would have killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were it possible during the countries’ 12-day war, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday. “I estimate that if ...

Anti-Muslim online posts targeting New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have surged since his Democratic primary upset this week, including death threats and comments comparing his candidacy to the ...

The following are five contenders for the men’s title at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday. JANNIK SINNER (ITALY) World ranking: 1 Australian Open and U.S. Open champion Sinner arrives ...

Manchester City secured top spot in Group G of the Club World Cup with a 5-2 thrashing of Juventus on Thursday, exposing the Serie A side’s defensive frailties in ...

The US economy contracted a bit faster than previously thought in the first quarter amid tepid consumer spending, underscoring the distortions caused by the Trump administration’s aggressive tariffs on ...

European Union leaders discussed new proposals from the United States on a trade deal at a summit in Brussels , with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not ruling out tariff ...

Shell (SHEL.L) has not bid for BP (BP.L) and is not actively considering such a move, it said in a categorical denial on Thursday, adding it was bound ...

Almost one third of small and medium-sized British employers have made staff redundant or are thinking about job cuts as a direct result of the increase in their social security ...

Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen accused protesters on Thursday of attempting to overthrow the government during a day of deadly demonstrations, remarks that protest leaders said were an attempt ...

Liverpool have signed Hungary left back Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth, the Premier League champions said on Thursday. The Merseyside club agreed a 40 million-pound fee to recruit the 21-year-old on a ...

Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, in his first televised ...

Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld core elements of a disputed amnesty law enacted by the Socialist government after Catalonia’s failed 2017 secession bid, under which more than 300 people ...

North Korea may deploy additional troops to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine in July or August and Pyongyang is continuing to supply arms to Russia, South Korean ...