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Hosts France will play an Olympic men’s football final for the first time in 40 years after beating Egypt 3-1 in extra time at the Lyon stadium on Monday and ...

Local hero Kauli Vaast said he was ready to go to war to win an Olympic surfing gold medal at his home break – for his family, for all Tahitians and ...

Bangladesh’s army chief will meet student protest leaders on Tuesday as the country awaits the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and ...

The United States has been urging other countries through diplomatic channels to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson said, ...

The number of foreign tourists in Spain jumped 13 per cent in the first-half of 2024, putting the country on track for another record year for visitor numbers despite growing discontent over ...

Britain’s financial watchdog has announced that it has widened the range of “dormant” assets, or money in financial firms’ accounts to tap a potentially extra 880 million pounds ($1.12 billion) to ...

Growth in Saudi Arabia’s non-oil sector eased in July from the previous month, with new orders increasing at the slowest pace in two and a half years, a survey ...

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.25 metres at the third attempt on Monday having retained the Olympic gold medal with a 6.00m ...

Israel has conducted a systematic policy of prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the war in Gaza, subjecting Palestinian detainees to acts ranging from arbitrary violence to sexual ...

“Twin Peaks” creator David Lynch has said he will most likely retire due to an emphysema diagnosis, a lung disease with no known cure. The 78-year-old American filmmaker said in ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the state of Missouri to halt Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing for his conviction in New York on felony charges ...

The British government said on Monday officials were examining the role foreign states had played in amplifying disinformation online which had helped fuel violent protests, while warning social media firms ...

Brazil announced a diplomatic agreement on Monday that will allow it to represent the interests of Argentina and Peru in Caracas, after Venezuela severed ties with the two nations following ...

A Russian pianist and anti-war activist has died in prison after going on hunger strike, his mother said, in what the European Union called a shocking case of political repression. ...

Nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees may have been involved in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, and their employment will be ...

The Algerian and Taiwanese boxers embroiled in a dispute over gender in sport at the Paris Games were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships after a sex chromosome test ruled both ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said violent protesters who had targeted Muslim communities would swiftly face the “full force of the law” as he sought to quell days of anti-immigration ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday after conducting interviews with top contenders at her Washington, D.C., residence over the weekend, two sources ...

Simone Biles suffered a shocking defeat in the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics on Monday after two costly errors allowed Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade to snatch an unexpected ...

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, who blames the military for his ouster and 12-month-old imprisonment on what he calls trumped-up charges, said on Sunday it would be “...

The United Arab Emirates’ non-oil private sector expanded at its slowest pace in almost three years in July, a survey showed on Monday, with both output and new order growth ...

Lebanon on Monday received emergency medical supplies to equip its hospitals for possible war injuries and Beirut airport was teeming with people trying to leave the country amid fears a ...

The men’s 100 metres at the Paris Olympics on Sunday was as close to riveting perfection as you can get, said World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, and further entrenched American ...

Iran is not looking to escalate regional tensions but believes it needs to punish Israel to prevent further instability, the foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, following the killing of ...