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A Palestinian shop owner said Israeli troops used him as a human shield to protect themselves during a raid on the town of Dura in the occupied West Bank. Mobile ...

Japanese shipping operator Nippon Yusen suspended sailings through the Red Sea on Tuesday after Yemen’s Houthi movement vowed to step up attacks on vessels in the region. The Iran-allied ...

AS Roma named their former player Daniele De Rossi as their new manager until the end of the season, hours after parting ways with manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday. Mourinho ...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview made public, said there had been times when he had felt the urge to “punch in the face” his Russian opposite number ...

Israeli tanks stormed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip they had left last week, residents said on Tuesday, reigniting some of the most intense fighting since the New ...

Toyota Motor (7203.T) plans to produce about 10.3 million vehicles globally in 2024, renewing its record annual production for the second consecutive year, the Nikkei reported on Monday. Toyota is preparing to ...

Global tobacco use has tumbled in a generation with one in five people smoking versus one in three in 2000, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The drop comes despite ...

Turkey said it had destroyed 23 targets in overnight air strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria, a further escalation of conflict south of its border. The attacks were ...

The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of “unassimilated” immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv ...

Global banks could boost their valuations by a combined $7 trillion in the next five years if they take major steps to promote growth and boost productivity, the Boston Consulting Group ...

Two men were jailed in a London court on Monday for helping the owner of an extreme body modification video website to have his penis and a leg removed. Marius ...

Fresh off a campaign victory in Iowa, Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on Tuesday to defend himself for a second time against charges that he defamed writer ...

Greece has begun preparations for the sale of 30 per cent stake in Athens International Airport through an initial public offering (IPO) and separate agreements with shareholders AviaAlliance and the Copelouzos ...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the “spy headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they ...

Media dynasty drama “Succession“ and restaurant dramedy “The Bear“ dominated the Emmy Awards on Monday, earning six trophies each as Hollywood handed out its top accolades for television. “Succession,” the ...

The mayor of the southern Russian city of Voronezh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after what officials said was a Ukraine-launched drone attack that damaged several buildings and ...

Argentine Lionel Messi retained the FIFA player of the year award on Monday, beating Manchester City’s treble-winning Norwegian striker Erling Haaland and France’s Paris St Germain forward Kylian ...

Nottingham Forest and Everton face a points deduction after the clubs have been charged by the Premier League for a breach of their profitability and sustainability rules (PSR), the league ...

Yemen’s Houthi movement will expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include US ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday, as it vowed to ...

Hamas appeared to show the dead bodies of two Israeli hostages on Monday after warning Israel they might be killed if it did not stop its bombardment of Gaza. A ...

Naomi Osaka did not enjoy the fairytale return she hoped for at the Australian Open as the twice champion lost 6-4 7-6(2) to French 16th seed Caroline Garcia in the ...

Order of play on the main courts on the third day of the Australian Open on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): * Day session: From 12 p.m. (0100 GMT) * Night session: From 7 ...

Andy Murray has enjoyed plenty of deep runs at Melbourne Park but the five-time runner-up was left wondering if this Australian Open would be his last after being dumped out ...

A former mayor of the Russian city of Vladivostok has enlisted to fight in Ukraine and departed for the front after he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption, ...