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Russian patriotic bloggers on Friday poured scorn on President Vladimir Putin’s intimation that mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was blown up with hand grenades while those on board ...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party gathers in northern England this weekend for its annual conference seeking to cement its huge lead in opinion polls as it boasts of record business ...

Arsenal’s title credentials will face the sternest possible test on Sunday when they host Premier League champions Manchester City who are still smarting after their unbeaten run came to ...

France coach Fabien Galthie declared himself satisfied with Friday’s 60-7 drubbing of Italy to move into the knockout stages as Pool A winners but said the next test on ...

Russian air defence forces took down a Ukrainian drone near Moscow early on Saturday that appeared to cause no damage or injuries, Russian state-owned news agency Tass reported. The attack, ...

Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) on Wednesday launched Pixel 8 smartphones and a new smartwatch that integrate its artificial intelligence (AI) technology more deeply into the company’s consumer gadgets. Google’...

Poland and Hungary blocked a symbolic European Union statement about migration on Friday but other leaders gathered at a summit in Spain said they were continuing overhauling the bloc’s ...

European Union leaders resolved on Friday to strengthen the bloc’s competitiveness, be at the forefront of new green and digital technologies and reduce its reliance on third countries, notably ...

Turkish security forces attacked Kurdish militants in northern Syria and eastern Turkey, and Ankara said it will continue to destroy their capabilities across the region as conflict escalated on Friday ...

Two Legia Warsaw players were arrested by Dutch police following the Polish soccer team’s Europa Conference League match at AZ Alkmaar on Thursday, officials said, prompting an angry reaction ...

At least 18 people were killed and nearly 100 were missing on Thursday after heavy rains caused a Himalayan glacial lake in northeast India to burst its banks, the worst such disaster ...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party won a bigger-than-expected victory in an election for a parliamentary seat in Scotland on Friday, raising expectations they can unseat Scottish nationalists and go on ...

Max Verstappen’s third Formula One world championship could be sealed in a Saturday Sprint in Qatar, a rare turn of events for a sport more used to seeing its ...

Private Russian oil producer Lukoil will lend Azeri state oil firm Socar $1.5 billion as part of a broader deal that will allow Socar’s 200,000-barrel-per-day Turkish STAR refinery to process ...

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for testosterone in a counter-analysis on a second sample, Sky Sports and ANSA news agency reported on Friday, without citing a source. Pogba ...

In a burial plot next to a field outside the remote Ukrainian hamlet of Hroza, residents removed undergrowth and cleared away litter to make space for more graves. Working quietly, ...

At least two Egyptian banks have suspended the use of Egyptian pound debit cards outside the country to stop a drain on foreign currency as the country’s currency shortage ...

– Russia is seeking re-election to the United Nations’ top human rights body next week in what is seen as a crucial test of Western efforts to keep Moscow diplomatically isolated ...

Turkey’s military “neutralised” 26 Kurdish militants in northern Syria overnight in retaliation for a rocket attack on a Turkish base, the defence ministry said on Friday as conflict escalated nearly ...

Poland accused Berlin and Brussels of imposing a migration “diktat” on the European Union and Hungary said the bloc was forcing through a deal as EU leaders gathered to tackle ...

Rocketing US government bond yields that have led to a global jump in borrowing costs are raising new risks for economic policymakers hoping to lower inflation without triggering a major ...

Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian women’s rights advocate serving 12 years in jail, won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a decision likely to anger Tehran. The award-making committee urged ...

Russia’s government said on Friday it had lifted a ban on pipeline diesel exports via ports, removing the bulk of restrictions installed on Sept. 21. The restrictions for gasoline exports ...

Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures ...