World
Venezuela announced Sunday the resumption of flights to and from the Dominican Republic, reopening the main route Venezuelans take to the United States after it was suspended nearly a year ago.Caracas suspended the flight route on July 29 last year amid international outcry over what many countries ...
Hundreds of protesters supporting various causes assembled peacefully in downtown Calgary on Sunday as the Group of Seven summit began a long drive away in the mountain resort of Kananaskis.In recent years, G7 protests have become tightly controlled affairs. Demonstrators are confined to designated ...
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Peru on Sunday, leaving one person dead and 36 injured as the tremor triggered landslides, officials said.The quake hit shortly before noon and was centered around 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Callao, a port city next to the capital Lima, the National Seismological...
Business & Commerce
Abu Dhabi's state-owned oil company is leading a takeover bid for Australian energy group Santos, valuing it at US$18.7 billion, the two firms said Monday.Santos' board said it plans to unanimously recommend the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's offer to shareholders if it can agree on th...
Stocks rose and oil prices pulled back on Monday as fears of a wider Middle East conflict eased even as Israel and Iran pounded each other with missiles for a fourth day.The dollar and safe-haven gold declined slightly. "European shares were surprisingly resilient against a backdrop of unc...
World,Politics
Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday, as Israel and Iran trade intense strikes and threaten further attacks."Border facilities in all five districts -- Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech an...
Sports,Football
The record-breaking striker Kazuyoshi Miura played in Japan's fourth tier aged 58 for his 40th season as a professional footballer.Former international Miura, fondly known as "King Kazu", is the oldest professional in Japan and almost certainly beyond.He came on as an 82nd-minute subst...
Jerusalem: The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Monday said an embassy building in Tel Aviv sustained minor damage from a nearby Iranian missile strike, reporting no injuries to US personnel.Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles on Israeli cities early Monday, after Israel struck military tar...
Tehran: Iran on Monday accused Israel of targeting a hospital in the country's west, condemning it as a "war crime"."Farabi Hospital in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran was targeted by the Israeli regime's aggressive attacks," said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Gaza's civil defence agency said that 20 people waiting for aid in the south of the territory were killed by Israeli troops on Monday.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that "20 martyrs and more than 200 wounded by occupation gunfire... were t...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Monday for an "immediate" end to fighting between Israel and Iran in a phone conversation, the Kremlin said."The leaders called for an immediate end to hostilities and the settlement of conten...
The Hague: Tens of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague Sunday to demand more action from the Dutch government against what they termed a "genocide" in Gaza.Rights groups such as Amnesty International and Oxfam organised the demonstration through the ...
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Iran would pay "a very heavy price" for killing Israeli civilians, as the two foes kept up intense fighting."Iran will pay a very heavy price for the premeditated murder of civilians, women and children," Netan...
Baghdad: Two drones launched from Iran towards Israel were shot down over Iraq by the US-led international coalition to defeat the Islamic State group, two Iraqi military officials told AFP on Sunday."The international coalition at Ain al-Asad (military base) shot down two Iranian drones that w...
Tehran: Iran announced that mosques, metro stations and schools would serve as shelters from Sunday evening, as Israel's attacks entered a third day."Mosques are among the shelters available to the public, and the metro stations will be prepared tonight to open for use," government spo...
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greenland on Sunday carrying a message of "European solidarity and support" for the Danish autonomous territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, located at the crossroads of the Atlantic and the Arctic.Macron will be the first for...
AFP, JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel's air strikes on Iran had the "clear support" of US President Donald Trump."Our enemy is your enemy... We're dealing with something that will threaten all of us sooner or later. Our victory wil...
AFP, MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putindiscussed the conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as efforts towards aUkraine settlement in a phone call with US counterpart Donald Trump, theKremlin said Saturday. It was the fifth phone call between the two leaders under efforts to resetrelat...
Despite concerns over ticket sales and player fatigue, FIFA's new expanded Club World Cup will throw up several intriguing storylines this summer in the United States as the competition kicked off on Saturday.Former Barcelona great Lionel Messi has spent the last two seasons at MLS side Inter Mi...
Former England football captain and global fashion icon David Beckham was knighted on Friday for his services to sport and charity, with The Who singer Roger Daltrey and actor Gary Oldman also receiving the honour.Beckham, who played 115 times for England as well as for some of the world's most ...
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