World
The European Union (EU) and Britain reached an agreement on the status of the overseas territory of Gibraltar on Wednesday which facilitates border crossings and ends years of political uncertainty.The status of Gibraltar - an enclave at the southern tip of Spain that has been under British rule sin...
World,Travel & Tourism
News18: At least 133 people are reported to have died after Air India flight AI-171 crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off. An eyewitness of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad said that the aircraft crashed into the building of the BJ Medical College in Meghani Nagar where resident doctors ...
Hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday, in the second successive night of disorder that followed a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the town.Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack when t...
World,Business & Commerce
The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by 0.4 percentage point to 2.3%, saying that higher tariffs and heightened uncertainty posed a "significant headwind" for nearly all economies.In its twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects report, the bank lowered its fo...
Russia launched one of its largest air strikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least two people, officials said on Tuesday.The overnight strikes followed Russia's biggest drone assault of the war on Ukraine on...
World,Business & Commerce,Politics
Beijing/Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday in a phone call intended to hash out differences on tariffs that have roiled the global economy, according to China's embassy in Washington.The talks were at Trump's request, China said, without p...
World,Travel & Tourism,Politics
Reuters, Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday banning the citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States, saying the move was needed to protect against "foreign terrorists" and other security threats.The directive is part of an immigration cr...
Sports,Cricket
Virat Kohli's carefully crafted image of a snarling warrior melted away as the 36-year-old was reduced to an emotional wreck after Royal Challengers Bengaluru ended their 17-season wait for a maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Tuesday.Bengaluru were effectively assured of victory in the...
Tickets for the Ashes series were snapped up at a record rate when they went on sale on Tuesday with the allocations for the first three days of the Brisbane and Sydney Tests as well as day one of the Melbourne Test all exhausted.Cricket Australia said a total of 311,066 tickets were purchased on Tu...
Country, Districts
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that abandoning uranium enrichment was "100%" against the country's interests, rejecting a central U.S. demand in talks to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.The U.S. proposal for a new n...
This year's Asia Cup hangs in the balance following the recent clashes between tournament hosts India and arch-rivals Pakistan.Already-soured relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours further worsened after four days of intense fighting before a ceasefire was announced last month.India are ...
South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen has retired from all forms of international cricket on Monday, a blow for the country ahead of their co-hosting of the 2027 World Cup where he would have been a major draw card.Klaasen, 33, is one of the world's most destructive batters in white-ball cricket ...
Sports,Football
Al-Ittihad's Karim Benzema scored twice to lead his side to a 3-1 victory over Al-Qadsiah in the Saudi Cup final on Friday as they completed the domestic double.Laurent Blanc's side dominated the game to win the cup for the 10th time, while Al-Qadsiah finished the game with 10 men after Ezeq...
The US plan for Gaza, seen by Reuters on Friday, proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages – alive and dead – in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians.The document, which says the plan ...
National,Politics
Bangladesh has recalled its ambassador from Myanmar, a Bangladeshi foreign ministry official said on Thursday, after it acknowledged opening a communications line with a rebel army fighting its neighbour's military junta.Monowar Hossain, who had been serving in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw si...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel had eliminated Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar, one of its most wanted targets and the younger brother of the deceased group's leader, Yahya Sinwar.Mohammad Sinwar had been the target of an Israeli strike on a hospital in s...
Reuters, Moscow: The Kremlin on Monday said that US President Donald Trump's claim that Vladimir Putin had "gone absolutely CRAZY" might be due to emotional overload, but thanked the US leader for his assistance in launching Ukraine peace negotiations.Trump said Putin had "gone ab...
Reuters, Washington: Two Israeli embassy staffers, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, and a suspect who chanted pro-Palestine slogans is in custody, officials said.The two were shot and killed as they left an event at the Capi...
The Israeli military said it killed a Palestinian it accused of involvement in Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel in a vehicle strike in Gaza, and is investigating claims that the individual was an employee of aid group World Central Kitchen.At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli militar...
Manchester United came from behind to beat Bodo/Glimt 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday and secure their first victory under new manager Ruben Amorim.United went ahead inside the first minute thanks to a howler from keeper Nikita Haikin, who failed to deal with a back pass and under pressure from...
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