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The Israeli military is touted as the most powerful in the Middle East, striking targets deep into enemy territory, but for over a week, Israeli troops have somehow failed to evict a small group of se...
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday its inspectors had found several tonnes of nuclear material in Syria, at a site Damascus reported to the agency last month.
The inspectors visit...
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the first Test against England at Headingley starting Wednesday, with Salman Ali Agha taking over as skipper.
Azam has been unable to overcome an inju...
Firefighters launched a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium’s largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserv...
The White House on Monday lashed out at a CNN reporter after she asked a question about US President Donald Trump’s relationship with an aide, in the latest in a series of attacks on female journali...
Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday wrapped up two days of meetings with Israeli and Hamas leaders to break a stalemate over the US President’s Gaza plan, but no breakthrou...
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender.
“If Oman gets in the way, we’l...
The head of Cambridge University on Monday condemned a “racist feeding frenzy” prompted by plagiarism claims against the black academic Jason Arday, who was found dead last week after resigning fr...
President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with Hamas leaders, as he tries to revive a Gaza peace plan that Israel has s...
A stampede at a Hindu temple in India’s eastern Bihar state killed at least seven people and injured 19 others on Monday, officials said.
Deadly stampedes are a common occurrence at big Indian gathe...
