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Thailand said it had launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia on Monday, after both countries accused the other of breaching a ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald T...
Nigel Farage has long struggled for popularity among Scots - Copyright AFP/File CARLOS JASSO
Populist politician Nigel Farage rallied supporters Saturday in Scotland, decrying immigration, climate cοΏ½...
The United Nations called on the Taliban authorities on Sunday to lift its ban on Afghan women working in its offices, saying the restriction puts βlife-saving servicesβ at risk.
Since the Taliban...
Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.
A chain of tropical storms and monsoo...
A fire that ripped through an Indian nightclub in the popular tourist resort region of Goa killed 25 people, the stateβs chief minister said on Sunday.
Tourists were among the dead in the blaze, whi...
Disaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the island prepared Saturday for further landslides and flooding.
The government ...
An advisory panel appointed by President Donald Trumpβs vaccine-sceptic health secretary voted on Friday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine.
Th...
Donald Trump still seems unsure whether to call it soccer or football. But the US presidentβs aim is truer when using the worldβs favorite sport to score diplomatic goals.
Trump will try to do so ...
Australian veteran Mitchell Starc became the most prolific left-arm paceman in Test history on Thursday, surpassing Pakistan great Wasim Akram.
The 35-year-old bagged Englandβs Harry Brook at the Ga...
The Pentagonβs independent watchdog said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegsethβs use of the commercial messaging app Signal to discuss strikes on Yemen could have put American troops at risk, US media...
