Sports,Football
Goals from two Argentine internationals denied Boca Juniors victory over Benfica on Monday, as the Buenos Aires side were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw in a stormy Club World Cup Group C clash.An Angel Di Maria penalty on the stroke of half-time and an 86th-minute header from Nicolas Otamendi earn...
World
US President Donald Trump was on Monday leaving a Group of Seven summit early as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict and warned Tehran residents to evacuate.Before flying out of Canada in the middle of the G7 gathering, Trump took to social media to back Israel and issue an ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Central Asian leaders at a summit in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, his second trip to the region in under a year as Beijing competes with Russia for influence there.The summit in the Kazakh capital brings together Xi -- who arrived in Astana on Monday -- and the leade...
Art& Culture
A judge on Monday extended a restraining order pausing Donald Trump's ban on Harvard bringing in and hosting foreign students as part of the US president's escalating campaign against the elite university.Trump has tried a host of different tactics to block the Ivy League institution enrolli...
World,Politics
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday he could suffer a fate "similar to" Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled and later executed.Katz warned Khamenei risked "a fate similar to Saddam Hussein" during a m...
More than 600 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighbouring Azerbaijan since Israel began striking the country last Friday, a government official in Baku said."Since the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran, more than 600 citizens of 17 countries have been evacu...
As Israeli air strikes on Tehran show no sign of abating, many residents have fled the Iranian capital. But for others, escape is not an option."I've heard multiple explosions near my home in western Tehran," said Mina, a 37-year-old computer scientist. "I wanted to leave, but I h...
World,Back Page
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 and Gwadar -- have b...
The White House insisted Monday evening that US forces remained in a "defensive" posture in the Middle East, despite a military buildup over the Israel-Iran war and a shock warning from President Donald Trump to evacuate Tehran.Trump's brief warning on social media, without further det...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would bring an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran."It's not going to escalate the conflict, it's going to end the conflict," Netanyahu said about plans to t...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said today that Iran's state television and radio were "about to disappear", after an evacuation warning was issued for the district in Tehran where the broadcaster is based."The Iranian propaganda and incitement megaphone is about to disappear...
The United Nations on Monday said it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the "deepest funding cuts ever".The UN's humanitarian agency said in a statement that it was seeking $29 billion in funding compared to $44 billion requested in December, in a &qu...
The UK government has appointed Blaise Metreweli as the first-ever woman to head its MI6 spy service as the country faces "threats on an unprecedented scale", Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday.The MI6 Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) achieved global fame through Ian Fleming&...
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...
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...
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...
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