World
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran would "respond firmly and effectively" to deadly Israeli strikes on military sites over the weekend."We are using all available means to respond firmly and effectively to the aggression of the Zionist regime...
A record number of women have been elected to Japan's house of representatives, projections showed Monday, but at less than 16 percent they remain a minority.Public broadcaster NHK projected that women had won 73 of 465 lower house seats up for grabs, figures expected to be confirmed in official...
Iraq has condemned Israel's use of its airspace to attack neighbouring Iran in a protest letter sent to United Nations chief Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council, Baghdad said Monday.A statement from government spokesman Bassim Alawadi said the letter condemns "the Zionist entity...
At least 15 unidentified bodies have been recovered off Tunisia's eastern coast, a judicial official told AFP on Monday, saying authorities have yet to determine whether they were migrants.Samples have been taken to identify the bodies "due to the extent of decomposition", said Farid B...
Sports,Football
The elite of world football will gather in Paris on Monday for the Ballon d’Or ceremony, with Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior the leading candidate for the men's award and Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati the hot favourite to win her second-successive crown.The men’s shortlist for ...
Bayern Munich bounced back from Wednesday's Champions League drubbing in Barcelona, thumping rock-bottom Bochum 5-0 away to return to the Bundesliga summit on Sunday.RB Leipzig's 3-1 comeback win over Freiburg on Saturday sent them three clear atop the table overnight, but Bayern reclaimed t...
Mohamed Salah's late equaliser earned Liverpool a 2-2 draw with rivals Arsenal in an entertaining Premier League encounter at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, as Gabriel Magalhaes and Jurrien Timber limped off to add to the Gunners' injury woes.Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal the lead in the ninth m...
Business & Commerce
India's top solar module producer Waaree Energies shone on its market debut Monday after raising $514 million, as traders bet on increased global demand for clean energy components.A booming stock market in the world's fifth-largest economy has stoked an initial public offering frenzy over t...
World,Back Page
Michelle Obama on Saturday aired her "genuine fear" that Donald Trump could retake the White House as the popular former first lady made a passionate appeal to voters in the desperately close US election.Both Trump and Kamala Harris were in Michigan searching for holdout votes ahead of the...
In Morocco's southeastern desert, a rare downpour has brought lakes and ponds back to life, with locals -- and tourists -- hailing it as a gift from the heavens.In Merzouga, an attractive tourist town some 600 kilometres (370 miles) southeast of the capital Rabat, the once-parched golden dunes a...
Lebanon's health ministry said at least eight people were killed and 25 others wounded Sunday in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Sidon, where an AFP correspondent said a building was targeted.The strike hit a densely-populated area in a Sidon suburb that saw an influx of families dis...
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday he was "shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction" in north Gaza, where Israeli forces are carrying out attacks they say aim to prevent Hamas regrouping."The plight of Palestinian civilians trapped in North Gaza is unbearable,&q...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he hoped the West "heard" his warning about the danger of a direct war with NATO if it allowed Ukraine to use long-range weapons against Russia.Putin made the initial threat in September after Britain and the United States mulled letting Kyiv us...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel's air attack on Iran was "precise and powerful" and achieved all its goals."We promised we would respond to the Iranian attack and on Saturday we struck... The attack in Iran was precise and powerful, achieving all of it...
Rescuers in the Philippines searched a lake and scoured isolated villages on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people as the death toll from Tropical Storm Trami hit 110.Trami rammed into the Philippines on October 24, forcing over half a million people to flee their homes, while at least 42 people...
Sports,Tennis
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday for her third title of the year, beating Sofia Kenin 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in the final.China's Zheng, the tournament's top seed, kept her cool to edge a tight first set despite two rain delays, before pressing home her advan...
World,Front Page
Israel announced the launch of "precise strikes"on military targets in Iran on Saturday in retaliation for Iranian missile attacks, as an AFP journalist in Tehran reported hearing several explosions."In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State...
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are battling for holdout votes on a penultimate weekend of campaigning across US swing states, with Michelle Obama joining the Democrat onstage before the Republican nominee hosts an eyebrow-raising rally in New York City.With just 10 days left in a bitterly contested ...
Major European and Asian stock markets diverged Friday in a quiet end to the week's trading dominated by earnings updates.London edged down as investors awaited the first budget of Britain's new Labour government on Wednesday, expected to include tax rises on businesses.In Asia, Shanghai and...
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