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Club World Cup: Yildiz shines for Juventus in win over Wydad
Kenan Yildiz continued his breakout campaign with a starring performance as Juventus overwhelmed Wydad Casablanca 4-1 at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday, taking a major step towards qualification for the knockout stages of the Fifa Club World...

Israel and Iran move to war footing as conflict enters fourth day
Israel and Iran are moving to a war footing, with renewed strikes leading to evacuations, emergency shelter plans and frantic efforts to contain the Middle East conflict. The Israeli military said it was hitting “dozens more targets” in Tehran,...

RB Salzburg talent Daghim out to make his mark against Al Hilal
Jurgen Klopp sat in the VIP seats, a special observer making his first appearance at an RB Salzburg home match since his appointment as Red Bull Football’s head of global soccer. It’s a job that prioritises talent development, at which Salzburg...

Without talks, there is no good outcome to the Iran-Israel war
As the war between Israel and Iran enters its seventh day, many are rightly asking what the endgame is. The answer to that question is surprisingly straightforward: without de-escalation and talks, just about every outcome is bad in one way or...

US warns Iran not to retaliate after attacks on nuclear sites
LATEST UPDATESVIDEOMAPSFULL COVERAGE Sole survivors Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off...

Palestinian-Jordanian girl hopes for new life after US surgery
For much of her childhood, Leen Mohammad has depended on a wheelchair and walker to move around. Born in Amman with cerebral palsy, the Palestinian-Jordanian girl has spent her life with limited mobility, often watching from the sidelines as other...

Canadian GP: Russell's best ever, Antonelli's potential and Hamilton's road kill
The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix delivered a dramatic duel between the McLarens, tense battles throughout the field and a race that ultimately ended under safety car conditions. The race remains one of the standout events on the Formula One calendar,...

'May or may not': Trump weighs joining Israel-Iran war
President Donald Trump on Wednesday sounded an ambiguous tone over whether the US would strike Iranian nuclear sites and said Tehran had made contact in a bid to negotiate. His comments come a day after he appeared to be preparing for war and...

Iran-Israel conflict: The US could have averted this in 2003
A sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks was supposed to take place in Oman last Sunday, but was cancelled owing to the surprise Israeli attack on Iranian targets that began two days earlier. The collapse of these negotiations comes at a significant...

Russia kills 15 in one of the 'most horrific attacks' of Ukraine war
At least 15 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a major Russian attack on Ukraine. Kyiv was hit by 440 drones and 32 missiles in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called “one of the most horrific attacks” on his country. "It is...

South-East Asian countries are siding with Iran – this isn't surprising
While some western leaders have been shredding what little remains of the rules-based international order by bizarrely insisting that the appropriate way to respond to Israel’s illegal attacks on Iran is to state that “Israel does have the right...

How the UAE is cutting back on red tape with technology
Applying for a visa, obtaining a driving licence, renting a property or signing up for health insurance … what is sometimes called “personal admin” can be a time-consuming part of modern life. Most people, already busy with family and careers,...

UN nuclear chief Grossi denies Iranian blame for war
The UN's nuclear inspections chief has denied blame over the Middle East air war, after Iran accused him of giving Israel an excuse to attack. Rafael Grossi said his warnings about Iran's secretive activities "could never be conceived as a...

UAE evacuates citizens and residents from Iran amid conflict
The UAE on Friday announced it had evacuated “a number of citizens and residents” stranded in Iran due to the conflict with Israel. The evacuees were flown to the Emirates in rescue missions carried out with the support of Iranian authorities,...

'Lame and lethal' aid system claims dozen more lives in Gaza
At least 70 people were killed by Israeli gunfire and military strikes in Gaza on Thursday, the enclave's civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal said. Medics earlier reported that 12 people had been killed while trying to approach an aid site...

Pope ton leads England's fightback in Leeds Test against India
England fought back brilliantly on the second day of the first Test against India at Leeds, restricting the visitors to under 500 and then chipping away at the runs with minimal damage on Saturday. India looked set to bat England out of the...

What makes OSN crime-drama Gangs of London 'positively Shakespearean'?
Three seasons in, Gangs of London hasn't lost any of its dark grandeur, with the British crime drama still delivering a potent mix of white-knuckle action and brooding pathos. At its centre are characters navigating a foreboding urban landscape...

Janes expects improvement from UAE in Asian Rugby Championship
Brad Janes is confident the UAE can bounce back from their opening night humbling in the Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) when they face South Korea on Saturday. The national team were soundly beaten 43-10 by Hong Kong in the first fixture of the...

At least 23 Palestinians reported killed in Israeli attack while waiting for aid
At least 34 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in two Israeli attacks on Friday morning in different parts of the Gaza strip, Palestinian news agency Wafa said. Al Awda Hospital in Nuseirat refugee camp, north-east of Deir Al Balah in...

Global stocks mixed as Israeli and Iranian air strikes go on
Global stocks were mixed on Friday as Iran and Israel exchanged air strikes and the US considered whether to join the conflict that has been raging for more than a week, damaging investor sentiment. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite...