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Austria plans to buy 12 Italian-made M-346 FA fighter jets to replace Saab 105 planes which it decommissioned at the end of 2020, the government said on Saturday.Citing military sources, newspaper Krone ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has asked the country’s regulators, including the financial and competition watchdogs, to remove barriers to growth in an effort to revive a sluggish economy, ...

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s leader for what the Kremlin called a “tragic incident” over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air ...

Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s defence ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside Afghanistan.The statement from the ...

The head of the World Health Organisation said on Friday he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike on Yemen’s main airport carried out by ...

Japan’s government is set to compile a record $735 billion budget for the fiscal year from April due to larger social security and debt-servicing costs, adding to the industrial world’...

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim arrived at Old Trafford a little over a month ago with a glowing reputation and backed by many to be the man to turn around ...

Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka is set to be sidelined for more than two months after an operation on a hamstring injury, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday.“He had a ...

Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday weighed in on the decision to hand the men’s Ballon d’Or award to Manchester City’s Rodri, saying Brazil and Real Madrid forward Vinicius ...

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had foiled a plot by Ukraine to kill a high-ranking Russian officer and a pro-Russian war blogger with a bomb ...

Britain began a consultation this week to review rules that force automakers to produce more electric vehicles, following industry warnings that the current plan could lead to factory closures and ...

The US dollar was headed for an almost 7 per cent annual gain while Japan’s yen was set for a fourth consecutive year of losses on Friday, as traders anticipated ...

Russia’s point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open amid what he ...

Turkey aims to provide electricity to Syria and strengthen its power infrastructure, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar was quoted on Friday as saying, adding that Ankara may also work with Syria’...

NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was “safe” and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object. The spacecraft passed ...

The U.N. air crew member hurt in an air strike on Yemen’s main international airport on Thursday suffered serious injuries but is now recovering in hospital, a spokesperson ...

Major gains in television viewing and attendance at women’s sports in 2024 will give way to expansion in 2025 as start-ups and established leagues alike look to take advantage of the ...

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas said on Friday he needs to break out of a rut and start afresh in 2025 after winning just one title in the previous campaign ...

A Malaysian man was caned at a mosque in the northeastern state of Terengganu on Friday for the Islamic crime of close proximity with a non-family member of the opposite ...

Turkey’s central bank cut its key interest rate by 250 basis points to 47.5 per cent on Thursday, a bit more than expected, launching an easing cycle meant to leave behind ...

Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down – and at times reversing – climate commitments in a shift that they are ...

A majority of South Korea’s parliament voted on Friday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo. Prime Minister Han has been acting president since President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached ...

Premier League leaders Liverpool opened up a seven-point gap at the top as they came from a goal down to beat Leicester City 3-1 at Anfield after second-placed Chelsea lost ...

Two experienced sailors were killed in separate incidents in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organisers and local authorities said on Friday, the first loss of life in the prestigious ...