Iraq has captured Sami Jasim, a high-ranking member of the Islamic State (IS) group
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said on Monday. Jasim, who allegedly served as a deputy to former IS group leader Abu Bakr
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Manager Hajime Moriyasu said Monday, Japan are not out of the 2022 World Cup qualification picture yet
The embattled Asian giants prepared to host Australia in a crunch match. From their opening three games in Asian qualifying
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Suspected militants shot dead five soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday
In the deadliest incident since February, an army spokesman said, stoking tensions following a string of civilian murders. The shootings
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England cricketers will be able to go to the beach and play golf under protocols agreed for the upcoming Ashes tour
Which Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley said Monday was never seriously in doubt. The England and Wales Cricket Board gave
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Dozens of Hong Kong triad members have been arrested in a series of operations
Targeting gangs using high-powered speedboats to smuggle contraband to the Chinese mainland, police said Monday. Smuggling has been a mainstay
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The United States said on Sunday the first face-to-face meeting between senior US and Taliban officials
The hardline group retook power in Afghanistan was “candid and professional” and that the US side reiterated that the Taliban
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China and India on Monday Blamed Each Other for the Failure of high-level talks to ease Tensions
Out after no progress in Himalayan border talks, a disputed Himalayan border between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The strategically important Galwan
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A fire erupted at key fuel storage facilities in southern Lebanon Monday
An AFP photographer and the National News Agency said, sparking alarm as the country grapples with dire hydrocarbon shortages. “A
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Iraqis voted Sunday in parliamentary elections held months ahead of schedule as a concession to a youth-led popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement
The voting was marked by widespread apathy and a boycott by many of the young activists who thronged the streets of
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Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme who was accused of smuggling technology to Iran
North Korea and Libya, has died at 85, authorities said Sunday. The atomic scientist, who spent the last years of
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