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Van de Ven insists it's 'nonsense' to say players don't care about Spurs' plight

US Fed expected to keep rates steady as Iran war impact looms

Two men in Kenyan court for ant-smuggling

Kerr 'frustrated' at six-figure sum owed to him by Johnson's failed Grand Slam Track

Oil prices climb as fresh strikes target infrastructure

Barca Flick's 'last job' but not yet certain on renewal

Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over 1961 Congo leader murder

Pope says idea England 'weren't fussed' about the Ashes was tough to take

War threatens Gulf's dugongs, turtles and birds

Germany targets oil firms to prevent wartime price gouging

Chelsea striker Kerr sends Australia into Asian Cup final

'East meets West': KPop Demon Hunters brings global fans to Seoul's sites

Australian visitor Nhung Nguyen made the hike up steep steps to a stunning Seoul park precisely because of its star turn in mega-hit "KPop Demon Hunters".

EU to help reopen blocked oil pipeline in Ukraine

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday the bloc will help reopen a damaged pipeline that pumps Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary -- after Budapest accused Kyiv of stalling on repairs in an escalating row.

Thai eSports players sentenced over SEA Games cheating scandal

A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced two eSports players to three months in detention for cheating at the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand last year.

Millions of Indonesians in Eid travel exodus

Tens of millions of Indonesians are travelling by motorcycle, car, plane or boat to their hometowns in an annual exodus for the Eid holiday that begins in the world's largest Muslim-majority country on Wednesday.

Hard-hitting Conway steers New Zealand to victory over South Africa

Devon Conway blasted a half-century before New Zealand skittled South Africa cheaply to win the second Twenty20 international by 68 runs Tuesday and level the five-match series 1-1.

During Ramadan, Senegal's Baye Fall community lives to serve

Thousands of followers of a unique Senegalese Muslim community, the Baye Fall, worked with electric fervour on a recent morning preparing iftar meals for breaking the Ramadan fast, even though they themselves were not fasting.

Afghan govt says 'around 400' killed in Pakistani strike on Kabul rehab clinic

The Afghan government on Tuesday said that about 400 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in the capital, Kabul, in the deadliest attack in the recent violence between the two neighbours.

Malaysia hit with 3-0 forfeits to send Vietnam to Asian Cup

Malaysia's 2027 Asian Cup hopes are over after the country was hit with 3-0 forfeits in two qualifiers for fielding ineligible players, the regional football body said Tuesday, sending Vietnam through instead.

Rescue workers comb ruins of Kabul drug clinic after Pakistan strike

Rescue workers scrambled to recover bodies and survivors on Tuesday from a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after it was hit by a Pakistani airstrike, with the Taliban authorities saying hundreds of people were feared killed.

Kabul drug rehab clinic in ruins after Pakistan strikes on Afghanistan

Crowds gathered on Tuesday outside a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in a bid for news of their loved ones after it was hit in a Pakistani air strike.

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