World Cup 2026: Saudi Arabia sack coach Herve Renard
Frenchman Herve Renard, who won AFCON with Zambia and Ivory Coast, departs Saudi role despite World Cup qualification.
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Move Over, Hungary: Spain Is China’s New Best Friend in the EU
With Viktor Orban’s election loss, Pedro Sanchez is now Beijing’s most useful European leader.
Donald Trump issues Strait of Hormuz message as oil prices plunge
Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz open for the next fortnight.
Commercial AI Models Show Rapid Gains in Vulnerability Research
AI models are making rapid gains in vulnerability research and exploit development, raising new cybersecurity risks, a Forescout study finds
Live: Trump welcomes Iran’s announcement that Strait of Hormuz is fully open to shipping
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How the Lebanon ceasefire is viewed in Israel
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng describes how people and the press in Israel are reacting to the ceasefire with Lebanon.
Mum made daughter ‘keep lookout as she spiked son’s smoothie with cocktail of drugs to cash in on £50k life insurance’
A MUM made her daughter “keep lookout” while she laced her son’s fruit smoothie with a lethal cocktail of drugs for an insurance pay out, a jury has heard. Maree Mavis Crabtree is alleged to have secretly blended a deadly dose of painkillers into a dri…
Dozens of women and girls killed each day during Gaza war, UN says
A report by UN Women on deaths during the Gaza war was released on Friday
Virgin, KLM and Lufthansa cancel 188 flights over jet fuel shortages – full list
Europe only has six weeks’ worth of jet fuel left as the crisis in the Middle East continues to rage, an energy boss has warned.
Strait of Hormuz open to all traffic amid ceasefire, says Iran
Donald Trump says thanks, but upholds his blockade of Iranian maritime traffic