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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims US Navy can sustain blockade despite reports of poor conditions.

Ukraine says it has liberated 26 settlements in the south as it retools under heavy bombardment.

At least four people were killed, and one remains missing after record-breaking rain triggered flooding in Japan.

Scrutiny over Farage’s finances has ‘hurt Reform UK support’

Water and debris burst into a state-run hydropower tunnel in Uttarakhand following a landslide.

Oceania have offered support to Gianni Infantino, but New Zealand have gone against their own confederation in FIFA row.

Kyiv targets Baltic oil hub and warehouse near Moscow with drones.

Six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek defeats Elena Rybakina in Toronto to claim the WTA Canadian Open title.

Nigel Farage re-elected in Clacton by-election after resigning amid scrutiny over his finances.

Barcelona will aim to become the first club to three-peat in the Spain Primera Division since 2008-11 Pep Guardiola era.

Protests that erupted after railway station canopy collapsed, killing 16, have grown into a broad social movement.

Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Ukraine: four ceasefires, none that held. AJLabs on why truces keep collapsing.

Tanzid Hasan hits first Bangladesh ton in Australia as tourists close Day Two of first Test on 351-6, leading by 153.

White House report claims tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue lost to transshipments.

South Korea football players push for a K League season shift as 'punishing heat' hitting summer matches.

At least a dozen people have reportedly been hospitalised in Croatia after blazes tore into the tourist town of Omis.

Flight crews had recorded four suspected bird strikes involving the same engine during the previous year.

Known as the Kanyeleng, they have transformed their experience of child loss through a tradition of music.

Stolen Matisse art found in Brazil

South Africa and Ghana claim Africa's two FIFA Intercontinental Playoff spots as Nigeria and Ivory Coast go out.

Prichard Colon suffered neurological damage that required emergency surgery following a boxing bout in 2015.

The Reform UK leader received 22,239 votes in the Clacton by-election, compared with 9,455 for Binface.

US firm tightens oversight of automatic licence-plate readers after reports of misuse by police officers.

Pyongyang has accused the US of pushing the world 'to the brink of nuclear war'.

Historic Taybeh, a Palestinian Christian town in the occupied West Bank, targeted by settlers in coordinated attacks.

Record rainfall in Chiba claims lives as more than 22,000 households without power on busy Bon Buddhist holiday week.

Environmental NGO Greenpeace warns that spill has rapidly expanded to 1,300 square kilometres, threatening ecosystems.

After Maduro’s removal, US influence in Venezuela soared, but experts say Washington may still have to ‘own’ Venezuela.

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull spoke to candidate for MP, Count Binface, as votes were counted in Clacton.

The largest reservoir in the United States, located on the border of Arizona and Nevada, just hit a record low.