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Mind games: How football stars are fuelling chess boom

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Iran defiant as Trump threatens to destroy oil island

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'Is it Kafka?' US judge baffled by new Pentagon press policy

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Italy hoping to scale World Cup 'Everest' ahead of Bosnia play-off showdown

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Cubans ready for Russian oil but some say not enough

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Trump threatens to destroy Iran oil island despite claims of talks

Mar 30 2026

NASA begins countdown to April 1 Moon launch

Mar 30 2026

Trump threatens to destroy Iran oil island despite price surge

Mar 30 2026

Celine Dion announces comeback following health struggle

Mar 30 2026

French masonic lodge at heart of murky murder trial

Mar 30 2026

Iran and Israel trade strikes as US mulls Gulf ground assaults

Mar 30 2026

Israel PM restores access after Latin Patriarch blocked from Holy Sepulchre

Mar 30 2026

Israel strikes Tehran as Trump says Iran deal may be reached 'soon'

Mar 30 2026

Italy chase World Cup spot as Kosovo bid to make debut

Mar 30 2026

Australian fugitive shot dead by police after seven-month manhunt

Mar 30 2026

US military building 'massive complex' beneath White House ballroom project: Trump

Mar 30 2026

Premier League fans feel the pinch from ticket price hikes

Mar 30 2026

Trump says Iran deal may be reached 'soon'

Mar 30 2026

Trump says Russia can deliver oil to Cuba

Mar 30 2026

Dubious AI detectors drive 'pay-to-humanize' scam

Mar 30 2026

Australian police shoot dead fugitive wanted for killing officers

Mar 30 2026

Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN body

Mar 30 2026

UK police question suspect after car hits pedestrians in English city

Mar 30 2026

Russian tanker heads to Cuba despite US oil blockade

Mar 29 2026

Strikes knock out power in Tehran, Iran says US plotting ground invasion

Mar 29 2026

Hungary's anxious rural voters will decide Orban's fate

Mar 29 2026

Two more arrests over attempted attack on US bank HQ in Paris

Mar 29 2026

Iran accuses US of plotting ground attack despite diplomatic talk

Mar 29 2026

Iran parliament speaker says US planning ground attack

Mar 29 2026

Iran claims aluminium plant attacks in Gulf as Houthis join war

Mar 29 2026

Houthis missile attacks on Israel widen Middle East war

Mar 29 2026

Massive protests against Trump across US on 'No Kings' day

Mar 29 2026

Houthis claim missile attacks on Israel, entering Middle East war

Mar 28 2026

Israel hits Iran naval research site, fresh blasts rattle Tehran

Mar 28 2026

Crowds protest against Trump across US on 'No Kings' day

Mar 28 2026

French police foil Paris bomb attack outside US bank

Mar 28 2026

Anti-Trump protests launch on 'No Kings' day in US

Mar 28 2026

Pope denounces widening gap between the rich and poor on Monaco visit

Mar 28 2026

Yemen's Houthis enter war as attacks take economic toll

Mar 28 2026

Yemen's Houthi enter war as Iran strikes disrupt shipping

Mar 28 2026

Sweet heist? Nestle says 12 tonnes of KitKat stolen

Mar 28 2026

Yemen's Houthi enter war with missile targeting Israel

Mar 28 2026

Attacks across Middle East as Iran war enters second month

Mar 28 2026

Tiger Woods arrested, charged with DUI after Florida crash

Mar 28 2026

Tiger Woods arrested, charged with DUI after Florida crash: police

Mar 28 2026

US envoy predicts Iran talks as war enters second month

Mar 28 2026

US envoy hopeful on Iran talks as strikes target nuclear facilities

Mar 27 2026

'Strait of Trump': US president says Iran must open key waterway

Mar 27 2026

Rubio sees G7 building 'coalition' against Iran strait control

Mar 27 2026

Israel hits Iran nuclear sites as Washington trails end to war

Mar 27 2026

G7 urges end to attacks on civilians in Middle East war

Mar 27 2026

US and Israel hit nuclear sites as Rubio trails end to Iran war

Mar 27 2026

Oil climbs, stocks fall as markets see no end to war

Mar 27 2026

Lebanon at risk of 'humanitarian catastrophe': UN

Mar 27 2026

Whale filmed giving birth, with a little help from her friends

Mar 27 2026

Tehran accuses US of 'calculated' assault on school

Mar 27 2026

France calls Olympic gender test 'a step backwards', other countries approve

Mar 27 2026

G7 allies press Rubio on US Iran plans

Mar 27 2026

Lebanon at real risk of 'humanitarian catastrophe': UN

Mar 27 2026

Iran warns civilians as Trump says talks 'going well'

Mar 27 2026

'I'll never be the same': Iranians recount one month of war

Mar 27 2026

Iran Guards warn civilians after Trump pushes Hormuz deadline

Mar 27 2026

Nepali rapper Shah sworn in as prime minister

Mar 27 2026

Gabon battles for baby sea turtles' survival

Mar 27 2026

Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'

Mar 27 2026

Nepali rapper to be sworn in as new prime minister

Mar 27 2026

Trump moves deadline for striking Iran energy sites

Mar 27 2026

Cyclone triggers outages at major Australian LNG plants

Mar 27 2026

Trump pushes back Iran strikes deadline

Mar 27 2026

US judge suspends govt sanctions on AI company Anthropic

Mar 27 2026

Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter

Mar 27 2026

Italy stay in World Cup hunt as Wales, Ireland suffer penalty heartbreak

Mar 27 2026

US currency to bear Trump's signature, Treasury says

Mar 27 2026

'True miracle': Napoleon's long-lost hat to go on display

Mar 27 2026

Olympic women's sport to be limited to 'biological females'

Mar 26 2026

South Africa disinvited from G7 in France

Mar 26 2026

Trump denies he's desperate for Iran deal, Israel short on troops

Mar 26 2026

Venezuela's Maduro back in court after stunning US capture

Mar 26 2026

South Africa disinvited from G7 in France after US pressure: Pretoria

Mar 26 2026

Trump denies being 'desperate' for Iran deal

Mar 26 2026

Trump says Iran 'better get serious' in Mideast war talks

Mar 26 2026

G7 meets in France hoping to heal transatlantic Iran rift

Mar 26 2026

Trump insists Iran operations 'extremely' ahead of schedule

Mar 26 2026

Belarus' Lukashenko gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim

Mar 26 2026

Venezuela's Maduro back in US court after stunning capture

Mar 26 2026

G7 meets in France to mend transatlantic rupture on Iran

Mar 26 2026

Israel strikes Iran as Tehran rejects US talks overture

Mar 26 2026

Somalia football slowly becomes a women's game

Mar 26 2026

Israel strikes Iran as Trump says Tehran wants deal to end war

Mar 26 2026

US jury finds Meta, YouTube liable in social media addiction trial

Mar 26 2026

US activists work to connect Iranians via Starlink

Mar 26 2026

Iran says 'no negotiations' as US warns to accept 15-point deal

Mar 26 2026

Oldest dog DNA suggests 16,000 years of human companionship

Mar 26 2026

Ex-midwife enthroned as first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Mar 26 2026

London plans two-day mega 100,000-runner marathon

Mar 26 2026

UN pushes fuel solution for Cuba aid work amid US talks

Mar 26 2026

No more excuses: World Cup pressure is on for host USA

Mar 26 2026

Day of reckoning arrives for social media after US court loss

Mar 25 2026

'No negotiations' says Iran FM as US touts peace plan

Mar 25 2026

Trump to 'unleash hell' if Iran fails to make a deal

Mar 25 2026

US says Iran talks continue, will 'unleash hell' if no deal

Mar 25 2026

UN designates African slave trade as 'gravest crime against humanity'

Mar 25 2026

California jury finds Meta, YouTube liable in social media addiction trial

Mar 25 2026

Grieving families hail court victory against Instagram, YouTube

Mar 25 2026

Iran media casts doubt on US peace plan

Mar 25 2026

Tehran receives US plan to end Mideast war, as Iran fires at US carrier

Mar 25 2026

Iran fires at US carrier as backchannel diplomacy aims to end war

Mar 25 2026