SILVERSTONE, England: ‌Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton went fastest in sole practice for his home British Grand Prix on Friday while Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli outshone Mercedes teammate George Russell. Seven times world champion Hamilton threw down an early marker for the sunny Silverstone weekend»»»

BERLIN: Germany’s football association (DFB) will start talks with former Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp to take over as national team coach following the departure of Julian Nagelsmann, it said on Friday, as it looks to rebuild after a shock World Cup exit. Germany’s defeat to Paraguay on penalties »»»

LAUSANNE: Fifty members of the European Parliament have urged FIFA’s ethics committee to investigate their president Gianni Infantino for awarding a ‘peace prize’ to US President Donald Trump. The MEPs signed a letter, supporting a complaint by British-based sports human rights lobbying group FairS»»»

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 400 people and continues to spread, with health authorities confirming a first case in the major city of Kisangani, hundreds of kilometres from the epidemic's epicentre in the northeast. An Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo has»»»

The pilot who flew a small plane into Beijing's tallest building wrote in his diary about “ending his life”, Chinese authorities said Thursday, aiming to end speculation swirling around an incident that raised concerns about aviation security in China's capital. The pilot who died after crashi»»»

Footage reportedly shows Ukrainian forces destroying a Russian system deployed to jam Starlink. The satellite network, which is notoriously difficult to jam, has become crucial for providing high-speed internet access to Ukraine. Six white trailers, lined up in two rows of three, with one bursting »»»

Dubai: A large tent now covers the courtyard. Applicants are given free tea and coffee apart from water. And for the first time in 17 years, it is consulate staff, not an outsourced agency, guiding Indian expats through their passport and other consular paperwork. These were the scenes at the India»»»

Rescue workers in Kyiv continued the search for survivors one day after widespread Russian strikes, several of which hit residential buildings, killed 30. Meanwhile residents in the capital were urged to stay at home due to a spike in air pollution as a result of fires caused by the attacks.  »»»

KFAROUE, Lebanon: In the village of Kfaroue in southern Lebanon, Hussein Hamza makes his daily rounds to feed and check on his furry and feathered charges. The number of animals in his care has multiplied since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, as hundreds of thousands of southern Le»»»

LONDON: Doubles players fear for their tennis future after being told by the ATP Tour that prize money and tournament sizes will decrease significantly starting in 2028. A group of leading doubles players issued a statement Friday saying they are not “a carnival sideshow”, and that it will be impos»»»

JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said Friday it had struck several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon a day earlier in response to attacks on its troops in the area. Israel and Lebanon signed a US-sponsored framework agreement last week to pave the way for peace between the two countries and disarm Ir»»»

Hungary now officially holds more gold than Romania for the first time in modern history, with the country’s gold reserves reaching 110 tonnes and an estimated value of USD 12.1 billion, according to new research based on World Gold Council data. The analysis, published by The Gold Bullion Company,»»»

MUNICH: Bayern Munich on Friday announced Germany defender Nathaniel Brown has joined the club from Eintracht Frankfurt on a deal running until 2031. The defending Bundesliga champions paid a reported fee of 55 million euros ($63 million) to Frankfurt to bring Brown, 23, to the club, where he will »»»

RIYADH: The red fox, one of the most common carnivorous mammals in the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve, plays an important ecological role in Saudi Arabia. Regarded in Arab folklore as a symbol of intelligence and quick wit, the canine helps to regulate populations of rodents and other smal»»»

BELGRADE - At a ceremony at which he presented the Serbian Order of Karadjordje's Star 1st Class to the family of posthumously decorated Serbian Armed Forces Staff Sergeant Milovan Jovanovic, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Jovanovic had lost his life while honourably performing his duty in»»»

Dubai: If you've watched HBO's hit show Succession, you'll know one thing: building a business is hard. Passing it on is even harder. So when I jokingly ask brothers Fadl and Abed Safadi whether their family has ever resembled the Roys—the billionaire clan whose empire is fuelled by sibling rivalry»»»

TORONTO: Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic said VAR is taking “the joy out of football” after seeing his team have a stoppage time equalizer disallowed in their 2-1 World Cup defeat to Portugal on Thursday. Croatia’s players thought they had grabbed an incredible equalizer when Josko Gvardiol prodded the »»»

Iran has warned the US and Israel against any attacks during the upcoming funeral processions for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the opening strikes of the war, as Tehran prepares for days of heavily secured mourning ceremonies. Funeral processions for Khamenei are se»»»

BELGRADE - At a ceremony at which he presented the Serbian Order of Karadjordje's Star 1st Class to the family of posthumously decorated Serbian Armed Forces Staff Sergeant Milovan Jovanovic, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Jovanovic had lost his life while honourably performing his duty in»»»

LAGOS: The United States has pulled out most of the troops deployed to Nigeria for a special operation against fighters of the Daesh group in the country’s northeast, the American military said. In May, US and Nigerian forces in the Lake Chad region of Nigeria killed nearly 200 Daesh fighters, incl»»»

The ‘Israel’-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26, 2026, threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon, Amnesty International and five human rights and press freedom organizations said today. Parts of the text appear to be aimed at preventing victims of serious internatio»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Friday condemned and denounced the bombing of a cafe in the Al-Hijaz area of Damascus, after an explosive device detonated at the site on Thursday, killing and injuring several people. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Kingdom stands in solidarity with»»»

The Louisiana Supreme Court granted a stay on state Attorney General Liz Murrill's indictment, less than 24 hours after a grand jury approved malfeasance and intimidation charges. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo July 3 (UPI) -- The Louisiana Supreme Court granted a stay on state At»»»

DAMASCUS: Mourners filed through Damascus on Friday, a day after an explosive device set off in a cafe in the Syrian capital killed nine people. The funeral procession in the normally bustling Midan neighborhood carried the coffins of three of the blast victims. Another 20 were wounded in the explo»»»

LONDON: Media rights group the Committee to Protect Journalists has voted to keep its current definition of who counts as a journalist, following a week of turmoil over fears that Palestinian and Lebanese reporters killed by Israel could be erased from its casualty database. On June 25, CPJ announc»»»

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