Kyiv on Monday accused Hungary of grossly violating the rights of seven Ukrainian bank employees -- including by forcibly drugging a man with diabetes -- after they were detained with a truck of cash and gold.
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday discussed regional security with the leaders of Cyprus and Greece and was later set to board France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier deployed to the Mediterranean.
Russia won its first Winter Paralympic gold medal under its own flag since 2014 as skier Varvara Voronchikhina was crowned women's super-G standing champion on Monday in Cortina.
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Bangladesh has tightened security at filling stations, sent students home and even scrapped light displays for independence and Ramadan celebrations, officials said Monday, as the Middle East war worsens the country's energy crunch.
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Indonesia landfill collapse kills five
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A landslide on Indonesia's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing four people, rescuers said Monday as they searched for at least five more reported missing.
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Stock markets plunged Monday as oil and gas prices soared on fears about supplies from the Middle East with the US-Israeli war against Iran continuing into a second week with no sign of letting up.
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Captain Suryakumar Yadav said gold in 2028 on cricket's return to the Olympics was India's next big aim after extending their T20 domination with back-to-back World Cup titles.
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Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its new supreme leader with a barrage of missiles against Israel and the Gulf on Monday, as the war sent oil prices soaring.
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Asian stock markets plunged Monday as oil prices soared 30 percent on fears about supplies from the Middle East as the US-Israeli war against Iran continued into a second week with no sign of letting up.
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South Sudan's healthcare system has been so crippled by years of corruption that when a state governor experienced high blood pressure recently, he had to fly to Kenya for treatment.
England have high hopes of ending Ireland's dominance at the Cheltenham Festival, jumps racing's most prestigious meeting, which could climax with English football icon Harry Redknapp winning the blue-riband Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.
Pop superstar Rihanna's Los Angeles home was hit by gunfire on Sunday after a woman opened fire on the property while the singer was reportedly inside, according to US media.
World number two Jannik Sinner took another step toward a first Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday, easing past Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 to reach the fourth round and a clash with exciting Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca.
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Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early Monday after the Islamic republic named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next.
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Taiwan has not detected a single Chinese military aircraft around the island for nine of the past 10 days, leaving experts puzzling over the reasons for the dramatic reduction in sorties.
Coco Gauff retired from her third-round match at Indian Wells on Sunday with a "scary" left arm injury that "felt like it was on fire" but was optimistic she could sort out the problem in time to play in Miami.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father's hardline leadership.
Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka lined up a fourth-round clash at Indian Wells on Sunday as fourth-ranked Coco Gauff retired with a left arm injury.
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