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Thousands of adoring supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star.
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Thousands of adoring supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star.

The Inter Miami and Argentina forward is in India for his ‘GOAT tour’, taking in events in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi.

Donald Trump’s envoy will meet the Ukrainian president and European leaders in Berlin to discuss the latest peace plan.

Prosecutors played dozens of body camera videos and interviewed witnesses from the day of his arrest.

Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.

Stranded in the Caribbean with no way to call for help: How Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado survived the deadliest stretch of her flight from Venezuela before an extraction team reached her.

One year after the ousting of the Assad regime, some of the first Syrian revolutionaries return to their homes and try to start their lives again. But new divisions and old animosities still fester.

In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela’s María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
King Charles announced his cancer treatment will be reduced in 2026 thanks to early detection and following medical advice.

Ukraine’s president has blamed Russia for the attack as Turkey called for a suspension of strikes on shipping and ports.

As they mark the first anniversary of toppling Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country a new start.

The leaders of the two countries have not commented on Trump’s announcement which follows days of hostilities.

Eritrea says it has been targetted by Igad and that the bloc is failing its founding principles.

The UK accuses Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris, also known as Abu Lulu, of committing acts of violence against civilians.

Russia’s central bank says it is suing Belgium’s Euroclear in court following an EU bid to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine.

You won’t arrive on time and may not even get a seat. Your booking might get lost. Things have gotten so dire that a foreigner has been brought in to shake things up.

The man who led the operation says María Corina Machado crossed “very rough seas” in “pitch-black darkness”.

The idea came from the miners building makeshift altars in the mine in the 1930s, to pray for their safety before starting their shifts.

The Russian ambassador is summoned over a cyber attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration mistakenly deported in March and eventually returned, is now free from ICE custody. And, Indiana lawmakers reject a redistricting proposal.

Ukraine’s president says he will look into changing the constitution to hold wartime elections or a referendum on ceding territory to Russia amid ongoing peace talks to end the war.