President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States had heavily bombed military targets on Iran's oil hub Kharg Island and the US Navy would soon begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
Jurors will return to court in Los Angeles Monday to resume deliberations in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouTube of trying to hook young internet users.
Ludvig Aberg fired a nine-under par 63, one off the course record, to seize a two-stroke lead after Friday's second round of the PGA Players Championship.
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Someone's streak will end on Saturday when Carlos Alcaraz, unbeaten in 16 matches to start the season, faces red-hot Russian Daniil Medvedev for a place in the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000 final.
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Irish duo Willie Mullins and Paul Townend completed a sweep of the races regarded as the 'Holy Trinity' of the Cheltenham Festival as Gaelic Warrior romped to victory in the Gold Cup on Friday.
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A drone strike killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, France's armed forces ministry said on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the country's first military death in the Middle East war.
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A photograph of Britain's former prince Andrew and veteran politician Peter Mandelson sitting in bathrobes alongside late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unearthed Friday in previously published documents.
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Tomos Williams has urged Wales to learn from the example of Italy as they try to end their lengthy losing streak in the Six Nations Championship.
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Formula One races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will be cancelled or rescheduled as the Middle East war engulfs the region, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Friday.
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The war in the Middle East has largely paralysed the Gulf region's crucial oil industry, which has been hit by attacks and an export blockade.
Ireland captain Caelan Doris believes his side will have a "ton of motivation" when they face Scotland in a Triple Crown decider in Dublin on Saturday -- a match where the winners will remain in the hunt for the Six Nations Championship title.
Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 128 runs via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern (DLS) method in the rain-affected second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Gaelic Warrior eased home to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the blue-riband event of steeplechasing, and give trainer Willie Mullins a record-equalling fifth win in the race on Friday.
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Economy
Only 77 ships have so far crossed the Strait of Hormuz in March as the Mideast war disrupts one of the world's most vital shipping routes, a maritime data firm reported Friday.
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Sri Lanka on Friday repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who perished when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a US submarine, local officials said.
Notorious Latin American narco trafficker Sebastian Marset, who eluded police for years, was handed over to US authorities after his arrest Friday in Bolivia.
The United States has eased some restrictions on Russia's oil sales as it tries to stabilise global energy markets, upended by Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz amid the war in the Middle East.
Oil prices stayed under $100 Friday with no end in sight to the disruption in supplies of crude, while stock markets slid lower.
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