Notorious narco trafficker, Sebastian Marset, who eluded police across Latin America for years and was on the US most-wanted list, was arrested Friday in Bolivia, a government source told AFP.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed on Friday that his government had held talks with the United States, which has made no secret of its desire for regime change on the communist island.
Germany's energy-hungry industries are sounding the alarm about the devastating impacts of the Middle East war as companies battle problems from surging power costs to snarled supply chains.
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Politics
For thousands of workers in Dubai's tourism sector, the Middle East war has brought business to a standstill -- leaving their income suddenly at risk.
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Swiss skier Marco Odermatt sealed his fifth successive overall World Cup title on Friday with a third-placed finish in the downhill won by Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr.
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Chelsea captain Reece James believes the Blues "have everything it takes" to be successful after signing a new six-year contract at Stamford Bridge.
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Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa said Friday he was "confident" that Kylian Mbappe will be available to face Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday for talks aimed at ramping up pressure on Russia to end its four-year invasion.
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Politics
EU nations on Friday backed a ban on AI systems generating sexualised deepfakes, after an outcry over such images produced by Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok.
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An Iranian drone has killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, his commanding officer said on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the first French military death in the Middle East war.
Oil dipped under $100 Friday, but remained far above pre-Mideast war levels with no end in sight to disrupted crude supplies.
Sunrisers Leeds are facing a fierce social media backlash after the Indian-owned Hundred franchise signed Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed this week.
Abdul Malick sat among mourning relatives in his village in southern Pakistan, receiving condolences from neighbours after his nephew, Muzaffar Ali, was killed in Dubai last week.
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Economy
Deadly explosions rocked Tehran close to a pro-government rally attended by top officials on Friday, as Israel and Iran unleashed fresh strikes in a war that has ignited the Middle East and threatens to torpedo the world economy.
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Moscow on Friday urged the United States to lift more sanctions on its oil exports to stabilise the global energy markets, upended by the war in the Middle East.
"I am worried," a sailor stuck in the Gulf told AFP on Friday, his vessel unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, blocked for nearly two weeks after US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Iran says no one can exclude it from the World Cup later this year, in response to President Donald Trump's warning that their "life and safety" would be at risk in the US.
Arne Slot said the "bar at Liverpool is always high" as he targets glory in the FA Cup and Champions League to save the club's season following a disastrous Premier League title defence.
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