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North Korea, Belarus sign 'friendship' treaty during Lukashenko visit

North Korea, Belarus sign 'friendship' treaty during Lukashenko visit

North Korea and Belarus's strongmen leaders signed a "friendship and cooperation" treaty on Thursday after Kim Jong Un gave a lavish welcome to President Alexander Lukashenko on his maiden visit. Besides supporting Russia's war against Ukraine -- around 2,000 North Korean soldiers are thought

Murray's 53 points propel Nuggets over Mavs

Murray's 53 points propel Nuggets over Mavs

Denver's Jamal Murray scored 53 points and teammate Nikola Jokic added a monster triple-double as the Nuggets topped the Dallas Mavericks 142-135 on Wednesday. Murray posted his second 50-point game of the season and three-time NBA Most Valuable Player Jokic added 23 points, 21

Israel strikes Iran as Trump says Tehran wants deal to end war

Israel strikes Iran as Trump says Tehran wants deal to end war

Israel launched strikes across Iran on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump said Tehran wanted a deal to end the nearly four-week war despite its top diplomat rejecting any talks with Washington. The conflict has mushroomed to draw in nations around the Middle East, sending energy markets into

Hezbollah rejects truce talks as Israel presses Lebanon strikes

Hezbollah rejects truce talks as Israel presses Lebanon strikes

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said negotiations with Israel under fire would amount to "surrender", as the Iran-backed group launched attacks and Israel said it was expanding a "buffer zone" inside Lebanon. Israel, which occupied southern Lebanon for around two decades until 2000, has kept up

Sabalenka and Rybakina to clash again in Miami semi-final

Sabalenka and Rybakina to clash again in Miami semi-final

World number one Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina on Wednesday booked a blockbuster semi-final at the Miami Open in a rerun of their Melbourne Grand Slam decider. Defending champion Sabalenka held off big-hitting 45th-ranked American Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-4. World number two Rybakina beat fifth-

Yankees rout Giants 7-0 to open MLB season

Yankees rout Giants 7-0 to open MLB season

The New York Yankees crushed the San Francisco Giants 7-0 on Wednesday in the only matchup of Major League Baseball's opening night. The game at the Giants' Oracle Park was a curtain raiser to Thursday's 11-game slate, including Shohei Ohtani's Los

G7 meets in France to narrow transatlantic Iran split

G7 meets in France to narrow transatlantic Iran split

Foreign ministers from the G7 meet outside Paris from Thursday with European nations and allies seeking to narrow differences with the US on the Middle East war while keeping other crises like Ukraine and Gaza high on the agenda. The two-day meeting of seven leading industrialised democracies at the