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LONDON — Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC, said Monday that its net profit plummeted 96% in the second quarter of this year as lower interest rates combined with the downturn due...

Islamic State fighters have attacked a prison in eastern Afghanistan holding scores of the group’s members, killing at least 21 people. Another 43 people have been wounded in the assault,...

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab, saying the country risked becoming a “failed state” and the government showed a lack of reformist...

GENOA, Italy — Since the dramatic and deadly collapse of the Morandi bridge over the Italian port of Genoa two years ago, builders have worked around the clock, through a...

SYDNEY, Australia — Emma Shearman held her speargun and focused on her breathing. In, out, relax, she thought. Deep and steady, as rhythmic as the waves. She plunged into the...

Filming started today (August 3) on ABC comedy Aftertaste, marking the first major production to shoot in South Australia since the pandemic forced work to shutdown. A total of 110 cast...

At least 20 people have been killed in a raid claimed by the Islamic State group on an Afghan prison, officials said Monday, shattering a ceasefire between the Taliban and...

The Israeli army has said it targeted a group of four people who had planted explosives along the border fence with Syria on the occupied Golan Heights. Soldiers spotted the...

A career diplomat, Hitti submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab and left the government house without making any comments. He was was reportedly unhappy with the government’s performance and lack...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — A militant assault on a prison complex in eastern Afghanistan turned into a gun battle that was still raging 16 hours later on Monday, as officials scrambled...