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Olympics 2024: Iga Swiatek loses to Zheng Qinwen in tennis semifinal

Top seeded and four-time French Open champion, Iga Swiatek suffered an unexpected loss on Thursday in the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics, losing to Zheng Qinwen of China 6-2, 7-5.

Antony Blinken aims to ease tension over US polls on six-nation Asia tour

Blinken who with Austin was in Tokyo to announce an upgrade in US-Japan military ties, something that Trump had wanted to curtail while in office tried to downplay such concerns

Al-Qaeda's primary plotter of 9/11 attacks agrees to plead guilty

Dozens of relatives of those killed died while awaiting resolution of the case

For Iran, calibrating response to Israeli strikes leaves no room for error

Analysts agree that both strikes hit too close to home to pass without a response, and were serious security breaches for Iran and Hezbollah

Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts

Conservative commentators, Republican strategists and GOP elected officials on Capitol Hill publicly and privately agree that Vance's introduction to America has not gone wel

Harris calls Trump's false claims about race divisive, disrespectful

Our differences do not divide us, they are an essential source of our strength, Harris said

Judge approves settlement in lawsuit over US detention of Iraqi nationals

The lawsuit involved about 1,400 people, many of whom had been allowed to stay in the US for years, holding jobs and raising families, because Iraq had no interest in taking them back

Two Al-Jazeera reporters killed in Israeli strike in northern Gaza

The latest journalism deaths bring the number of journalists killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last October to 111

Venezuela President Maduro asks SC to audit elections, draws criticism

Maduro told reporters Wednesday that the ruling party is also ready to show the totality of the vote tally sheets from elections

Superfan spends life savings to attend her 7th Summer Olympics in Paris

Vivianne Robinson said she had to work two more years to fund her passion.

Djokovic enters Paris Olympics quarterfinals; eyes his first gold medal

Novak Djokovic won his round 3 match against Dominik Koepfer of Germany in straight sets of 7-5 and 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals.

Olympics: Jasmine Moore 1st US woman to play triple and long jump events

The 23-year-old parlayed all that leaping ability into not one but two chances for an Olympic gold medal. Moore is the first US woman to make the Games in both triple jump an

Israel's targeted attack on Hamas chief not the only one. Here are more

Hamas said Israel was behind the assassination of its supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital, although there was no acknowledgement from Israel

Local storms disrupts high speed trains, travellers left stranded in Paris

The SNCF said all the fast trains leaving from and arriving at the Gare de Lyon train station in the French capital were immobilised due to a tree that fell on the tracks and was hit by a train.

Simone Biles, Team USA redeem themselves with Olympic gold in gymnastics

So the oldest team the U.S. has ever sent to the Olympics has gone on to win the Olympic gold in a moment that surprised each and everyone.

Palestinian detainees taken by Israel faced torture, mistreatment: UN

The report on detention in the wake of the deadly Hamas-led militant attacks and hostage-takings in Israel says that Israel's prison service held more than 9,400 security detainees as of end of June

Biles celebrates another Olympic gold while Gauff fumes over call in loss

Biles became the most decorated American gymnast in front of a crowd that included Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Serena Williams, Spike Lee, Michael Phelps and Nadia Comaneci at a raucous Bercy Aren

China accuses Japan of 'smear attacks' in recent talks with Quad members

Japan's smear attacks on China are self-contradictory to its statement of promoting the strategic and reciprocal relationship between the two countries, the statement said

Paris Olympics: Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz reach doubles quarterfinals

Nadal whose wife and 1 1/2-year-old son, Rafael Jr., were in the stands and Alcaraz will face the fourth-seeded American team of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram for a semifinal berth

BOJ raises key interest rate, aims to curb yen's slide against dollar

The move was widely expected, and the yen gained sharply against the dollar ahead of Wednesday's decision