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AUS vs PAK 2nd Test preview: Will Pakistan end 15-match losing streak?

Pakistan goes into Tuesday's Boxing Day match against Australia on a 15-match test losing streak, not having won Down Under since November 1995.

Gunfire erupts at Colorado mall on Christmas Eve, 1 killed and 3 injured

One adult male was dead at the scene with a gunshot wound, and two more, each of whom had been shot at least once, were taken to hospitals in serious condition, police said

UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe acquires 25% stake in Manchester United

More than a year after it was put up for sale, Manchester United said Sunday that British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had agreed to buy a minority stake in the storied Premier League club.

FIFA threatens to suspend Brazil over CBF president's removal by court

FIFA and South American soccer body CONMEBOL also said in the letter they will form a commission to discuss the matter in Brazil on Jan 8

Russian shelling kills 4 as Ukraine prepares to observe Christmas

There are no holidays for the enemy, Andrii Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, wrote on social media, commenting on the Kherson attack

War exacts very heavy price from us, but we have no choice: Netanyahu

The war has devastated parts of Gaza, killed roughly 20,400 Palestinians and displaced almost all of the besieged territory's 2.3 million people

Tom Curran, Sixers lose appeal to have his BBL's 4-match ban over turned

English all-rounder Tom Curran's appeal to have his four-match ban overturned for intimidating an umpire during a recent Big Bash League match has been dismissed

Rishi Sunak's minister under fire for making joke about date rape drug

British Home Secretary James Cleverly was under fire Sunday for joking about date rape just hours after announcing plans to crack down on what he had dubbed a perverse offence.

Explosion at Chinese-owned Nickel plant kills at least 13, injures 46

It was the third deadly incident this year at Chinese-owned nickel smelting plants in Central Sulawesi province, which has the largest nickel reserves in Indonesia

Israel-Hamas war clouds Christmas eve celebrations in West Bank's Bethlehem

The festive lights that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign tourists and jubilant youth marching bands that gather in the West Bank town each year

Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills 13

It was the latest of a series of deadly accidents at nickel smelting plants in Indonesia that are part of China's ambitious transnational development programme known as the Belt and Road Initiative

Strong quake in China that killed at least 148 cause losses worth millions

Officials in Gansu conducted preliminary assessments that showed the province's agricultural and fisheries industries have lost 532 million yuan (about $74.6 million), state broadcaster CCTV reported

12 Turkish soldiers killed over 2 days in clashes with Kurdish militants

In addition to the six Turkish soldiers killed on Friday, four militants were slain, authorities said

Israel strikes 2 homes, more than 90 Palestinians killed, hundreds detained

Israel declared war after Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking some 240 hostages

Czech holds national day of mourning for victims of its worst mass killing

Previously, the nation's worst mass shooting was in 2015, when a gunman opened fire in the southeastern town of Uhersky Brod, killing eight before fatally shooting himself

Man City confirmed as world's best club in 2023 after winning fifth trophy

Right now, I don't know, Guardiola said after City cruised to its first Club World Cup title by easily beating Fluminense 4-0 on Friday, lifting a fifth domestic and international trophy in 2023

France grounds flight carrying 303 Indians on human trafficking suspicion

The prosecutor's office said an anonymous tip signalled that the flight was carrying people who could be victims of human trafficking

Tenfold increase in reported cases of dengue over last generation: UN

The World Health Organisation said reported cases soared to a record 5.2 million in 2019, up from 500,000 in 2000, across 129 countries worldwide, figures that likely understate the actual toll

Gaza death toll exceeds 20,000 as Israel expands ground war against Hamas

The deaths amount to nearly 1 per cent of the territory's prewar population the latest indication of the 11-week-old conflict's staggering human toll

Gaza death toll crosses 20,000 as Israel expands ground offensive

The deaths, amounting to nearly 1 per cent of the territory's pre-war population, are just one measure of the devastation wrought by the conflict that is going on since over 11 weeks