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A leading German politician has called on the country’s arms industry to speed up production capacities, with an eye to the lack of equipment for the Bundeswehr. Lars Klingbeil, co-leader of the governing centre-left Social Democrats, said the misconce…

Andrej Kramaric scored a brace as the 2018 runners-up Croatia avoided yet another upset at the Qatar World Cup with a convincing 4-1 comeback victory over Canada who are eliminated with the defeat. Alphonso Davies headed home in the second minute for t…

Morocco deservedly beat Belgium 2-0 to blow World Cup Group F wide open on Sunday as yet another unexpected result hit Qatar 2022. Substitute Abdelhamid Sabiri sent in a free-kick from out wide on 73 minutes and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois allowed the …

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of two women and a young girl who were swept away in heavy rain and high winds on the island of Ischia off the city of Naples, the local prefecture reported on Sunday. The girl was between five and six years old…

Argentina kept their Qatar World Cup hopes alive and avoided a group stage exit as Lionel Messi led them to a 2-0 triumph against Mexico on Saturday. After a shock 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in their opening match, a defeat would see Argentina saying goo…

At least 13 people were injured after renewed Russian missile attacks on the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro. “Four of them are in hospital, including a 17-year-old,” the military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentyn Reznichenko, said on…

Tens of thousands of residents in the Ukrainian capital are still without electricity in the wake of intensive Russian attacks, according to the local authorities. Some 130,000 people in the metropolis of 3 million people were still affected, Kiev’s mi…

Kylian Mbappe scored a brace as France ended a title holders’ World Cup curse by becoming the first team to qualify for the knock-out rounds in Qatar with a 2-1 victory over Denmark on Saturday. Paris Saint-Germain star Mbappe broke the deadlock in the…

Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the population on Saturday not to be seduced by propaganda from abroad related to the recent mass protests across the country. “The enemy’s main method today is falsification and lies,” the 83-year…

The foreign minister of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, has died at the age of 64, state news agency Belta reported on Saturday. The news agency spoke of a “sudden death,” without giving further details. He was not known to have any illnesses. Makei had been …