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England batsman Jos Buttler has reacted furiously after he was dismissed by a controversial “mankad” stumping for the second time in his career. Named after Indian bowler Vinoo Mankad, the dismissal, in which the bowler runs out the non-striking batter when (s)he leaves the crease to “back up” as the …

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Save the Children has condemned attacks on hospitals during the war (file photo) An air strike near a hospital in north-west Yemen that killed at least seven people, four of them children, has been condemned by Save the Children. The NGO, which helps fund …

The Israeli Air Force says it struck “several Hamas terror targets” in Gaza on Tuesday night, hours after Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel. Air-raid sirens began to sound across southern Israel shortly after Israel conducted its air strikes, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said. READ MORE: Fighting along …

Documents offering a glimpse of attention paid to Donald Trump’s real estate company by the FBI over the past four decades were published by the bureau on Tuesday, following years of resistance. A pair of subpoenas for testimony to a federal grand jury in Manhattan, which were accepted by attorneys …

Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE March 26, 2019, 9:17 PM GMT By David K. Li New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty and is seeking a jury trial on charges that he …

By Deborah Haynes, foreign affairs editor Israeli troops and armoured vehicles lined up in a field close to the border with Gaza. Just one example of the military build-up ahead of what could be another night of Israeli airstrikes against the militant group Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave, as …

The papal ring, worn on the third finger of the right hand, is a powerful symbol of a pontiff’s authority. Kissing the ring is a common way for Catholics to greet the Pope. However, in a video which has been widely shared online, Pope Francis can be seeing pulling his …

The collusion question now answered, another one looms ahead of 2020: Will U.S. elections be secure from more Russian interference? The 22-month-long special counsel investigation underscored how vulnerable the U.S. was to a foreign adversary seeking to sow discord on social media, spread misinformation and exploit security gaps in state …

The resources giant Woodside Petroleum has sought Australian taxpayer funds to build an oil and gas field off the coast of Senegal in west Africa. The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Efic) is considering backing the project, with Woodside hoping to start drilling by mid-2020. Woodside believes it could produce …

Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE March 26, 2019, 8:23 PM GMT By Elisha Fieldstadt The first African-American woman to serve as a police chief in Virginia wrote in a four-page letter Monday that she was …