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Eight NRF fighters were killed in a "direct clash" with the Taliban, provincial police spokesman Asif Waziri told reporters in an audio message.

The Olympic Charter runs 112 pages and reads like something Gwyneth Paltrow would have written if she were in charge of the Games instead of Goop.

An explosion in Ghana's rural Western Region on Thursday razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said that Joe Biden's Ukraine remarks 'can facilitate the destabilisation of the situation.'

The report said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has instructed officials to bolster ways to "efficiently control the hostile moves of the US" and reconsider trust-building measures with the US.

Documents Trump does not want Congress to see include memos to his former press secretary, a handwritten note on the January 6 events and a draft text of his speech at the 'Save America' rally.

The Latest on Thursday at the Australian Open tennis tournament (all times local):

A kickoff temperature of about 25 degrees is forecast for the United States World Cup qualifier against El Salvador at Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 27, with a wind chill index approaching what the U.S. Soccer Federations health guidelines call high risk for co...

United Airlines lost $646 million in the fourth quarter and said Wednesday that the current spike in COVID19 cases will hurt its results in the March quarter.

Stephanie Labbe, the goalkeeper for the Canadian women's national team that won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has announced her retirement.

Tottenham staged the latest-ever comeback to win a Premier League game on Wednesday.

HansJrgen Dixie Drner, one of East Germany and Dynamo Dresdens greatest soccer players who was called the Beckenbauer of the East, has died. He was 70.

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday:

The United States will play its final home World Cup qualifier at Orlando, Florida, on March 27 against Panama.

Defending champion Lille extended its unbeaten run to nine matches with a 31 win against Lorient in their rescheduled French league match on Wednesday.

Three former officers who were with Derek Chauvin during the arrest that led to George Floyd's death face federal trial this week on charges they violated the Black mans civil rights. Jury selection begins Thursday in the federal case against J. Kueng,...