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A Persian restaurant in Kuwait has removed any mention of Iran from its name, a sign of the pressure the Iranian community in the Gulf country has faced since the Middle East war erupted.

Juventus midfielder Khephren Thuram has undergone surgery on his right knee, the Turin giants said Thursday, with Italian media reporting the Frenchman will be sidelined until next year.

European lawmakers demanded that the European Union executive force Meta to change the "addictive" design of its platforms in Europe, as the giant has promised to do in some US states, according to a letter seen by AFP on Thursday.

Reaching survivors of Nepal's devastating floods is an immense challenge hampering the delivery of basic aid supplies, the United Nations warned Thursday, considering the use of cargo drones and porters in addition to destroyed roads.

George Clooney handed his lifetime achievement award to AFP photographer Tiziana Fabi and took a turn with her camera in a humorous exchange at the Venice film festival.

German growth this year is set to come in stronger than previously estimated, leading research institutes said Thursday, as Europe's biggest economy withstands the fallout from the Middle East war.

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Hundreds of people demonstrated in the Maltese capital Valletta after a wealthy businessman was found not guilty of masterminding the murder of an investigative journalist.

Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola said Thursday that Bradley Barcola arrived at the club with the "right mentality" after making clear his desire to join the Premier League club from Paris Saint-Germain.

Malaysia launched a three-day cloud-seeding operation on Thursday in a bid to ease hazardous haze choking Sarawak state, as smoke from Indonesian forest fires pushed air quality to dangerous levels.

Brandon Nakashima, one of the hottest players in men's tennis this summer, couldn't find his best game Wednesday, losing to fellow American Alex Michelsen in the US Open second round.

El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the "danger zone of extreme weather".

US President Donald Trump's administration sided with OpenAI in a lawsuit brought by the New York Times, defending training AI models on copyrighted works, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

Kenya's wildlife officers are trapping crocodiles on the shores of Lake Baringo in a bid to curb growing human-wildlife conflict as rising waters push the reptiles towards homes.

Cassandra Wilson, the acclaimed jazz singer, songwriter and producer known for a deep contralto voice and an expansive approach to American music, has died at age 70.

An Argentine environmental organization and a Falklands war veterans’ group have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the Sea Lion offshore oil project north of the disputed Falkland Islands.

Three years after the Lahaina wildfire, some survivors rebuilding their homes say contractors took large payments, abandoned projects or delivered work that had to be redone, while enforcement actions remain limited.

China’s oil consumption fell sharply in the second quarter, including a 16 percent decline in transportation use, contributing to a modest reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

The World Meteorological Organization says the 2026 El Niño is firmly established, likely to strengthen further and has a nearly 100 percent chance of persisting through February 2027.

Mitsubishi has unveiled the fifth-generation Pajero, reviving its flagship off-road SUV with body-on-frame construction, a seven-seat cabin and hardware designed for difficult terrain.

Honda is seeking about 1.5 trillion yen, or $9.4 billion, in savings by 2030 and has assigned suppliers aggressive price-reduction targets as it responds to mounting competition from Chinese automakers.

Philadelphia’s Sept. 2 morning news roundup highlighted the planned closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum, a Medicare-related MyChart phishing warning, local investment and public-safety developments.

Philadelphia is marking its role in the creation of the U.S. Constitution with a public event at the National Constitution Center, revisiting the document signed at Independence Hall on Sept. 17, 1787.

Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is preparing to end public museum operations in September after more than two centuries of natural-history work and nearly 200 years as a public museum.

Russia will close multiple branches of Germany's Goethe Institute in response to Germany ordering the closure of a Russian cultural centre in Berlin, Moscow said Thursday, amid spiralling tensions between the two countries.

Disinformation about recent anti-government protests in Indonesia has inundated social media in what researchers say is a coordinated attempt to spread propaganda about the one-year-old movement.

A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes will complete an eight-year journey to arrive at Mercury on Thursday, while still facing high-risk manoeuvres to study the Sun-scorched planet.

Oil prices sank Thursday after Donald Trump suggested the latest US attacks against Iran would likely be short-lived.

As an alarm reverberated throughout a Philippine high school on Thursday, students scrambled behind locked doors and police swept corridors in a drill aimed at preparing for an attack once unthinkable in the Southeast Asian country.

Grammy Award-winning American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, her manager said. She was 70.

Frederick Teiko Ofori spent a large portion of his life with a guitar in his hands, so when the Ghanaian musician died in a road accident, his family decided that the instrument should accompany him on his final journey.

A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phenomenon.