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South Africa wing Cheslin Kolbe is returning home to play again for Cape Town-based Stormers

South Africa's Kolbe returns to Stormers from Japan

Iranian pilgrims perform the Umrah pilgrimage around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca

Iranians find 'peace and safety' in Mecca during hajj

'Let's preserve what we love': the initiative's backers maintain that Switzerland is buckling under the burden of mass immigration'

Anti-immigration proposal

Swiss divided as population cap vote nears

Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate after taking a lead during vote counting for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections in Kolkata in May. The BJP won power in the eastern state for the first time since the country's independence in 1947

'Detect, delete, deport'

India orders migrant detention centres sparking explusion fears

Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev 'beat' the men's 50m freestyle world record during the Enhanced Games

Swimmer Gkolomeev 'beats' record at drug-fueled Enhanced Games

Across the generations: Veteran 37-year-old Virat Kohli (second right) chats to the 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi (second left) during an IPL match in April

Kohli, 37, and Sooryavanshi, 15, set to take IPL playoff spotlight

Former chairman of Seven & i Holdings Toshifumi Suzuki is known for opening the first 7-Eleven store in Japan in 1974 and growing the business into the world's largest convenience store chain

Toshifumi Suzuki, 'father' of Japan convenience stores, dies at 93

Sailors work on the deck of the Indian-flagged tanker Desh Garima, carrying crude oil that transited through the Strait of Hormuz

Indian sailors risk work at sea, as Iran war grinds on

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Dramatic footage

Paraglider survives collision with plane mid-air in Austria

Keanu Cupido (L) and captain Ronwen Williams hold the CAF Champions League trophy after winning the final against FAR Rabat.

Unstoppable shot

Mokoena goal worth millions of dollars for African champions Sundowns

Mohamed Salah waved an emotional farewell to Liverpool after nine glittering years at Anfield

African players in Europe: Liverpool legend Salah bids farewell

The far-right Lega party has Muslim candidates running in local elections in Vigevano, but the leadership has distanced itself from them

Muslim candidates divide right in Italian city vote

Oil prices fell and Asian stocks climbed on Monday over hopes a deal between the United States and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz could be brokered

Inflation concerns

Oil falls, Asian stocks climb on hopes of US-Iran Hormuz deal

Masks depicting Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum with 'disappeared people' written on her forehead, alongside US President Donald Trump, were used to protest against the upcoming FIFA World Cup games

Raising awareness

Activists campaign for Mexico's missing people near World Cup stadium

Conservative country

Thai beer heir sexual abuse allegations ignite rare public reckoning

A police car drives past water-mist fans in Mecca ahead of the hajj pilgrimage when temperatures could reach 47 degrees Celsius

With ice cream and giant fans, hajj pilgrims battle searing heat

Mexico's teenage midfielder Gilberto Mora could be one of the revelations of the World Cup

Comfortably advancing

Mexico dream of quarter-final repeat from World Cup Group A

South Korea's Son Heung-min looks set for his last World Cup

Dark clouds hang over South Korea for Son's likely World Cup farewell

South Africa coach Hugo Broos will retire after the 2026 World Cup

Instead of Europe-based players

South Africa coach Broos banks on local stars for World Cup

Players of the quality of Alphonso Davies have helped World Cup co-hosts Canada climb the world rankings

Looking for a win

Canada targeting World Cup first in Group B campaign

'He's tiny! It's blue!' one excited scientist was recorded as saying when she first caught sight of the creature

Near the Galapagos islands

'He's tiny! It's blue!': Scientists find new deep-sea octopus

Riot police forced their way into the CHP party building

Dramatic scuffles

Turkey riot police use tear gas to take opposition party HQ

An Israeli strike on Nabatieh in south Lebanon on Sunday

Despite ceasefire

Deadly Israeli strikes pound south, east Lebanon

Novak Djokovic had only played one match on clay before arriving in Paris for Roland Garros

Djokovic fights through tough Roland Garros opener, Zverev strolls

Kimi Antonelli extended his lead in the world championship to 43 points

Extending championship

Four in a row for Antonelli after victory in Canada

Baby Yoda's star turn in "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" topped the box office over Memorial Day weekend

Spin-off success

Mandalorian and Grogu blast to first place in weekend box office

Mamelodi Sundowns celebrate winning the CAF Champions League in Rabat

CAF Champions League

Mokoena, Williams play key roles as Sundowns become champions

Discord has grown between Senegal's now-dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko (L) and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye (R) pictured during an 2025 event in Dakar

Debt-laden country

Senegal parliament speaker steps down in political crisis

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