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The Salman Al-Dabbous Cardiac Center has started a minimally invasive tricuspid valve programme and completed two procedures using the LuX-Valve Plus device.

A Ramallah olive press operating in a building dating to 1917 has begun its annual season, continuing a social and agricultural tradition under the Al-Rantisi family.

Marine Le Pen prepared to address a major National Rally gathering in Orleans as nationwide cost-of-living protests and clashes sharpened France’s political debate.

Kuwait’s Public Works Minister Dr Noura Al-Mashaan met British Ambassador Qudsi Rasheed to review shared interests and opportunities for stronger bilateral cooperation.

The University of Doha for Science and Technology has begun accepting applications for Fall 2027 across more than 80 diploma, bachelor’s and master’s programmes.

The ninth World Investment Forum opened in Doha under the theme “Investing in the Future,” bringing together government, business and investment leaders for three days of talks.

Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the giant slalom in Soelden on Sunday, the opening race of the men's World Cup season.

Serbian voters turned out in large numbers on Sunday in what is set to be the nation's most fiercely contested parliamentary election in more than 14 years, as a student-led movement seeks to oust the party of veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic.

Manchester United boss Michael Carrick dropped captain Bruno Fernandes to the bench for Sunday's Premier League visit of Bournemouth after the Portugal midfielder criticised his manager's tactics in a 4-1 thrashing by Como.

Pakistan paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi grabbed four wickets to limit England to 241 despite a fighting century by Ben Duckett in Lahore on Sunday.

England's record Test wicket-taker James Anderson will leave Lancashire after the club announced on Sunday that it would not renew his contract, casting doubt over the 44-year-old's playing future.

Bulgarians were voting in a presidential election on Sunday, as security concerns swirl following a series of drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea.

Portuguese police again cleared tents set up by protesters against skyrocketing housing prices overnight Sunday, with organisers criticising the brutality of the officers involved.

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron in elections in six months, was to give her first campaign speech on Sunday, a day after protests sweeping the country again flared into violence.

Workers were cleaning the last traces of blood from St George's Church in Jordan's Hammoud the day after a deadly attack, when visitors arrived to express their solidarity amid an atmosphere of shock and grief.

Voting was under way in Serbia on Sunday in what is set to be its most fiercely contested parliamentary election in more than 14 years, as a student-led movement seeks to oust the party of veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic.

World number one Elena Rybakina won her fourth title of an outstanding season with a ruthless straight-sets victory over Leylah Fernandez in the Ningbo Open final on Sunday.

Police arrested 1,314 people in weekend protests across France, the interior ministry said Sunday, adding that 53 officers were hurt in clashes.

UK leader Andy Burnham indicated he was open to readopting the European Union's free movement rules as part of Britain's future relationship with the bloc, said a report published Sunday.

The American John Catlin won the Hong Kong Open on Sunday by a dominant five shots and will play at the Masters for the first time.

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron in elections in six months, was to give her first campaign speech on Sunday, a day after protests sweeping the country again flared into violence.

Japan's Yuto Katsuragawa won the DP World Tour's Genesis Championship in South Korea by two strokes on Sunday and said it was "the greatest moment" of his life.

Former world number one Naomi Osaka cast doubt on her future Sunday saying she would consider quitting tennis if her three-year-old daughter asked her to.

Japan's Yuri Yoshida captured her first LPGA Tour title on Sunday with a nervy one-shot victory at the Ladies Championship in South Korea.

Marc Marquez was denied the chance Sunday to stretch his world championship lead over injured Jorge Martin with the last Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island cancelled due to treacherous conditions.

The Milwaukee Brewers staged another trademark comeback to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 and take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven World Series on Saturday.

Sri Lanka is determined to accelerate its transition to renewable energy spurred by soaring oil prices, but faces major constraints, its energy minister told AFP.

Beneath rotating wind turbines on Sri Lanka's Mannar peninsula, a fishing net is hauled up the beach by tractor winches and 20 men, but once again the catch is meagre.

Riyadh's international airport said flights would resume on Sunday after a two-week closure following strikes from Yemen's Houthis on the Saudi capital, though the Iran-backed group warned of more to come.

The Philadelphia 76ers extended their perfect start to the NBA season with a 127-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday as the San Antonio Spurs bagged their first win of the campaign against the Dallas Mavericks.

The latest instalment of the "Call of Duty" video game franchise, featuring a full-scale North Korean invasion of South Korea, has topped sales charts in the would-be target, even as real-life border tensions are ratcheting higher.

Israel said Sunday all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on the day of next week's election, as it pledged a harder line on militancy after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the territory.