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Under the Qatar-mediated deal, five prisoners would be freed by each side and $6bn in Iranian assets would be released.

US space agency official says conversation around UFOs must move from 'sensationalism to science' to progress.

GENEVA: The United Nations said Thursday that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya’s flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly. With better functioning coordination in the crisis-wracked country, “they could have issued the warnings and the emergency management forces would have been able to carry out the evacuation of the people, and we could have avoided most of the human casualties,” Petteri Taalas, head of the UN’s World Meteorological Organization, told reporters in Geneva.

DORTMUND: Veteran forward Thomas Mueller kick-started Germany’s post-Hansi Flick era, scoring early to set the Euro 2024 hosts on the way to a 2-1 win over France in Dortmund on Tuesday. Flick’s sacking on Sunday, brought Rudi Voeller into the dugout for the first time since 2005. The interim coach brought Mueller back into the starting lineup and the move paid off early, Mueller scoring four minutes in. Mueller’s Bayern teammate Leroy Sane scored with three minutes remaining to double his side’s lead.

Australia's High Court upholds earlier ruling that airline broke the law when it outsourced ground handling jobs.

The iPhone 15 will go on sale from September 22, retailing at between $799 and $1,199.