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US Treasury threatens Oman with sanctions over Hormuz Strait A top US official says Oman should know that Washington ‘will aggressively target’ actors that facilitate tolls in waterway. Save US…

Neymar set to miss Brazil World Cup opener due to calf injury Neymar was injured playing for Santos in the Brazil domestic league, and is now confirmed to miss World…

IOC chief Coventry stirs social media storm over athlete payment comments Olympians slam the IOC chief and Zimbabwe’s former medallist for saying athletes shouldn’t be paid at the Games. Save…

Yemen’s former leader Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi dies in exile at 80 Hadi was the internationally recognised president of Yemen who led a fractured government mostly from exile. Save Yemen’s former…

Two more boys die in latest heatwave water deaths 1 hour agoVicky Castle,South EastandBilly Payne,BBC Weather UKNIPEmergency crews were called to reports of concerns for a swimmer in a pond…

Are US and Iran close to peace or sliding back to war? 1 hour agoPaul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent ReutersUS President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was “not satisfied” yet with…

Prostate cancer screening only for “a few thousand” high risk men 5 hours agoJames GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Only “a few thousand” men who have a dangerous genetic…

Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war, GCHQ says 16 minutes agoFrank Gardner,Security correspondentandHenry Moore EPA Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since it launched its fullscale invasion…

Safety warning after nine water-related deaths during heatwave 12 minutes agoVicky Wong SuppliedDeclan Sawyer, 15 (left), Reco Puttock, 13 (middle) and Junior Slater, 12 (right) died in separate incidents after…

Shanice Brookes, 30, worked for a charity and was studying for a university degree, her family say.