Germany’s US Open winner Angelique Kerber remains atop the WTA world standings and will therefore finish 2016 in first position.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said that the practice of “triple talaq” will have to be judged on the yardstick of equality and the right to live with dignity.
Russian or Syrian warplanes knocked a major Aleppo hospital out of service on Wednesday, hospital workers said, and ground forces intensified an assault on the city's besieged rebel sector, in a battle that has become a potentially decisive turning point in the civil war.
Libya's oil company on Thursday announced an "immediate" resumption of oil exports from two of the key ports captured this week by forces opposed to the country's UN-backed unity government.
Foodstuff suppliers are having an extremely busy time, with many working several hours beyond their usual operating schedule as the demand for consumables is on a peak ...
Turkish tanks and hundreds of opposition fighters thrust deep inside Syrian territory yesterday in a lightning operation that within hours ousted Islamic State militants from a key Syrian border town.
Diego Costa thrust himself back into the headlines with an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea edged West Ham United 2-1 in Antonio Conte’s first Premier League game as manager on Monday.
There was an exciting pitch to Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations in Doha this year. After the more formal flag hoisting ceremony at the embassy in the morning, some 50 enthusiasts of the Pakistan Bikers Association took out a fun rally at the Ezdan Mall Sunday evening to celebrate the occasio
Forces loyal to Libya’s Government of National Accord said yesterday they had seized a new sector near the Islamic State group’s command centre in Sirte.
The Rio Olympic Games got off to a shambolic and nervous start on Saturday, with organisers apologising to angry fans kept waiting for hours at security checkpoints to enter venues while, outside, shootings and bomb scares kept visitors on edge.
Air raids on rebel-held districts of Syria’s battleground second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 civilians including children yesterday, a monitor said.
There has been no shortage of praise for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war, which has led to the arrest of a string of high-ranking former government officials.