The Gulf emirate of Dubai on Tuesday launched a project to build a 30-billion-dirham ($8.2-billion) city that would be the world's largest wholesale hub.
A Syrian child from Raqqa cleans snow from his tent in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon after the first heavy snowstorm hit Lebanon yesterday.
Three Bangladeshis along with 10 Ecuadorians were rescued from kidnappers in the Guatemalan town of Huehuetenango, authorities said.
Rain-soaked residents in the rural Philippines huddled on rooftops Wednesday after Typhoon Melor caused heavy flooding and killed at least nine people, authorities said.
Andy and Jamie Murray took Britain to the cusp of Davis Cup glory in Ghent, defeating David Goffin and Steve Darcis of Belgium 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a crucial doubles match...
— Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones star
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A worker is entitled for full wage for the first two weeks of his sick leave and half of his wage for other four weeks
Serena Williams says she felt much more on edge going for her second career “Serena Slam” at Wimbledon than she does seeking a calendar Grand Slam at the US Open.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday inaugurated the country’s first solar power plant, the latest fruit of increasingly close co-operation with China...
Australia Monday said it was deeply concerned about an Australian-trained doctor who appears in an Islamic State video which urges other medical professionals to join the jihadists
A criminal court in Doha has found a bank manager guilty of stealing QR132,000 from a client’s account and awarded him a five-year jail...
