India's child protection agency has appealed to parents not to let children take part in religious rituals that could be dangerous, following a teenager's death after a 68-day fast.
Olympic champion Monica Puig thrashed American Varvara Lepchenko 6-0, 6-3 at the Pan Pacific Open yesterday, her first victory since winning a stunning gold in Rio. Puig beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber in last month’s Olympic final to nab Puerto Rico’s first ever gold medal.
Argentina humiliated double defending Olympic champions Germany 5-2 to reach the men’s hockey final for the first time yesterday.
Supporters of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the main opposition party in Haryana, yesterday held a march here to protest against the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme).
Italy’s troubled lenders are offering lucrative opportunities for investment banks, with Monte dei Paschi di Siena set to pay some of the highest fees in Europe this year to arrange its high stakes rescue plan.
Carl Frampton defeated Mexico’s Leo Santa Cruz by a majority decision on Saturday to claim the WBA featherweight crown and become the first boxer from Northern Ireland to win titles in two divisions.
A Doha Criminal Court has handed down a one-year jail term to an expatriate man for attempting to steal a sheep, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported on Friday.
Ileana R Yarza holds a letter US President Barack Obama sent her via a flight carrying the first batch of US mail to Cuba, at her home in Havana.
The United States is waging cyber-attacks against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and its newly deployed commandos are also carrying out secret missions on the ground, Pentagon leaders said on Monday, in the latest signs of quietly expanding US activity.
Two Malaysian visitors, a man and a woman, have been sentenced to five years in jail by a Doha Criminal Court for using counterfeit credit cards to pay for their purchases at local outlets.
Joyalukkas has announced Eid al-Adha special offers and exclusive gifts at all its branches in Qatar for 10 days from today.
San Francisco 49ers star Anthony Davis announced he was taking a prolonged break from the sport for health reasons on Friday, reigniting debate about concussion in the NFL.
