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COLOMBO: Sahibzada Farhan hit a magnificent unbeaten century to help Pakistan seal the final Super Eight berth at the T20 World Cup with a thumping 102-run win over Namibia in Colombo on...

NEW DELHI: South Africa sent a T20 World Cup warning to co-hosts India after romping to a six-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates in New Delhi on Wednesday.After restricting the Emiratis to 122-6...

GENEVA: Ukraine and Russia made some progress at US-mediated talks in Geneva, but did not find a compromise on the key issue of territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday. The...

BERLIN: Germany does not need the same new fighter jets as France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday, signalling that Berlin could abandon a flagship joint defence project for Europe. "The...

LYON: France's hard-left party said it had had to evacuate its national headquarters over a "bomb threat", after prosecutors confirmed 11 arrests over the fatal beating of a far-right activist...

Manila - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte announced Wednesday she will run for president of the Southeast Asian nation of 116 million in 2028.Duterte, who is embroiled in a bitter feud with...

 Doha: Carlos Alcaraz made a triumphant return to action following his Australian Open success as he beat Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in the first round in Doha on Tuesday.Alcaraz, who became...

 Dubai: Coco Gauff bounced back from her shock early exit in Doha last week with a comfortable victory over Anna Kalinskaya in Dubai on Tuesday, while Elena Rybakina opened her campaign with a...

A Sydney man who tried to post native lizards, dragons, and other reptiles out of Australia in bags of popcorn and biscuit tins has been sentenced to eight years in jail, authorities said Tuesday.The...

 Paris: Amanda Anisimova was handed a walkover into the last 16 of the Dubai Open on Monday after her opponent Barbora Krejcikova was forced to withdraw from the WTA 1000 event.The American second...

 Doha: Jannik Sinner cruised to victory over Tomas Machac in the opening round of the Qatar Open on Monday in his first match since his unsuccessful Australian Open title defence.The world number two...

Washington - US President Donald Trump's top envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will head to Geneva this week for talks with Iranian negotiators over Tehran's nuclear program,...

Khaleb ⁠McRae ran 400m in ​44.52 seconds ​to break the indoor world record on Friday, 0.05 seconds faster than fellow American Kerron ⁠Clement's mark set 21 ⁠years ago.McRae, 25, shaved...

Geneva - Switzerland said Saturday that Oman would host talks between the United States and Iran in Geneva next week, with Washington pushing Tehran to make a deal to limit its nuclear...

New Delhi - As India races to narrow the artificial intelligence gap with the United States and China, it is planning a vast new "data city" to power digital growth on a staggering scale, the man...

Ahmedabad, India: Captain Aiden Markam's unbeaten 86 and 4-40 by Marco Jansen led South Africa to a seven-wicket thrashing of New Zealand on Saturday to all but book their Super Eights berth at...

Dhaka - Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, said Saturday it had accepted the "overall outcome" of the election won by the rival nationalist party, despite earlier having...

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has ordered a second aircraft carrier to deploy to the Middle East, US media reported on Thursday, as President Donald Trump weighs taking military action against...

On a cobbled street in Cukurcuma, a district known for its antiques shops on Istanbul's European side, the story penned by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk in his bestselling novel "The Museum of...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) celebrated a landslide victory on Friday in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister.Election...