Babar asks Pakistan fans to 'keep praying'
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has urged his players to believe in themselves and told fans to keep praying for the delivery of their second T20 World Cup title on Sunday.After losing their first two...
'Unfit' Lukaku named in Belgium WC squad
Belgium - Romelu Lukaku was selected in the Belgium squad for the World Cup announced on Thursday despite coach Roberto Martinez admitting the Inter Milan striker was "medically unfit".Lukaku has...
India's top court frees Rajiv Gandhi's killers
New Delhi - India's top court Friday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Gandhi was 46 when he was killed by a woman suicide...
AstraZeneca returns to profit on higher drugs revenue
London- British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced a return to third-quarter profit on increased revenue from sales of its drugs. Net profit for the Covid-vaccine maker came in at...
Fire kills 10 foreign workers in Maldives capital
Malé, Maldives: At least 10 people were killed and several others injured Thursday when a fire swept through cramped lodgings of foreign workers in the Maldives capital Male, the fire service said....
Pakistan power past New Zealand into T20 World Cup final
Sydney: Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam slammed half centuries as Pakistan powered past New Zealand by seven wickets and into the Twenty20 World Cup final Wednesday, moving within one win of a second...
Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 staff
Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history", boss Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday.He said the cuts represented 13...
IMF says agrees $4.5 billion support package for Bangladesh
Dhaka: The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Bangladesh to provide a support package worth $4.5 billion.Bangladesh in common with other Asian...
Striking Kenya Airways pilots return to work
Nairobi - Kenya Airways pilots returned to work on Wednesday after a court ordered them to end their days-long strike which had led to hundreds of flight cancellations and stranded thousands of...
Uruguay at the World Cup
Following is a stat box on Uruguay at the World Cup.FIFA ranking: 14Odds: 50/1Previous tournaments: Uruguay won the inaugural World Cup in their capital Montevideo in 1930 and lifted it again in 1950...
Cities under strain: India's predicted urban boom
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.The metropolis of...
India to be world's most populated country in 2023
Muscat: The United Nations estimates that the global human population will reach eight billion by mid-November, and will continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace and with regional disparities, in the...
World population to reach 8 billion this month
The United Nations estimates that the global human population will reach eight billion by mid-November, and will continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace and with regional disparities, in the decades...
Cricket T20 World Cup: Road to semi-finals
Adelaide - New Zealand plays Pakistan in Sydney on Wednesday and India faces England in Adelaide on Thursday in the semi-finals at the Twenty20 World Cup.AFP Sport looks at the teams and their...
Passenger plane plunges into lake in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam - A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather shortly before landing in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, adding that...
Brazil's new generation ready to win
Reuters - Brazil will arrive in Qatar as the favourites to lift a record sixth World Cup as they have an exciting team full of up-and-coming young talent and look to be peaking at the perfect moment...
Kenya Airways flights disrupted due to pilot strike
Kenya Airways flights were disrupted Saturday as a strike by its pilots demanding better working conditions grounded over a dozen planes, affecting thousands of passengers, the country's transport...
Nearly century-old Mahathir seeks re-election
Langkawi, Malaysia - - Mahathir Mohamad, the nearly 100-year-old elder statesman of Malaysian politics, filed his candidacy Saturday in what is likely to be his final race, as campaigning for upcoming...
Pope calls for global unity ahead in Bahrain
Pope Francis warned Friday the world is on the edge of a "delicate precipice" buffeted by "winds of war", during a trip aimed at bridging the gap between faiths.The 85-year-old Argentine decried the...
Iranians defy crackdown as another teen reported killed
Iranians staged new protest actions Thursday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities as a rights groups said an 18-year-old became the latest teen killed in clashes in the northwest.Iran has...