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West Indies Top Order Exposed Again By Pakistan
West Indies' vulnerable top-order batting was again exploited by Pakistan as the home team reached 72 for three at...
Elon Musk Teases Future Plans At TED Talk
Elon Musk paused while chatting about his series of potentially world-changing endeavors to say he isn't in it to...
New Hamas Chief To Be Announced Soon
The new leadership of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas will be announced in the coming days, officials said Sunday,...
Trump Says North Korea’s Kim Is ‘a Pretty Smart Cookie’
US President Donald Trump offered some backhanded praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him "a pretty...
Indian Minister Gives New Brides Wooden Bats To Beat Abusive Husbands
An Indian politician has handed out hundreds of wooden bats to newly-wed brides to use as weapons in case their...
Qatar Upholds Rare Death Sentence In UK Teacher’s Murder
A Doha court on Sunday upheld the death penalty in the retrial of a Qatari man convicted of murdering a 24-year-old...
NATO Could Boost Afghanistan Mission
NATO is considering boosting its troop strength again in Afghanistan, where it is helping the military in the fight...
Sri Lanka Rescues 30 Rohingya Aboard Indian Boat
Sri Lanka's coastguard Sunday detained an Indian boat which had illegally entered the island's territorial waters and...
German Chancellor In Saudi For G20, Cooperation Talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Saudi King Salman on Sunday, state media said, as she began a visit focused on...
SpaceX Postpones Classified US Military Launch
SpaceX postponed for 24 hours a secretive US military launch Sunday morning after the company detected a 'sensor issue'...
Kuwaiti Quits FIFA Council To Fight Bribery Claim
World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah announced his resignation Sunday from the FIFA council, saying...
India Brides Get Wooden Paddles To Beat Drunk Husbands
An Indian state minister has given hundreds of wooden bats to newly-wed brides, urging them to use the paddle as a...
Microsoft Creates ‘Dubai Font’ Typeface For the City
The Dubai government on Sunday announced the launch of "Dubai Font", the first typeface developed by Microsoft for a...
China, Taiwan and Japan Strike Gold At Asia Championships
Rio Olympic gold medallist Chen Long beat his Chinese team-mate Lin Dan in the men´s singles final on Sunday to win...
Bike-Sharing Launched In Congested Beirut
Lebanon launched a bike-sharing programme in its capital Beirut on Sunday, hoping to cut down on the congested city's...
SpaceX Postpones Classified US Military Launch Until Monday
SpaceX on Sunday postponed for 24 hours the launch of a secretive US government payload, known only as NROL-76, due to...
Japan’s Neorealism Wins Hong Kong’s QEII Cup
Japanese raider Neorealism held off a late challenge from the fast-finishing Pakistan Star to win Sunday´s Audemars...
US-Backed Syrian Rebels Advance On ISIS Raqqa Stronghold
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the ISIS in the key town of Tabqa near the jihadist bastion of...
A Waterway Lifeline For US-Backed Syria Force Fighting IS
As US-backed fighters advance on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian stronghold Raqa, a waterway "corridor" has...