DHAKA: Sabbir Rahman scored a brilliant half-century to set up a 23-run win for Bangladesh over Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup Twenty20 in Dhaka on Sunday. Sabbir hit 80 off 54 balls as Bangladesh posted a respectable 147-7 and then restricted Sri Lanka to 124-8 for their maiden win over the islanders in the Twenty20 format. The win, Bangladesh’s ... Read More »
Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli was Sunday fined 30 percent of his match fee for misconduct during Saturday’s Asia Cup match against Pakistan, the International Cricket Council said. Kohli was found to have shown dissent at an umpire’s decision,said world cricket’s governing boody. The incident happened in the 15th over of India’s innings when Kohli, after being given out leg ... Read More »
LONDON: Senior ministers called on Sunday for a truce in a heated debate on Britain’s membership of the European Union, saying the ruling Conservative Party must be civil if it wants to stay in power. The party is deeply split over whether Britain should vote to stay in the EU at a referendum on June 23, and several allies of ... Read More »
JEDDAH: US chocolate giant Mars has announced a recall of some Mars and Snickers products from Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia. The recall is an isolated incident that is limited to some products made in The Netherlands, Mars Saudi said in a statement. The Saudi Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) also advised people against consuming contaminated products, local media said. ... Read More »
SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday boasted of a newly developed anti-tank weapon that its leader said was so powerful it could turn the most heavily armored enemy tanks into “boiled pumpkin.” Pyongyang’s state media said leader Kim Jong-un had watched tests of the portable, laser-guided rocket and declared it had the “longest firing range in the world,” and was “as ... Read More »
BEIRUT: Daesh militants launched an assault on a Kurdish-controlled town on Syria’s border with Turkey on Saturday, prompting airstrikes by the US-led coalition to try to drive them back. The militants attacked Tel Abyad, which is controlled by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, and the nearby town of Suluk in the early hours of Saturday, YPG spokesman Redur Xelil and ... Read More »
RIYADH: The North Thunder military exercise is aimed at securing the stability of Saudi Arabia-led Islamic and Arab world. The drill, which was formally launched at Hafr Al-Batin in the Eastern Province on Saturday, is a message to those who are creating trouble. Experts have been quoted in the local media as saying that the military exercise is defensive in ... Read More »
We have well-read that United States Food as well as Drug Administration (FDA) is now very worried that an expected 1 million pounds of rat meat. Which is being conceded off as “boneless chicken wings,” has been sold in famous restaurants as well as grocery stores athwart America. According to news reports, FDA inspectors raised anxiety after numerous illegal shipping ... Read More »
Jury in Missouri orders pharmaceutical company to pay damages to family of deceased woman who claimed talcum powder caused her cancer. A Missouri jury has awarded $72m to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and other products containing talcum. The civil suit by ... Read More »
NEW YORK — Facebook’s “like” button isn’t going away, but it’s about to get some company. Facebook has been testing alternatives to “like” in about a half-dozen countries. On Wednesday, the social network will start making “haha,” ”angry” and three other responses available in the U.S. and the rest of the world. In changing a core part of Facebook, the company ... Read More »
AL-SHAKRIYEH, Jordan: A coming-of-age drama set among Bedouin tribesmen roaming the desert is the first Oscar contender produced by Jordan’s nascent film industry. Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, who played Theeb, is now 15, attends 10th grade and has revised his career plans, from police officer to actor. “I’m a celebrity among my friends now,” said Jacir, who has morphed from a ... Read More »
SYDNEY: The widow and sons of a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are suing the carrier in an Australian court, saying they have suffered “nervous shock,” a document showed Wednesday. Just days before the second anniversary of the plane’s disappearance, Yen Li Chong along with sons Justin Jia Tian Tan and Javier Jia He Tan is claiming unspecified ... Read More »
VIENNA: Vienna, Austria’s grand capital on the Danube river, offers the highest quality of life of all cities in the world, while the Iraqi capital Baghdad, once more took its place at the bottom of a liveability list compiled by consulting firm Mercer. The survey of 230 cities helps companies and organizations determine compensation and hardship allowances for international staff. ... Read More »
AMMAN/BEIRUT: The Syrian Army and Daesh militants waged fierce battles on Wednesday around Khanaser, a strategic town southeast of Aleppo, where an attack by the militant group has cut the main land route to the city during three days of fighting. A government military source denied reports Khanaser had fallen to Daesh. But he said its fighters were firing on ... Read More »
RIYADH: Yemen’s government has accused the Hezbollah group of training the Houthi terrorists and fighting alongside them in attacks on Saudi Arabia’s border. In a statement carried by official media, President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s government, which is currently working with the Saudi-led coalition and Popular Resistance units to dislodge Houthi terrorists from the capital and other areas, said that ... Read More »
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