MELBOURNE: Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep were in dominant moods on Wednesday to race into an Australian Open semi-final showdown, as the dream Grand Slam run of giant-killer Chung Hyeon continued. Germany’s…
MELBOURNE: World number one Simona Halep saved three match points to survive a titanic struggle and make the last 16 at the Australian Open on Saturday where she joined Karolina Pliskova and…
MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have noted the lack of alternatives in the peaceful settlement of crises in Syria and regarding North Korea during a meeting…
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday denied that the United States had any intention to build a Syria-Turkey border force, saying the issue, which has incensed Ankara, had been…
MOSCOW: The Russian side is ready to provide a platform for direct talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia), the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday due to…
WASHINGTON: Democracy is under assault and in retreat around the globe, a crisis that has intensified as America’s democratic standards erode at an accelerating pace, according to Freedom in the World 2018, the…
KABUL: Middle-class Afghans turned extremists have assisted Daesh’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say, and helping to make the capital one of the deadliest places in…
SACRAMENTO: California Governor Jerry Brown will propose his final state budget on Wednesday, setting out a spending blueprint that last year topped $125 billion and marking the first time the state’s coffers…
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: At least eight people died and 86 others were rescued after a rubber dinghy starting sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, according to the Italian coast guard, which said a…
