BIRMINGHAM: Lakshya Sen fought with all his might but fell agonisingly short of ending India's 25-year wait for an All-England crown, losing to Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-Yi in a high-intensity men's singles final here on Sunday. Playing his second All England final after finishing runner-up in 2022, the 24-year-old from Almora fought hard before losing …
Lahore : A man was killed and two others seriously injured after customers opened fire at a petrol pump in Pakistan's Punjab province following a dispute amid panic buying of fuel triggered by fears of shortages due to the US-Iran conflict, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday in Sialkot, about 100 km …
Oslo: Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo early Sunday, officials said. No injuries were reported. Police received reports of a "loud bang" or explosion around 1 am, Oslo police said in a news release. The explosion was caused by some sort of incendiary device, Oslo police representative Frode Larsen …
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump evoked Saturday the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country's stockpiles of enriched uranium, as part of efforts to dismantle Tehran's nuclear program. "At some point maybe we will. That would be a great thing," he told reporters during a briefing aboard Air …
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said the Indian government is continuously monitoring the evolving situation in West Asia and the Gulf region, especially with regard to the welfare of Indian nationals who have been stranded there during transit or on short duration visits. It has advised all Indian nationals in the …
Dubai: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said debris from a successfully intercepted projectile caused a minor incident on the facade of a tower in Dubai Marina, but officials contained the situation and reported no injuries, according to the Dubai media office. US President Donald Trump said America will consider striking areas and groups of …
Doral (US) : US President Donald Trump warned in a social media post on Saturday that more Iranian officials would become targets in the war, writing: "Today Iran will be hit very hard!" Trump made the comments on his Truth Social website, noting an apology by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier in the day to …
Taslima Nasreen was in Kerala recently to participate in the Kozhikode Literary Festival. (Photo: PTI)New Delhi : The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's huge mandate in the recent elections is more a reflection of the people's determination to keep Islamist radicals out of power than of the party's popularity, said Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin. She said that …
DOHA: Iran targeted Qatar with 10 drones on Friday, Doha's defence ministry said in a statement as the Islamic republic pressed its air campaign against Gulf states. "Qatar was subjected to waves of attacks from the Islamic Republic of Iran involving 10 drones, starting from dawn on Friday," it said, adding that the military "successfully …
New Delhi: Government sources said on Friday that the Iranian naval ship IRIS Lavan docked at Kochi on March 4 after developing technical issues. According to officials, Iran had requested permission for the ship to dock on February 28, and India granted approval on March 1. A total of 183 Iranian sailors from the vessel …
