WASHINGTON: The US military will halt its withdrawal from Afghanistan, keeping thousands of troops in the war-ravaged country through 2017, President Barack Obama will announce. The shift in Obama’s planning marks the latest delay to his plans to end a … read more
NEW DELHI: India’s manager Vinod Phadke has been fined 40 per cent of his undisclosed match fees for making “inappropriate comments” about umpire Vineet Kulkarni, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday. Phadke was quoted in local media as … read more
ABU DHABI: Recalled Shoaib Malik hit a brilliant hundred as Pakistan made 286-4 at close on the opening day of the first Test against England in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Malik, playing his first Test in five years, was unbeaten … read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the crash in July 2014 that killed all 298 people on … read more
DAMASCUS: Two rockets struck the Russian embassy in Damascus on Tuesday morning sparking panic as several hundred people gathered to express their support for Moscow’s air war in Syria. Some 300 people had begun to gather for a demonstration thanking … read more