NELSON: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first on a friendly wicket in the fourth one-day international against New Zealand in Nelson on Tuesday. The series is tied 1-1 after the third match in Auckland on Saturday … read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, the third person from his country executed for the crime this year. Yassir Arafat Munir Ahmed was executed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the interior ministry said … read more
Paris: The Solar System has at least two more planets waiting to be discovered beyond the orbit of Pluto, Spanish and British astronomers say. The official list of planets in our star system runs to eight, with gas giant Neptune … read more
BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on Syria killed an Iranian general, Tehran confirmed Monday, as Lebanon´s Hezbollah movement buried one of six of its fighters killed in the same raid. The Sunday attack, near Quneitra on the Syrian-controlled side of the … read more
BEIRUT: Six Hezbollah fighters were killed Sunday in an Israeli air strike on the Syrian side of the Golan, including the son of assassinated senior commander Imad Mughniyeh. The deaths were announced after an Israeli security source told AFP that … read more