Federer targets number one spot as race for London heats up
PARIS: Roger Federer is taking his battle with Novak Djokovic for the world number one spot down to the wire as he arrives at the Paris Masters, which begins on Monday as the hottest player on Tour. While the fight for the top place going to the final tournaments of the season, there is also a... read more »
3 years after Arab Spring, Tunisia holds first poll
TUNIS : Tunisians expressed tentative hope for the future as they lined up on Sunday to choose their first five-year parliament since they overthrew their dictator in the 2011 revolution that kicked off the Arab Spring. The past three and a half years have been marked by political turmoil,... read more »
14-year-old wounded in US school shooting dies
MARYSVILLE: One of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting died Sunday night, raising the number of fatalities from when a student opened fire in a cafeteria to three. Officials at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett confirmed the death of 14-year-old Gia Soriano.... read more »
Prosecutors seek death penalty for South Korea ferry disaster captain
GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April, saying he had abandoned the more than 300 people who died in the disaster. They also sought life sentences for three senior crew members as the trial of Captain... read more »
Missing Flight MH370: New search images reveal
International Desk: The team searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, have revealed detailed images of the underwater terrain including extinct volcanoes and a 5,000 ft... read more »
Pakistan needs to concentrate on internal issues instead of Kashmir: Naqvi
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Saturday that Pakistan should stop making Kashmir a parachute of politics and instead concentrate on resolving their internal... read more »
Lawsuit against Modi will not have any impact on Indo-US talks: White House
New York: The lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by a human rights group in New York would have no impact on “his very important visit” to Washington to meet US... read more »
Ebola death toll passes 3,000 in West Africa: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that more than 3,000 people have died as a result of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. According to reports, there are more than 6,500 people... read more »
Hong Kong police clear pro-democracy protesters
Hong Kong police have cleared the main government compound of pro-democracy demonstrators who had occupied the area on Friday, reports say. The arrests followed a night of clashes, with police using... read more »
