Paes keeps his spot, Bopanna returns to Davis Cup squad
New Delhi: Experienced doubles star Rohan Bopanna has made a comeback to the Indian squad for the upcoming Asia/Oceania second-round Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan.Bopanna, who is making a comeback after recovering from injury, had to sit out the Davis Cup tie against New Zealand in Pune last month which India won 4-1. However, the […]
Why every Indian must have an Internet Banking account
One of your friends requires money urgently but there are no banks or ATMs in sight. Here’s what you do: Switch on the data connection on your mobile, open your bank’s app and transfer the amount to your friend’s account, which flows into his account instantly. You have just completed a banking transaction in less […]
Jihadist tunnels save archaeological treasurers of Mosul
Author: Tony Gamal-Gabriel | AFPTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488890860268293300 MOSUL, Iraq: Crawl through a labyrinth of narrow tunnels in near total darkness and suddenly they appear: two great winged bulls dating from the Assyrian empire found intact under the ground of Mosul. But as fighting rages to evict the Daesh group from the main city in northern Iraq, it […]
2,100 Iran 'volunteers' killed in Iraq, Syria: official
Author: Agence France PresseTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488873653567186000 TEHRAN: More than 2,000 fighters sent from Iran have been killed in Iraq and Syria, the head of Iran’s veterans’ affairs office said Tuesday. “Some 2,100 martyrs have been martyred so far in Iraq or other places defending the holy mausoleums,” Mohammad Ali Shahidi told the state-run IRNA news agency. Shahidi, […]
Iraqi forces capture central bank branch in Mosul, Daesh justice court
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488868423896896000 BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces on Tuesday captured the central bank’s main branch in Mosul, which Daesh militants had looted when they overran the city in 2014, a military spokesman said. Rapid Response soldiers also seized a building that housed Daesh’s main court of justice, Lt. Col. Abdel Amir Al-Mohammadawi, a spokesman for the […]
Anti-Daesh assaults gain ground in Iraq, Syria
Author: AFP, APTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488842499283276700 MOSUL: Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in neighboring Syria seized a key supply route to Raqqa Monday, as twin US-backed offensives gained ground against Daesh. Supported by the US-led anti-Daesh coalition, Iraqi forces and a Kurdish-Arab alliance in Syria are battling to push the extremists from Mosul and Raqqa, […]
Arab Israeli leader defends Arafat street sign
Author: AP, AFPTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488833364112581300JERUSALEM: A top Arab Israeli politician on Monday defended naming a street in northern Israel after the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to remove it.The small Arab Israeli town of Jatt recently inaugurated Yasser Arafat Street in honor of the former Palestinian president, a hero to Palestinians […]
East Libyan forces mobilizing for counterattack at oil ports
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488833364002581000 BENGHAZI: East Libyan forces carried out fresh airstrikes on Monday and said they were mobilizing ground forces as they attempt to win back two of Libya’s largest oil ports, military officials said. Forces loyal to the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) lost control of the ports of Sider and Ras Lanuf on Friday […]
Kuwait to restore citizenship of opposition figures: MPs
Author: AFPTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488833363972580700 KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait will restore the citizenship of opposition figures and dozens of their relatives nearly three years after revoking it in a crackdown on dissent, lawmakers said Monday. “Our thanks to the emir for his generous gesture of restoring the revoked citizenships,” hard-liner opposition MP Mohammad Al-Dallal tweeted after a meeting with […]
Sudan rebels free 125 prisoners captured in fighting
Author: AFPTue, 2017-03-07ID: 1488833364192581600ENTEBBE: Sudanese rebels on Sunday released at least 125 prisoners they had captured in fighting with government forces, most of them soldiers, an AFP journalist said.Their release was secured thanks to mediation from Uganda, while the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) played a facilitating role.The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) had […]
