Women’s Asian Cup: Japan thrash South Korea 4-1 to set up final clash with Australia
Sydney, March 18 (IANS) Japan delivered a commanding display to defeat South Korea 4-1 in the semifinal of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 played at Stadium Australia in Sydney on Wednesday, booking their place in the title clash against hosts Australia. Coached by Nils Nielsen, Japan were in control for most of the contest, […]
From Khelo India to India colours: Joya announces herself with a goal for India U17
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) When 14-year-old Joya’s volley hit the net deep in stoppage time to seal India’s 3-2 comeback win against Myanmar in Yangon on March 14, it marked a moment she will remember for a long time. Coming off the bench in only her second international appearance for the Indian U17 women’s […]
IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag unveils new jersey for upcoming season
Jaipur, March 18 (IANS) Inaugural IPL champions Rajasthan Royals unveiled their new jersey for the upcoming 2026 season on Wednesday, with newly-appointed captain Riyan Parag, teenaged batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi among those present to showcase it. The 2008 IPL winners announced the reveal of their jersey in their usual blue and […]
O’Sullivan, Trump advance to last 16 at 2026 World Snooker Open
Nanchang (China), March 18 (IANS) Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, and Zhao Xintong all advanced to the last 16 of the World Snooker Open in Yushan, south China’s Jiangxi Province, on Wednesday with comfortable victories. Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan won five straight frames to beat fellow Englishman Matthew Selt 5-0. In the second frame, he compiled […]
Zelensky: Ukraine sent 200 air-defense experts to Middle East
KYIV/LONDON(RAHNUMA): Ukraine has sent more than 200 air-defense experts to the Middle East and Gulf region, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. The specialists have been sent at the request of partners, including the US, the Ukraine president said, as he addressed the British parliament in London. Four years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, […]
Drugmakers reroute to Saudi Arabia as Iran war chokes Gulf medicine supply
LONDON(RAHNUMA): Saudi Arabia has emerged as a potential lifeline for other Gulf states who face dwindling stocks of vital medicines the longer the Middle East war goes on. Gulf airspace is constantly disrupted, but Riyadh and Jeddah airports remain open to accept deliveries from pharmaceutical companies. The medicines can then be transported by road to […]
Iran executed Swedish citizen: Sweden FM
STOCKHOLM(RAHNUMA): Sweden’s foreign minister on Wednesday said that Iran had executed a Swedish citizen, after Iranian authorities announced the first execution of a man convicted of spying since the start of its war against Israel and the United States. “It is with dismay that I have received information that a Swedish citizen was executed in […]
Israel says Iranian intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed in overnight strike
DUBAI/JERUSALEM/BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Iran’s intelligence minister in the second strike on a top leadership figure in two days, and had authorized the military to target any senior Iranian official it can locate. Israel also hit central Beirut, destroying apartment buildings in some of the most intense airstrikes on the Lebanese […]
Many in Egypt struggle as the costs of a distant war drive up prices in local markets
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Sayyed Ragheb was already struggling to keep his family afloat, earning less than $100 a month. Now he fears it will get even worse after Egypt hiked fuel prices because of the Iran war. The father of four school-age children works day-to-day in cafes and sometimes in construction. With prices of meat and produce […]
Iran says Israel, US strike South Pars – world’s largest gas field
TEHRAN(RAHNUMA): US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian facilities at a major Gulf gas field on Wednesday causing a fire, Iranian state television reported. “Moments ago, parts of the gas facilities located in the South Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Asaluyeh were struck by projectiles fired by the American-Zionist enemy,” state television reported, citing Ehsan Jahanian, the […]
