Damascus: Inside a hospital in Syria's capital, Ihlam slaps her head in grief after her daughter stepped out to buy her a Mother's Day present but never came back.

Ilham's daughter was among 35 people killed in an rebel rocket attack on a shopping area in a Damascus suburb on Tuesday, the eve of Mother

Paris: The singles champions at this year's French Open will receive 2.2 million euros ($2.7 million), up 100,000 euros from 2017, tournament director Guy Forget announced on Tuesday.

The overall prize money will increase by around 10 percent, rising from 36 million euros last year to 39.2 million euros.

Ankara: Turkey on Tuesday slammed as "biased" and "unacceptable" a UN report that described mass human rights abuses in the country under the state of emergency in place since the July 2016 failed coup.

In a furious reaction to the report, the Turkish foreign ministry accused the UN rights chie

Chennai: The Madras High Court today granted bail to all four accused in a case relating to the March 7 attack on a Brahmin man, whose sacred thread was cut, here.

When the bail pleas of Ravanan, Umapathy, Prabakaran and Rajesh came up, Justice A D Jagdhish Chandira granted conditional bail to the four and ordered

Washington: President Donald Trump will soon make it easier to export some types of lethal U.S.-made drones to potentially dozens more allies and partners, according to people familiar with the plan.

Trump is expected to ease rules for such foreign sales under a long-delayed new policy on unmanned military aircraf

Chennai: Convicted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala left from Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Jail on Tuesday after getting a 15-day emergency parole (including  journey period) following the demise of her husband Natarajan Maruthappa.

Sasikala, who is currently

Mumbai/Bengaluru: Investment bank Goldman Sachs downgraded its forecasts for India's economy on Tuesday in the wake of a more than USD 2 billion fraud at Punjab National Bank, warning it could spark tighter regulation of the banking sector that would constrain credit growth.

In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs

Beirut: A monitor said Tuesday three dozen pro-government fighters were killed in a district of Syria's capital as Islamic State jihadists took control of it in a surprise nighttime attack.

There was no immediate comment from the government on the report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which could

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed to Kolkata Police that Indian pacer Mohammed Shami stayed in a hotel in Dubai on February 17 and 18.

BCCI’s response came after a letter was sent to the Board by the Kolkata Police seeking Shami’s schedule last month. The police sou

Podgorica: 

Montenegro's six-time prime minister Milo Djukanovic, who dominated politics in the tiny Balkan nation for decades before stepping down in 2016, announced his comeback Monday by saying he will run for president in next month's vote.

Pro-Western Djukanovic rose to prominence in the twi