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BAGHDAD: A fire that ravaged a Covid-19 hospital in Iraq’s capital killed 82 people pre-dawn on Sunday, sparking angry calls for officials to be sacked in a country with long-dilapidated health...

DUBAI: Yemen’s Ansar Allah fighters have made important gains in the battle for the government’s last northern stronghold, advancing close to the centre of Marib city despite heavy casualties,...

BEIRUT: Suzanne Mouawad lived through Lebanon’s civil war and built a successful advertising business in the hopeful days after the fighting ended, but she says her country’s economic collapse is...

YANGON: Myanmar’s shadow government of ousted lawmakers has welcomed a call by Southeast Asian leaders for an end to “military violence” after their crisis talks in Jakarta with junta leader Min...

BALI: A missing Indonesian submarine has been found cracked apart on the seabed in waters off Bali, the military said Sunday, as it confirmed that all 53 crew perished in the disaster. Authorities...

NEW DELHI: India registered 349,691 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday, a new global record for infections on a single day, with the pandemic pushing the healthcare system to the brink and hospitals...

MELBOURNE: Thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Sunday to honour military personnel on Anzac Day, a year after the Covid-19 pandemic forced people to commemorate privately...

MOSCOW: A top aide to Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that a possible summit between the Russian leader and his US counterpart Joe Biden could take place in June. Biden earlier this month offered a...

BERLIN: Germany’s Greens continued their upward trajectory on Sunday, with the ecologist party overtaking Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in a new opinion poll just five months before a...

Shaun Tandon - Could the planet finally be on track to limiting climate change? After US President Joe Biden ramped up ambitions with a climate summit, experts are cautiously saying yes —...

Qassim Khidhir - Huda Kathem waits anxiously for feedback on her first novel, scrutinised by a book club in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Arbil, where young authors are breathing new life into a...

World No 1 concedes upgrades needed after Belgrade failure BELGRADE: World number one Novak Djokovic admitted he needs to work on his game ahead of next month’s French Open after he was knocked...

HARARE: Mohammad Rizwan struck 91 off 60 balls as Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 24 runs on Sunday to win a Twenty20 international series 2-1 at Harare Sports Club. The opening batsman had mixed...

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne’s career-best 244 innings could not stop the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ending in a draw Sunday, as heavy rain curtailed the final...

I doubt that anyone considered Punjab Kings or Kolkata Knight Riders to be struggling in the IPL 2021, before the start of the season. Both teams have had their problems and that’s pushed them down...

MUMBAI: Ravindra Jadeja smashed a record-equalling 37 runs in an over, including five sixes, and claimed three wickets with the ball as Chennai Super Kings spectacularly ended Royal Challenger...

MUMBAI: Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets to move off last place in the Indian Premier League on Saturday but England’s Jos Buttler took a worrying high speed blow to the...

STUTTGART, Germany: World number one Ashleigh Barty earned her third WTA title this year by beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final of Stuttgart’s clay-court tournament on Sunday. After winning in...

Decimated by over-fishing and pollution, British oysters could make a comeback as a hatchery in the Channel port city of Portsmouth is helping to revive a native species. At Portsmouth...

T’is the season of blessings! Positivity arrives in the form of Ramadhan, the holy month of fasting. A momentous event that marks every Muslim’s life with joy, a sense of self control and good...