Johannesburg, February 24 New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has insisted that it was the right time to call curtains on his glorious international career despite belting the fastest century in the history of Test cricket a few days ago. The 34-year-old, however, admitted that it was not ‘the ideal wayRead More

Yokohama (Japan), February 24 In a bid to strengthen their global sponsorship deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC), Nissan has named Indian opening batsman Rohit Sharma as their new brand ambassador. The decision was taken with an aim to support a new line-up of cricket talent for the upcomingRead More

SHREWSBURY, February 24 Manchester United provided some blessed relief to under-fire manager Louis van Gaal by powering into the FA Cup quarterfinals with a 3-0 romp at League One (third-tier) Shrewsbury Town on Monday. Van Gaal, the subject of fierce criticism following Thursday’s shock 2-1 Europa League first-leg defeat atRead More

Las Vegas, February 24 Donald Trump on Wednesday scored decisive victory in Nevada’s crucial Caucuses, a third consecutive win that brightened the controversial real estate tycoon’s prospects to secure the Republican presidential nomination. The 69-year-old billionaire reality TV star trounced his Republican rivals with a resounding victory which sent shockwavesRead More

London, February 24 Hardline Iranian news media outlets have raised USD 600,000 to add to a bounty for the killing of Salman Rushdie, it emerged on Wednesday, 27 years after a death fatwa was issued by Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini over one of the India-born author’s controversial novels.Read More

Washington, February 24 China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles, US officials said on Tuesday. Citing two unnamed US officials, Fox News said US intelligence services had spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7Read More

Geneva, February 24 More than 110,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Greece and Italy so far this year, and 413 have lost their lives trying, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said today. As of today, 102,547 people had arrived in Greece, while another 7,507 had arrivedRead More

Las Vegas, February 24 Donald Trump, the controversial Republican presidential front-runner, has added India to the list of countries that he says are ripping off jobs from the US and has pledged to bring them back if elected president. “What I did on June 16, we came out and weRead More

Havana, February 24 Ramon Castro, a lifelong rancher and farmer who bore a strong physical resemblance to younger brother Fidel Castro, has died, state media has announced. He was 91, Cuban state media reported yesterday. Widely known by his nickname “Mongo,” the white-bearded Ramon Castro preferred tending crops and livestockRead More

Washington: The Obama administration on Tuesday released its long-awaited plan to close the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the US. But the proposal ducks the question of where the facility would be located and whether President Barack Obama could complete theRead More