Washington, U.S. fighter and bomber planes have launched five attacks against Islamic State militants near Kobani, Syria and five in Iraq since Friday, Central Command said on Saturday. The Kobani strikes “suppressed or destroyed” nine Islamic State fighting positions and a building, Centcom said. In Iraq, five air strikes destroyedRead More

Dubai, Currently placed at number three behind South Africa and Australia, india have an opportunity to jump to the top in the ICC ODI team rankings if they win the upcoming five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka 4-1 or better. A 4-1 series win will put india at par withRead More

Uncertainty over the availability of Wriddhiman Saha, who had a split webbing in his right hand, for the first ODI of the five-match series against Sri Lanka seems to be over as the wicket-keeper batsman looked fit ahead of the opener in Cuttack on Sunday. The Bengal wicket-keeper, who impressedRead More

Abu Dhabi: Mitchell Marsh hit his maiden half century but Australia still face the danger of the follow-on in the second Test against Pakistan here on Sunday. Marsh held one end intact with an unbeaten 75 and with him number 10 Peter Siddle was 23 not out as Australia reachedRead More

Mike Tyson has revealed that he was sexually abused after being abducted when he was a child. The former boxer was seven years old when he was seized on a New York street by an “old man”. “He bullied me, sexually abused me and stuff… snatched me off the street.Read More

Paris, Big serving Milos Raonic upset world number two Roger Federer 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 to make the Paris Masters semi-finals here and stay alive in the race to reach the World Tour Finals. The victory for the Canadian was his first over Federer in seven meetings and also snapped theRead More

Chennai, Kush Kumar of Tamil Nadu graduated to the senior level with his ninth national title after he claimed the Under-19 boys trophy in the Junior Squash Nationals, which concluded here today. Meanwhile, Delhi’s Harshit Kaur Jwanda retained her Under-19 girls title. Abhisheka Shannon, daughter of former International athlete Angela Lincy andRead More

London. A 35-year-old Indian-origin shopkeeper was shot dead by robbers at his shop in Manchester in the UK, police said. Pragaret Singh, a father of three young children, was killed when he confronted two robbers who attacked him as he closed his shop for the night. Singh was found withRead More

Kiev, The United States said Friday it would not recognise weekend elections planned by pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been killed according to new UN figures. The European Union and the transatlantic NATO alliance have also condemned Sunday’s leadership vote in Ukraine’s Donetsk and LuhanskRead More

VANCOUVER, In 2005, Dianne Watts became the first woman to be elected mayor of Surrey. Nine years later, Barinder Rasode is hoping to make some history of her own. Ms. Rasode, a two-term councillor and former member of Ms. Watts’s Surrey First party, is trying to become the multicultural city’sRead More