TUNIS: Jenan Al-Shehab, a Kuwaiti female engineer, on Friday won a golden medal at the World Cup 2022 for Invention and Scientific Research, in recognition of her invention of electromagnetic cells for wireless power transmission. Shehab’s inve...

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the country Friday, an airport official said, seven weeks after he fled in the face of angry protests over the island’s worst-ever economic crisis. Rajapaksa was...

It could be raining diamonds on planets throughout the universe, scientists suggested Friday, after using common plastic to recreate the strange precipitation believed to form deep inside Uranus and Neptune. Scientists had previously theorised that e...

New York: Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur reached the last 16 of the US Open for the first time on Friday after defeating Shelby Rogers of the United States. Fifth seed Jabeur, who made history at Wimbledon in July after becoming the first African woman t...

Moscow: Gazprom said Friday that a gas pipeline to Germany due to reopen at the weekend would remain shut until a turbine is repaired, cutting off indefinitely a key supply route to Europe. In a statement, Gazprom indicated it had discovered “o...

New Delhi: India’s top court granted bail Friday to a rights activist arrested after her attempt to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared complicit in deadly sectarian riots 20 years ago. One of India’s worst outbreaks of religious v...

Edinburgh: Queen Elizabeth II will not attend a traditional highlight of her summer trip to Scotland because of persistent health worries, British media said Friday. The 96-year-old monarch has been dogged by problems walking and standing since last ...

Buenos Aires: A man attempted to shoot Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner near her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday, a shocking incident that prompted a wave of sympathy from Latin American leaders. “Cristina remains alive, because for ...

Kuwait: Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Haitham Al Ghais Friday said investing in energy is vital to ensure the market stability. Delivering a speech during an energy security session as part of energ...

Kabul: A bomb blast Friday at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan killed 18 people including its influential imam, an official said. “Eighteen people were martyred in the incident and 23 others were wounded,” Hameedullah Mot...