Kyiv: Ninety-nine percent of exhumed bodies had signs of violent death, Ukraine’s regional administration head said Friday of the mass burial site discovered after Kyiv’s forces recaptured the east Ukrainian town of Izyum. “Among th...

London: Train drivers will next month resume strike action postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a source told AFP on Friday. Drivers at 12 train operators will walk out on October 1 and 5, affecting travel to and from the annual party...

Paris: FIFA on Friday rejected an attempt by Chile and Peru to have Ecuador thrown out of the World Cup, where they will play the opening match against Qatar. The complaint centred around Byron Castillo, a defender who played in eight of Ecuador̵...

Geneva: Novak Djokovic paid a warm tribute to his rival Roger Federer on Friday after the Swiss tennis great’s announcement that he will retire after the Laver Cup this month. Djokovic, reacting 24 hours after Federer said he was quitting, said...

Samarkand: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now was “not a time for war” on Friday on the sidelines of a regional summit, television images showed. “Excellency, I know today’s time...

London: AstraZeneca’s Evusheld drug has been recommended for marketing in the European Union to treat patients at risk of death from Covid, the British pharmaceutical group said Friday. The EU’s drug watchdog had already approved Evusheld...

A Lebanese man carrying a gun and a jerrican of fuel withdrew his frozen savings at gunpoint Friday, the third such incident in the crisis-hit country this week. When a branch of the Byblos bank opened in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, a depositor, r...

Berlin: The German Ministry of Economy announced Friday placing the German branch of the Russian oil company (Rosneft) under the guardianship of the Federal Energy Agency. The ministry said in a statement that the decision of the guardianship, applie...

NEW YORK: A jersey worn by basketball legend Michael Jordan during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals, his last title victory, sold for a record $10.1 million Thursday, Sotheby’s said. The iconic red Chicago Bulls jersey, with Jordan’s number ...

LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo scored for the first time this season as Manchester United got their Europa League campaign back on track with a 2-0 win at Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday. Ronaldo had gone seven games without a goal this term before the Unite...