DUBAI: Add a century of career titles to Roger Federer's staggering list of achievements in tennis.The 20-time Grand Slam champion became the second male tennis player to win 100 tour-level tournament titles in the professional era when he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.Jimmy Connors is the…
Hugo Lloris penalty heroics salvage a point for Tottenham in scrappy derby with Arsenal LONDON: Hugo Lloris saved a last-minute penalty from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Tottenham avoided a third straight defeat and claimed a 1-1 draw with Arsenal in Saturday’s north London derby.Arsenal led early on through Aaron Ramsey’s well-taken goal, but Harry Kane’s contentious…
HYDERABAD: Kedar Jadhav and Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit gritty half-centuries to anchor India's chase and beat Australia by six wickets in the first one-day international on Saturday.Jadhav, top-scoring with 81, and Dhoni, batting on 59, put on an unbeaten 141-run stand as the hosts achieved their target of 237 in Hyderabad to take a 1-0…
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of scholars, intellectuals and citizens in India on Saturday called for restraint and a de-escalation of tension following weeks of hostility with Pakistan. Relations between the two countries have been fraught since Feb. 14, when 40 Indian troops were killed in a suicide attack in Indian-held Kashmir. New Delhi blamed a Pakistan-based…
WAGAH/LAHORE: India has handed over the body of a Pakistani prisoner who was killed while serving jail time in the northern state of Rajasthan. Shakirullah was stoned to death by other inmates at Jaipur Central Jail on Feb. 20, following weeks of anti-Pakistan sentiment in the wake of a suicide attack that killed more than…
NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: Kurdish-led forces battled militants defending their last village on Saturday as the operation to flush out Daesh from eastern Syria resumed after days of humanitarian evacuations. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pushed into Baghouz, a tiny hamlet near the Iraqi border where Daesh militants are making a desperate last stand. As…
NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: Kurdish-led forces battled militants defending their last village on Saturday as the operation to flush out Daesh from eastern Syria resumed after days of humanitarian evacuations. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pushed into Baghouz, a tiny hamlet near the Iraqi border where Daesh militants are making a desperate last stand. As…
BEIRUT: Hundreds protested on Saturday in Lebanon against child marriage, demanding lawmakers forbid unions below the age of 18, in a country where some faiths allow girls to be wed at 14.Organized by civil society groups, the rally attracted women of all ages — and some lawmakers — who marched on parliament in the capital…
Algeria’s Bouteflika names director for his campaign to seek a fifth presidential term CAIRO: Algeria’s president Abdelaziz Bouteflika named Abdelghani Zaalane as the new director of his campaign for a fifth term, state press agency APS said on Saturday.The decision comes a day after tens of thousands of Algerians protested against another term in office…
Algeria’s Bouteflika names director for his campaign to seek a fifth presidential term CAIRO: Algeria’s president Abdelaziz Bouteflika named Abdelghani Zaalane as the new director of his campaign for a fifth term, state press agency APS said on Saturday.The decision comes a day after tens of thousands of Algerians protested against another term in office…
FaceOf: Hamad Al-Dhewalia, vice minister of health affairs at the Saudi Ministry of Health Hamad Al-Dhewalia is the vice minister of health affairs at the Saudi Ministry of Health, and a member of the board of directors of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He also led the delegation from the Kingdom at the 51st…
JEDDAH: The Saudi Ministry of Health launched an application aimed at reducing diagnostic errors and enhancing patient safety on Saturday.This was revealed by Saudi Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah in his speech on the 4th Global Ministerial Patient Safety Summit, which opened at the Ritz Carlton on Saturday under the patronage of King…
RIYADH: Khan was 43 years old. His sponsor had asked him to go to get dinner and come back. But he never did. Instead, when he stepped away from the sport utility vehicle (SUV) he was driving in Diriyah, he suffered a massive heart attack.A few kilometers away, an emergency call was received at the…
CHENNAI: Despite its progress in science, business and technology, India can still be frighteningly superstitious and biased as the recent struggle of women of menstruating age for the right to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala showed. The issue divided the nation and resulted in a high court hearing. R. Balki’s 2018 film “Pad Man,”…
PARIS: Head designer Hedi Slimane turned his back on black Friday in one of the biggest about-turns in years on the Paris catwalk, as French-Algerian actress Leila Bekhti enjoyed a coveted front row seat at the show. The actress wore a suave menswear suit to the show, complete with a skinny black tie and loafers. …
PARIS: Head designer Hedi Slimane turned his back on black Friday in one of the biggest about-turns in years on the Paris catwalk, as French-Algerian actress Leila Bekhti enjoyed a coveted front row seat at the show. The actress wore a suave menswear suit to the show, complete with a skinny black tie and loafers. …
DUBAI: Just when we thought we could get back to being healthy, along comes another hard-to-resist food event. So, the diet goes on hold (again) and we give you the lowdown on the 2019 edition of the Dubai Food Festival (DFF), which debuted last Thursday. From foodie experiences to discounted three-course meals at some of…
PARIS: French yellow vests were protesting for a 16th straight weekend in Paris and other cities to show they are still mobilized against the government's economic policies they see as favoring the rich.In Paris, protesters gathered Saturday at the Arc de Triomphe monument as a march was planned through the well-off western neighborhoods of the capital.French…
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 20 people died in an attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which saw Al-Shabab insurgents battling security forces for nearly 24 hours before the siege ended, officials said Saturday.As the standoff ended, the government vowed to step up efforts to fight the extremists, with the deadly siege the latest in a…
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 20 people died in an attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which saw Al-Shabab insurgents battling security forces for nearly 24 hours before the siege ended, officials said Saturday.As the standoff ended, the government vowed to step up efforts to fight the extremists, with the deadly siege the latest in a…
