US intelligence agencies had been tracking the hostages and shared their location when they were shifted to Pakistan.
Samridh Seth suggests nine must-read books that can help turn your life around.
Neuer made the squad despite playing in just one official game, a friendly against Austria on Friday, since breaking a bone in his foot in September but talented 22-year-old Sane was the biggest name to miss out.
Images from the football matches played across Europe on Tuesday.
Even as protests raged across Washington, thousands thronged Pennsylvania Avenue on Friday as President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump made their way from the Capitol to the White House.
More than 25,000 National Guards have been deployed along with thousands of local police personnel and those from other security agencies. The area in and around Capitol Hill, a large part of Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House has been made out of bounds for the general public with eight-feet high iron barricades being erected.
The foot tapping Jamma Jamma from the movie Lucia tops the list.
Last year, Trump broke with decades of precedent by not hosting the annual Iftar dinne.
Sindhu suffered a shock defeat to lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei
Bayern Munich won the Champions League for a sixth time by beating Paris St Germain 1-0 in Sunday's final
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League second semi-final played at Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon on Wednesday.
"We have had tremendous success in Afghanistan in the killing of terrorists, but it is time, after all these years, to go and bring our people back home. We want to bring our people back home," the President said hours after the United States signed an agreement with the Taliban in Doha, under which it has committed to withdrawing all its troops from Afghanistan in 14 months' time.
Trump paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years largely because he reported losing much more money than he made, the report said. The US president immediately dismissed the report as 'totally fake news'.
Barcelona have been haunted by their recent failures in the Champions League and there are concerning signs for the Catalans as they prepare for Tuesday's last-16 first leg away to Olympique Lyonnais.
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
Vanessa Kirby is sure to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar award, and Frances McDormand of Nomadland will give her a healthy competition, feels Aseem Chhabra.
Against the more seasoned Francis Cheka, Vijender Singh faces a tricky battle that he is favoured to win.
The elite women runners of the Tata Mumbai Marathon slammed the event organisers, saying there were too many casual runners on the course and that the Metro construction work was also a hindrance.
Bill Gates specifically complimented India's Aadhaar identity system and the country's performance in the financial services and pharma sectors.
'Their priority is school, so they tend to travel on overseas visits that take place in the summer.'
Pooran was last seen in action for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the IPL, scoring 353 runs from 14 matches.
Germany coach Joachim Loew and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer praised the team's less experienced players for stepping up to convert in their dramatic penalty shootout against Italy, firing the world champions into the Euro 2016 final four.
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
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Germany coach Joachim Loew has named four talented youngsters, including three uncapped players, in his preliminary 27-man squad for Euro 2016.
Promoted Bournemouth are still waiting for their first Premier League points after succumbing to a controversial Christian Benteke goal in a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool on Monday.
This is what makes the World Economic Forum's annual summit special.
A round-up of Saturday's Euro 2020 qualification matches.
Women should scrutinise their potential partners carefully early on in the dating process to avoid ending up in a bad relationship, an expert has said.
Regarded as the Oscar of sports, the nominations for 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards were finalised following a ballot by the world's sports media.
Trump says it is time to heal the wounds that divide Americans.
The Bavarians are on 73 points with RB Leipzig in second place on 63 after they were held to a goalless draw by Ingolstadt earlier in the day.
Levante striker Roger Marti brushed off squandering a penalty to score the winning goal as his side pulled off a shock 2-1 La Liga victory at Real Madrid
The number of infections in America has crossed 500,000, the highest in the world
Modi is the first Indian premier to visit the Silicon Valley and meet its top CEOs
Pune boy Arjun Kadhe and his Peruvian partner Jorge Brian Panta Herreros failed to make it to the semi-finals of the boys' doubles at the French Open. They were halted in their stride in the quarter-finals on Thursday by the Australian pair of Andrew Harris and Nick Kyrgios, who won 6-2, 5-7, 11-9.
Fresh-faced Germany were made to work harder than expected in their 3-2 victory over Australia in their Confederations Cup Group B debut on Monday with the world champions' young squad still adjusting to tournament life.
India's willingness to play a big role in the manufacturing and to allow some of those vaccines to go to other developing countries will be an absolutely critical part of containing the pandemic, said Gates.
'What Jaishankar says is simplistic.' 'The past does not matter that much.' 'If we think that it does it is because we are not good enough at running the nation competently today and are searching for excuses why,' argues Aakar Patel.
The United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and NATO have expressed concern on the new law and warned of retaliatory measures.
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