Indian worker from Kurdistan arrested at Delhi airport

While the worker, who is Muslim, was arrested, two of his colleagues, both Sikhs, who work with him in Erbil, were allowed to proceed. An Indian worker travelling to the Kurdistan Autonomous......

Iran launches drone, missile attacks on Pak terrorist group's bases

Iran has attacked the headquarters of a terrorist group opposed to Tehran with drones and missiles in Pakistan, Al Arabiya News reported citing Tasnim news agency. Image used for representational......

US evades question on giving nod to Pak strike on Iran

The United States on Thursday (local time) evaded a question on whether Pakistan held prior consultations with Washington, DC before conducting retaliatory air strikes on Iran. IMAGE: A missile is......

US to impose costs on Iran for crackdown against protesters: Biden

The United States will soon impose further costs on the perpetrators of violence against peaceful demonstrators who protested against the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the morality......

RIL's midas touch is missing in overseas oil & gas assets

The company had assets in countries like Yemen, Peru, Oman, Myanmar, Columbia, East Timor, Kurdistan and Australia, but it exited almost all these blocks later as part of its portfolio......

RIL sells stake in Yemen oil block to Indonesian firm

Reliance Industries has sold its 25 per centstake in an oil block in Yemen to Indonesia's Medco Energi for about $90 million, the firm's second overseas stake sale in one month. RIL's Dubai-based......

Ultra-superfast 5G broadband may become a reality

Researchers are investigating how software-defined cellular networking might be used to give smartphone users the next generation of super-superfast broadband - 5G. Currently, the fourth generation......

Reliance Industries sells Peru oil block stake

Reliance Industries has divested its 30 per cent stake in an oil and gas block in Peru to Australia's Woodside Petroleum and Pluspetrol of Argentina to trim its overseas properties. The company, in......

Spanish fan walking to FIFA World Cup goes missing in Iran

IMAGE: Spains's Santiago Sanchez, right, walks in Iraq's Kurdistan region towards Qatar, where he aims to attend the 2022 World Cup, near Zakho, Iraq. Photograph: Charlotte Bruneau/Reuters A......

Football Briefs: Barcelona's Coutinho ruled out for three weeks

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: FC Barcelona's new record signing Philippe Coutinho (right) puts pen on paper in presence of club president Josep Maria Bartomeu......

Football Extras: Messi back in Argentina squad

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Messi has not played for his country since their last-16 exit at the hands of eventual champions France, opting to take a......

No clear frontrunner for 2020 Games: IOC Report

An International Olympic Committee report on the three cities wanting to host the 2020 Summer Olympics indicated there was no clear favourite among the bids from Madrid, Tokyo and Istanbul. "In......