Afghan singer a dead ringer for Canada's Trudeau

An Afghani’s resemblance to the Canadian PM has set Twitter on fire. IMAGE: Afghanistan's Abdul Salam Maftoon shares a striking resemblance to Canada's Justin Trudeau. Maftoon became a......

The moments that shaped 2016

'The year in pictures' treks across the globe, looking back on the moments that shaped 2016. From the United States presidential race, to demonetisation in India to the refugee crisis, the news......

'Naik evokes a closed reading of the Quran to establish Islamic supremacy'

'Naik is an outcome of an image-centric Islam, which is linked to the technological changes introduced by new media.''English educated upper middle class Muslims embraced Naik's image-centric Islam......

'The Kohinoor was not gifted to the British'

'Duleep Singh was not in a position to give it away because he was only a minor of about 3, 4 years old.' 'The Indian claim of the British having taken the Kohinoor from the Sikhs does not stand......

Watch #BottleCapChallenge: Who does it best?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Akshay Kumar/Instagram #BottleCapChallenge is trending. After British action star Jason Statham executed the #BottleCapChallenge, Canadian-Indian actioner Akshay Kumar......

Shania Twain to be guest judge on American Idol

Country singer Shania Twain has become the next celebrity who will be joining American Idol as a guest judge, ever since Paula Abdul left the show. Twain, 43, will be joining the judging panel when......

Slumdog Millionaire DVD to reveal new secrets

By any reckoning, it is one of the most shocking and debated of movie scenes in recent times, and now the Blu-ray edition of Slumdog Millionaire offers details how the toilet scene in the early......

Oscar hits and misses

The doubts and surprises started even before the Oscar ceremony was half way through, and the big announcements were to unroll slowly in the next 90 minutes. Perhaps hardly anyone doubted that......

US Open PIX: Tomljanovic ends the great Serena's run

A summary of Friday's action at the US Open. IMAGE: Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic celebrates winning the first set during her third round match against Serena Williams at the US Open on Friday.......

She's the reason I play: Gauff praises Serena

IMAGE: Coco Gauff said the entire Williams family - including older sister and seven-time major winner Venus and their father Richard who first put a racket in their hands - also served as an......

Nadal meets Ruud resistance in final

IMAGE: Standing in Rafael Nadal's way for a 14th French Open title will be the eighth-seeded Norwegian, 13 years younger and the most consistent player on claycourts in the last three years.......

Athletics PIX: De Grasse, McLaughlin scorch the track

IMAGE: Canada's Andre de Grasse glances to his left as he finishes ahead of Kenneth Bednarek of the United States to win the gold medal in the Olympics men's 200 metres final, at Olympic Stadium......

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony scandals and more...

Scandals over ceremony have deterred some, Tokyo 2020 head says Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter A series of recent scandals engulfing officials working on the opening......