May 23 to be observed as 'Day of Chabahar': Rouhani

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhan during a joint press conference after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on Monday. Photograph:......

Iconic ancient city in Islamic State clutches

The fate of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra seems to be tragically sealed as the Islamic State militia gained control of the Syrian city. Image: The Temple of Bel is pictured with the......

Modi's Pakistan policy has no logic with its quirks and turns

'The Modi regime, after experimenting with its own versions of neighbourhood policy for 18 months, has now reached the exact stage where the Manmohan Singh government had left it in so far as our......

Egyptian fencer Hafez competed while 7 months pregnant!

'Three times Olympian but this time carrying a little Olympian one!' IMAGE: Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez competed at her third Olympics while seven months pregnant. Photograph: Nada Hafez/Instagram......

Oldest And 'Youngest' Olympians In Paris

IMAGE: Australian equestrian Mary Hanna and Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez. Photograph: Kind courtesy Oz Wiltshire/X and Mena/X   The Olympics is a stage where the world gets acquainted with some......

Pregnant athletes send message of strength to women

IMAGE: Yaylagul Ramazanova of Azerbaijan in action. Photograph: Tingshu Wang / Reuters When an Egyptian fencer picked up her sabre and an Azerbaijani archer steadied her bow, there was one thing......

Soccer helps migrants feel at home

Bakhtiyar Yusupov, said he set up the team to make players 'feel at home, regardless of their social status' IMAGE: A boy hangs from a goalpost in St Petersburg. Photograph: Anton......

Sheikh Salman wins AFC presidential election

Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa will run Asian football for the next two years after the Bahraini won a three-way election for the presidency of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on......