The WHO expected more people to become infected and could not be sure that it had identified all chains by which the virus is spreading in the eastern part of the country.

Italy's government has intensified its attacks on the operator of the decades-old Morandi bridge, which buckled without warning on Tuesday.

Thousands of Indians paid their respects to late premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee amid full state honours in New Delhi on Friday.

The lira has lost nearly 40% of its value against the dollar this year, hit by both the diplomatic rift and investor alarm.

Australian Associated Press reported that the aircraft, a 1994 Kawasaki BK117, had crashed into a tree.

The state has been pounded by the worst monsoon rains in almost a century since August 8.

Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told a company-wide meeting that development is in an early stage.

A TV station, Denver 7, said Watts has confessed to the bizarre killings. There was no immediate word on a possible motive.

A schoolboy who "dreamed" of working for Apple hacked the firm's computer systems, Australian media has reported, although the tech giant said no customer data was compromised.

The bamboo rat lives in subtropical or wet tropical areas, according to Peruvian authorities.

Four people suffered "superficial scratches" as they evacuated the Boeing 737-800 jet, which had flown to Manila from Xiamen in southeast China.

A report compiled by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) identified several contradictions in the statements of former army chief general Aslam Beg and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief General Asad Durrani about the distribution of huge sums ....

Brazil’s Workers Party registered jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday as its presidential candidate while he sat in prison serving a 12-year graft sentence expected to block his candidacy.

Chinese relatives of those who disappeared on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 yesterday asked to meet the country’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad when he visits China this week.

Aretha Franklin, the music icon, legendary singer and “Queen of Soul” loved by millions whose history-making career spanned six decades, died yesterday, her longtime publicist announced.

US newspapers big and small hit back yesterday at Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the news media with a co-ordinated campaign of editorials, triggering a fresh tirade from the president on Twitter.

The Qatari flag was raised in the Athletes’ Village at the Asian Games yesterday, welcoming Team Qatar and marking the start of the team’s highly-anticipated competitions.

Very few have watched sport in Qatar as closely as Joachim Krug.

Dr Mutlaq bin Majid al-Qahtani, the special envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto, who is currently visiting Qatar.

Qatar volleyball team will fly to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta yesterday for the 18th edition of the Asian Games from Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) after winning the AVC Cup for men, which concluded on Wednesday.

Qatar shooting and archery team ended their preparations before heading to the Indonesian capital Jakarta to participate in the 18th Asian Games, which will be held from August 18 to September 2.

China will be showing off an embarrassment of sporting riches, Indonesia will seek to prove its organisational capability and, equally importantly, the 18th Asian Games will offer a sneak peak into the future of the Olympics.

One of India’s best bets for an athletics gold at the upcoming Asian Games, Neeraj Chopra is determined to focus on the job at hand and not put extra pressure on himself.

Rags-to-riches teenage sprinter Lalu Zohri has given Indonesia an unexpected confidence boost as the Asian Games hosts look to pull off their first top-10 medals finish in decades.

Dutchman Robin Haase upset German fourth seed Alexander Zverev 5-7 6-5 7-5 at the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday and Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round before rain interrupted play.

Amid speculation that Beauden Barrett’s place in the All Blacks side could be under threat, the flyhalf will find himself under increased scrutiny tomorrow when they face Australia in the Rugby Championship opener in Sydney.

London: England rugby player Danny Cipriani pleaded guilty yesterday to common assault and resisting arrest after an incident at a nightclub on Jersey which left a female police officer bruised.

World tennis chiefs yesterday approved a radical Davis Cup overhaul that will condense the 118-year-old worldwide showpiece into an 18-team, week-long event but critics blasted the changes as a “black day” for the sport.

There will not be a more fantastical sport plotline in our lives than Tiger Woods’s Thanksgiving in 2009, when the incandescent career and immaculate public image of the world’s most dominant and influential athlete came spectacularly undone in the dead of a Florida night.

Red-hot rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. departed early due to injury, but the Atlanta Braves still finished a four-game sweep over the visiting Miami Marlins with a 5-2 win Wednesday at SunTrust Park.

I work for the Qatar Football Association as executive director for National Teams and was nominated to take part in the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC)’s Russia 2018 secondment programme.