International

Indian army helicopter crashes in dam in Punjab

NEW DELHI: AUGUST 3 – A helicopter belonging to the Indian army Tuesday crashed...

Gov’t forces kill 41 militants in Afghan city: defense ministry

KABUL: AUGUST 3 – Forty-one Taliban militants were killed and 32 others wounded during...

India reports 30,549 new COVID-19 cases, 422 more deaths

NEW DELHI: AUGUST 3 – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 31,726,507 on Tuesday as...

Heavy rains, water discharge from dams kill 7 in India’s West Bengal

NEW DELHI: AUGUST 3 – At least seven people were killed and around 250,000...

Brazil wins sailing women’s 49er FX gold at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: AUGUST 3 – Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won the sailing women’s 49er...

Chiellini signs new contract with Juventus

ROME: AUGUST 3 – Veteran centre-back Giorgio Chiellini has signed a two-year contract extension...

COVID-19 cases top 60 mln in WHO European region

COPENHAGEN: AUGUST 2 – The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region has recorded 60,093,393...

Samsung holds 18pc of smartphones market share in Q2, ranks world’s No.1 in shipments

SEOUL: AUGUST 2 – Samsung Electronics’ smartphone shipments ranked first in the world in...

254 Taliban killed, 97 injured in operations conducted by Afghan forces

KABUL: AUGUST 2 – At least 254 Taliban were killed and 97 others wounded...

Cambodia succeeds in training dogs to sniff out COVID-19: official

PHNOM PENH: AUGUST 2 – Three Cambodian dogs had been successfully trained to sniff...