NEW YORK: World number two Elena Rybakina put on a dominant performance to beat Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-2 6-4 and reach the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. The Kazakh, who is looking to climb to the top of the WTA rankings with a title in New […]
Year: 2026
NEW YORK: Fifa has accused Uefa of a “smear campaign” and a “fishing expedition” after European football’s governing body asked US judges to force it to hand over documents related to its failed World Cup investor plan. Global soccer body Fifa’s divisive plan to sell stakes in the World Cup […]
“It was decided to release five Lebanese civilians,” the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says after interrogations find no terror links. BEIRUT: Lebanon said it received a man on Thursday (Sep 3), freed as Israel announced it would release five people seized from the country’s south, where it […]
WASHINGTON: The crew of a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on Aug 4 failed to contact air traffic controllers before departing, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday (Aug 27). The incident involving a plane departing Reagan Washington National […]
GENEVA: Switzerland on Thursday announced its intention to build a military drone battalion, amid a rearmament trend across Europe. “From 2028, the army will deploy its own drone battalion for reconnaissance, operations and defence,” the defence ministry said in a statement. The battalion will be backed up by a specialised […]
HONG KONG: The U.S. dollar held flat near a one-week high against major peers on Friday, as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium for clues on his policy outlook. The euro and sterling were subdued near one-week lows […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed “Lake America” as he escalated his trade war with Canada, sparking immediate pushback from Ottawa. Trump stepped up his trolling of Canada by signing an executive order changing the name of the body of water on the […]
The US Justice Department said that two platforms involved in the hacks were run by a China-based firm whose clients it said included China’s civilian intelligence agency and military. WASHINGTON: The US said on Wednesday (Aug 26) it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins and attempts on […]
ROME: A Frenchman was arrested in Italy on arms trafficking charges after a police check found three anti-tank missiles and other military equipment in his van, authorities said yesterday. The man, identified as Regis Normand, 46, was arrested in the southern port of Bari in June and remains in custody, […]
The Wall Street Journal and CBS News reported CIA Director John Ratcliffe aimed to dissuade Russia from attacking NATO members amid US intelligence assessments that Moscow could seek to test the alliance. WASHINGTON: A highly unusual trip by the CIA director to Moscow this week was to warn Russia against […]