BEIRUT (Lebanon): Attacks by two jihadist groups killed at least 17 Syrian government troops and militiamen in the northern province of Aleppo early yesterday, a war monitor said. Thirty others were wounded in the assaults by Al-Qaeda’s former Syria branch, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and its ally Hurras al-Deen, which
SHANGHAI: The two best badminton players in the world will battle it out in today’s final of the Asia Championships when title-holder Kento Momota faces Shi Yuqi. The women’s decider in the Chinese city of Wuhan is another Japan versus China showdown with Akane Yamaguchi taking on He Bingjiao. The
BARCELONA (Spain): Rafael Nadal held off Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5, 7-5 in the Barcelona Open quarter-finals on Friday to move closer to setting an ATP record as the first player to win the same event 12 times. Nadal must first get through yesterday’s semi-final between 2017 finalist Dominic Thiem, who crushed
BAKU (Azerbaijan): Ferrari dominated the second practice session of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday, but the action on the street circuit was marred by the bizarre sight of a Williams car tripped up by a loose drain cover and a collision with a bridge which took out a rescue
LOS ANGELES (United States): Minjee Lee, who is seeking her fifth title on the USLPGA Tour, fired a two-under 69 in the second round of the Los Angeles Open to take a one shot lead over Nanna Koerstz Madsen. The fourth-ranked Lee, of Australia, had an eagle, two birdies and
BONN: Bayer chief executive Werner Baumann was dealt a blow Friday at the German chemical giant’s annual general meeting, amid tensions over last year’s decision to buy US seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto, as disgruntled shareholders voted against management. At the AGM in Bonn, 55.5 percent voted against the management
BEIJING: Russia will not immediately raise oil output after the United States ends sanctions waivers for buyers of Iranian crude in May, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. The United States announced this week that, in a bid to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero, it would from May 2 end
BAGHDAD: Iraq is on track to produce nearly six million barrels of crude daily by 2030, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, which would make it the world’s third biggest oil supplier. The IEA’s wide-ranging report found that Iraq’s production in the next decade could increase by an impressive 1.3
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks rode strong US growth data and solid corporate earnings to another record-setting session on Friday, while the euro skidded to a near two-year low against the dollar amid angst over the European economy. Oil prices also retreated as US President Donald Trump revived a call
Paris: French energy giant Total lifted oil and gas output to record levels to bolster cash flow and lift first quarter net profits Friday – but price volatility kept results in check. Net profits rose 18 percent year-on-year to $3.11 billion, enabling the firm to keep a swathe of new