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Stan Wawrinka’s US Open triumph over world number one Novak Djokovic gave him a third Grand Slam title in as many finals, but the 31-year-old Swiss says they don’t get any easier. Wawrinka, described by Djokovic as a player who rises to the big occasion like no other, admitted he was a mass of nerves before Sunday’s championship match. “I ...

India’s 15-member squad named on Monday for the three-Test home series against New Zealand beginning in the northern city of Kanpur from September 22: Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

SEOUL: The death toll from severe flooding in the northeast of North Korea has risen to 133 with another 395 missing, the UN said. Some 107,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the area along the Tumen River, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement received Monday citing Pyongyang government ...

Hillary Clinton cancelled a California fundraising trip after being diagnosed with pneumonia and falling ill Sunday at a 9/11 ceremony, renewing speculation about the Democratic presidential candidate’s health barely eight weeks from Election Day. “Secretary Clinton will not be traveling to California tomorrow or Tuesday,” spokesman Nick Merrill said, hours after the 68-year-old candidate abruptly left the Ground Zero memorial ...

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar was severely injured in a road accident that left his vehicle “completely destroyed” on Super Highway, a party leader told Media  on late Sunday night. “He is being moved to a hospital in Karachi, his condition is out of danger,” Khawaja Izharul Hassan, a senior leader of the MQM told to media. The incident ...

Arjun Kapoor, who has been quite kicked about his upcoming film Half Girlfriend tweeted pictures of a song sequence being filmed at the Times Square. It’s been on his bucket list to do a Bollywood number there and was super kicked about ticking it off the list.

Chairman PTI Imran Khan aimed to continue political activities after Eid and that also without any gap. According to details, Kaptaan would soon be seen on roads and addressing to rallies after Eid and thus pursuing his traditional style of politics. PTI chairman announced that a rally would be held at Chichawatni on September 16. At the rally, Imran would ...

A police officer and four Kashmiris were killed in separate incidents Sunday in India-held Kashmir as hundreds of residents clashed with security forces in the region hit by weeks of deadly unrest. Indian soldiers shot and killed four Kashmiris during a siege and search operation in Handwara area of the district. The encounters came as stone-pelting residents protesting against Indian ...

Air strikes on rebel-held areas of Syria reportedly killed at least 82 people hours after the US and Russia announced plans for a truce. Opposition activists said an air strike on a market in Idlib killed at least 37 people while at least 45 died in strikes on Aleppo province. A 10-day truce is meant to start on Monday, followed ...

The Foreign Office has said Pakistan has constantly provided Afghanistan access to its ports for transit trade. In a statement, foreign office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said Pakistan will continue to facilitate the afghan transit trade as part of its commitment to the afghan people. Maintaining that bilateral transit trade agreement does not involve transit to and from India, he said ...