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United States marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with solemn services to commemorate the victims of the deadliest terror strikes on U.S. Soil, which changed the world forever. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on September 11, 2001 when 19 Al-Qaeda suicide bombers hijacked four passenger jets, crashing them into the twin towers in New York, the pentagon in ...

Germany’s second seeded Angelique Kerber beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3 4-6 6-4 to win the U.S. Open final, and collect her second grand slam title of the year. Kerber celebrated her coronation battling past the 10th seeded Czech in two hours and seven minutes on a steamy Arthur Ashe stadium court. The German got off to the perfect start, breaking ...

Nairo Quintana effectively clinched his first tour of Spain title after holding off Chris Froome in 20th and final decisive mountain stage. The Colombian has not officially won the race yet but Sunday’s sprint stage is virtually a formality and the Movistar rider’s time of five hours 23 minutes 44 seconds, which enabled him to finish 10th in stage 20, ...

The annual ceremony to change gold-laced Ghilaf-e-Kaaba, known as Kiswa, inscribed with verses from the Holy Quran, held in Masjid- Al-Haram. The covering cloth of the Kaaba is changed on every year on the day of Hajj. The new cover has been prepared with estimated 670 kg of silk fiber and 150 kg of silver. The cover, inscribed with verses ...

Gennady Golovkin retained his WBC and IBF middleweight belts with a fifth-round stoppage of Britain’s Kell Brook. Kazakh Golovkin took his career record to 36 victories from 36 fights but he was shaken early by welterweight world champion brook who had moved up two weights to challenge for the title. Previously unbeaten Brook produced a scintillating second round, rocking Golovkin ...

Ayushmann Khuranna is going Eco-friendly this Ganesha. The Eco Ganesha initiative which is a continuing effort to educate and inculcate Eco-friendly practices among Mumbaikars is being celebrated for the 7th year and t is wonderful to see this young Bollywood talent join in this green initiative.

Shraddha Kapoor who learnt playing the piano for her upcoming release has already been gifted two keyboards recently. People close to her, whom she has been working with felt that there was no better gift for the actress than a piano as she loves it so much. And so, her agent as well as producers of her next, Rock On ...

Hosts Brazil celebrated their first gold medal at the Paralympic games when Ricardo Costa de Oliveira triumphed in the men’s long jump t11 final. De Oliveira’s final jump measured 6.52 metres to beat world champion Lex Gillette of America, who had to settle for silver for the fourth successive games. A world record fell on the first day of power ...

United States and Russia agreed a deal to impose a ceasefire in Syria, and if the truce holds they will begin a joint military effort against terrorists. US Secretary of state John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the truce would come into force on Monday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. The two ...

Two more youth were martyred and hundreds others injured as Indian forces use force against protesters in different areas of the Kashmir valley, taking the death toll in the ongoing uprising to 95. Thousands of people took to the streets in Srinagar, Badgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Kulgam, Baramulla, Handwara, Sopore, Bandipora, Islamabad, Qazigund and other areas and held forceful demonstrations against ...