Iran says a European naval coalition for Gulf would send hostile message: Fars
European countries forming a naval coalition for the Gulf would send a hostile message, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Sunday, according to the...
‘Embarrassed’ Australia defend concealing Jack’s positive test
Swimming Australia on Sunday defended their concealment of Shayna Jack’s positive doping test while one of her team mates was conducting a public campaign against...
Britain ramps up preparations for ‘very real prospect’ of no-deal Brexit
The British government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal and is ramping up preparations to leave...
UK’s Labour will do everything it can to prevent a no-deal Brexit: Corbyn
Britain’s opposition Labour will do everything it can to prevent the country leaving the European Union without a deal, the party’s leader Jeremy Corbyn said...
Swimming: Podium protests a thing of the past – FINA executive Marculescu
The executive director of swimming’ s governing body FINA Cornel Marculescu said on Sunday he hoped there would be no repeat of the podium protests...
Iran intends to restart activities at Arak heavy water nuclear reactor: ISNA news agency
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, told lawmakers on Sunday that Iran will restart activities at the Arak heavy water nuclear...
SABIC CEO says no interest in taking over Clariant
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) has no interest in taking over Swiss chemicals firm Clariant and considers its 25% stake in the company as “a...
Exclusive: UAE’s Dana Gas hires adviser to sell Egypt assets
United Arab Emirates’ Dana Gas has hired investment bank Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH) to advise it on the sale of its Egyptian assets,...
Taliban reject direct talks with Afghan government
The Taliban said on Sunday they will not hold direct talks with Afghan government and rejected a statement from a senior minister about plans to...
Think the heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points
It was an odd title for a comedy night, but British stand-up Carl Donnelly turned out to have chosen an environmental theme with impeccable timing....