SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton aims to turn up the heat in his bid for a sixth Formula One championship at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver heads into Sunday’s race with a 63-point lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas. As with last year’s race, drivers can expect sweltering heat and ...

DUBAI: The ban on women attending football matches in Iran is “unacceptable” and must be lifted, the head of the sports’ world governing body said in a statement. FIFA’s position is “clear and firm” and that women “have to be allowed” into football stadiums in the country, according to president ...

SYDNEY: An Australian court has found a man guilty of planning to blow up an Etihad Airways flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi nearly two years ago with a bomb hidden in a meat grinder, a spokeswoman for the New South Wales Supreme Court said on Friday.Police had accused the ...

North Korea faces lowest crop harvest in 5 years, widespread food shortages -UN South Korea has pledged to provide 50,000 tons of rice aid to its northern neighbor through the UN World Food Programme Sporadic famines are common in North Korea, although a severe nationwide famine in the 1990s killed ...