A US drone strike killed four Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen Tuesday, a tribal source said, amid heightened security across the Middle East against a possible major attack by the jihadists.

President Hassan Rowhani has unveiled a cabinet of technocrats to help him tackle the formidable challenges of shoring up Iran’s economy and opening up dialogue with the West over Tehran’s controversial nuclear drive.

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has termed reports that it is holding discussions with Indian carrier SpiceJet for a stake in the airline as “inaccurate” and said that it was busy with its own expansion plans.

Sachin Tendulkar has some fond memories of playing alongside the legends of the 1980s in the 1992 World Cup but is still disappointed at missing out playing against his hero Vivian Richards.

Iran held massive anti-Israeli rallies on Friday, with President-elect Hassan Rowhani calling the arch-foe Jewish state a “wound” on the Muslim world a day before he takes office.

Violence killed around 1,000 people in July, government and United Nations figures show, making it Iraq’s deadliest month since 2008 when the country was emerging from a bloody sectarian conflict.

Syrian troops attacked rebel positions outside Khan al-Assal on Wednesday as they seek to recapture the northern town at the centre of rival chemical weapons accusations, a watchdog said.

Polls opened in Kuwait on Saturday for the Gulf Emirate’s second general election in eight months with turnout the key issue as the opposition called for a boycott.

Militants attacked a police station in north Iraq on Wednesday with mortar rounds and automatic weapons, killing nine police, while seven people died in other violence, security officers and doctors said.

India’s back-to-back title triumphs has helped the world champion team retain its top position in the ICC ODI rankings following the annual update of the list announced on Friday.