An Iranian man held by Somali pirates for more than four years was flown to Ethiopia's capital Saturday after his captors released him because he needed urgent medical care.

Egyptian billionaire businessman Naguib Sawiris condemned on Friday a crackdown on graft in Saudi Arabia, saying the purge had undermined the rule of law in the Kingdom and would deter investment.

India rode on blistering centuries by Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to thrash Sri Lanka by 168 runs in the fourth one-day international yesterday for a 4-0 lead in the five-match series.

Garangao, a traditional children’s festival celebrated on the 14th evening of the holy month of Ramadan, was observed with much joy and gaiety across Qatar yesterday.

The plethora of varieties, colours, shapes and sizes of Indian sweets is bewildering. Taste, colour, shape, variety often vary from region to region but one dessert which is pan India and is boundary less is ‘gulab jamun’, the king of all Indian sweets.

Somali security forces rescued a hijacked Indian cargo dhow on Monday, but pirates took one of the 11-strong crew with them when they fled to land, authorities said.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) will start its non-stop Manila-Doha-Manila flights from March 26, according to a circular sent by the airline to travel agencies in Doha.

Novak Djokovic’s split with Boris Becker, predictably described by each of them as “mutual”, was one of the worst kept secrets in tennis.

Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean, a government official said on Saturday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday urged global leaders to agree an “ambitious” deal at a climate conference

Narendra Modi heads to the United Arab Emirates in the coming week to seek cash from the world’s second-richest sovereign wealth fund for everything from trains to toilets.

Qatar has pledged $50mn to help Indonesia shelter Muslim Rohingya migrants from Myanmar.