Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker will captain England in their friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands. Caretaker boss Stuart Pearce chose Parker ahead of contenders like Steven Gerrard of Liverpool and Manchester City’s James Milner and Joe Hart. Parker, 31, has won 10 caps since his debut in November 2003 and [...]
Senior al-Qaeda leader, Saif al-Adel, has been arrested at Cairo airport, Egyptian security officials say. He had arrived in the Egyptian capital on a flight from Pakistan, which had stopped in Dubai, an airport official told the AFP news agency. The Egyptian, whose real name is Muhammad Ibrahim Makkawi, was once Osama Bin Laden’s security [...]
A relieved Mitt Romney headed back to the campaign trail Wednesday after sweeping crucial primaries in Arizona and his childhood home of Michigan to revitalize his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Romney needed to win both states, but especially Michigan — where he grew up when his father was governor — to assert his [...]
A popular Washington illusion once held that the right combination of incentives and punishments might “peel off” Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad from Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” but nobody would have predicted that the weak link in Iran’s alliance of radicals would turn out to be the Palestinian Islamists of Hamas. Yet, Tuesday’s announcement that [...]
In December 2010, the French first lady Carla Bruni sat down to lunch under the gold chandeliers of the Elysée palace with Asma al-Assad, wife of the Syrian leader Bashar. As they sat demurely with their husbands around a butterfly-print tablecloth dominated by a pastel flower-arrangement, a photographer was ushered in to grab a picture [...]
Perennial blouses The sari-blouse, as the name suggests, accompanies a sari. The five-metre or six-yard piece of cloth, draped and tucked to suit personal preferences, is a versatile piece of ensemble that may be worn in many different ways. The blouse is a custom-made stitched garment that is a personal expression of style and panache. [...]
U S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pledged to aggressively implement new U.S. sanctions on Iran but noted that some allies such as Japan face “unique situations” as they seek to reduce Iranian oil imports. President Barack Obama on December 31 signed into law the harshest in a series of U.S. sanctions on [...]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the country has been able to maintain the desired economic growth despite deepening global financial worries. “Despite the global economic downtrend, the country has achieved the expected economic growth due to various pragmatic steps taken by our government,” the prime minister told the newly elected office bearers of [...]
Apple Inc is hosting a media event next Wednesday, where it is expected to unveil a faster, better-equipped version of its popular iPad tablet to thwart increasing competition from deep-pocketed rivals such as Amazon.com Inc. The invitation-only event will be held at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) on March 7 at the Yerba Buena Center [...]
England claimed a dramatic five-run win over Pakistan in the third Twenty20 international to take the series 2-1. On a slow Abu Dhabi pitch, the tourists were indebted to Kevin Pietersen, as they struggled with Saeed Ajmal’s magical display, who picked up 4-23. Pietersen made an unbeaten 62 in their 129-6 – and was then [...]