Azerbaijan accuses Armenia at UN court of laying mines

The Hague, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Azerbaijan accused rival Armenia at the UN’s top court on Monday of laying landmines as part of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” despite the end of last year’s war. Both countries have lodged tit-for-tat cases at the International Court of Justice […]

Theekshana, Hasaranga help Sri Lanka hammer Namibia

Abu Dhabi, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Spinners Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga set up a comprehensive seven-wicket win for Sri Lanka against debutants Namibia in round one of the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday. Theekshana returned figures of 3-25 and Hasaranga took two wickets to help dismiss […]

Spanish trial opens into quake-linked offshore gas project

Madrid, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Two businessmen went on trial Monday over their involvement in a large offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off Spain’s eastern coast in 2013. Operations at the plant, a giant underwater storage facility in the Gulf of […]