Tag: shock

SINGAPORE: US sanctions on Iran will tighten global oil supplies sharply until the end of the year, but a threat to world demand looms...

South Africa's star batsman AB de Villiers on Wednesday announced his surprise retirement from all international cricket.

SEOUL: Samsung said on Friday its CEO and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun plans to step down from management, deepening concerns over a leadership vacuum...

WASHINGTON: Families split, a father unable to reach his son's wedding and officials warning of a "gift to extremists" -- President Donald Trump's visa...

NATICK, MASS: A telegram telling of the attack on Pearl Harbor and a West Point cadet's letter afterwards seeking advice from his father, General...

NEW YORK: When Fatima Rahmati found out the Orlando killer was Afghan American she was shocked and scared -- fearful that her community could suffer reprisals in an increasingly toxic political climate.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's decision to sanction the Binladin Group over the deadly Mecca crane collapse has come as a shock and could have serious consequences for one of the kingdom's most powerful firms.

MARIGNANE, FRANCE: The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight appears to have deliberately crashed the plane after locking his captain out of the cockpit, French officials said, with the "unimaginable" development sparking global shock and anger among victims' loved ones.

SYDNEY: Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died Thursday from a head injury after a sickening on-field blow in one of the highest-profile sporting fatalities since the death of Formula One great Ayrton Senna.

CAPE TOWN: When Zimbabwe's players trudged off the Bulawayo pitch after back to back defeats by Afghanistan in July, few could have believed that a month later they would produce a shock victory over Australia.