A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to India in the coming days and engage with its civil society over free speech and marginalization of minorities, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent U.S. visit when he denied that abuse of religious minorities existed in his country.

Shraddha Kapoor has been signed to play the female lead in Kartik Aaryan’s upcoming film, Chandu Champion.

The Kaiviti Silktails have ventured into education avenues as they prepare their squad for life after rugby.

Prominent Suva lawyer Barbara Malimali has been appointed as the temporary chair of the Fijian Electoral Commission.

Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe is touring his father’s native Cameroon for the first time this week as doubts swirl over his future at the French club.

Suspended Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem and suspended Fiji Corrections Service Commissioner Francis Kean will be paid allowances and entitlements provided in their respective contracts.

New Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino is confident the team will only get better as he beds in his ideas and hopes to deliver quickly, the Argentine said on Friday as the west London club presented him at a press conference.

All Blacks XV head coach Leon MacDonald anticipates a huge challenge from Japan XV when they face off this evening.

U.S. midfielder Lindsey Horan and forward Alex Morgan were named on Friday as captains of the team that will begin their quest for a third consecutive Women’s World Cup title in two weeks’.

The Raiders have survived a second half scare against a gallant Dragons side to secure a 36-26 NRL victory last night.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague rejected on Thursday India’s objections to a Pakistan-initiated procedure over water use in the Indus River basin, reopening a procedure that had been blocked for many years.

Warner Bros (WBD.O) studio on Thursday said a map in its upcoming “Barbie” movie of the South China Sea is a “child-like” drawing with no intended significance, days after Vietnam said it would ban the film over the map.