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RIYADH: A Saudi woman won a seat on Makkah’s municipal council in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia's first-ever elections open to female voters and candidates, the country's election commission announced Sunday.

YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition on Friday won a parliamentary majority from weekend polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the army.

PITTSBURGH: A councilwoman who died earlier this month easily defeated the only other candidate on the ballot for the Pennsylvania county that includes Pittsburgh, results showed on Wednesday.

ZURICH, Switzerland: Colombian star James Rodriguez's sublime volley for Colombia against Uruguay in their last 16 match at the World Cup was voted goal of the year at the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards on Monday in Zurich.

DUBAI: With a last victory against New Zealand in the first Twenty20 International in two-match series, Pakistan became the first team to win most T20s in the world cricket, ARY News reported Friday.

MELBOURNE: Germany's Protectionist, ridden by English jockey Ryan Moore, won Australia's Aus$6.2 million ($5.4 million) Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday, with Japanese race favourite Admire Rakti coming last.

STOCKHOLM: French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, for his analysis of big companies, market power and regulation, the Royal Academy of Sciences said.

BRUSSELS:  Facebook , the world's most popular social network, gained European Union clearance on Friday for its proposed $19 billion takeover of mobile messaging startup WhatsApp in a deal setting it against the telecoms industry.

JEDDAH:  The United States signed up Arab allies on Thursday to a "coordinated military campaign" against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building regional support for President Barack Obama's plan to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier.

LOUISVILLE Kentucky: Pre-tournament favourite Rory McIlroy recovered from a stumbling start to overcome a series of challengers and clinch his fourth major title by a shot at the PGA Championship on Sunday.

TORONTO: BlackBerry Ltd said on Wednesday its Android and iOS device-management service has won a key security clearance from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

GLASGOW, Scotland: Jamaican Kemar Bailey-Cole won the Commonwealth Games 100 metres gold medal in a time of 10.00 seconds on Monday.

SAO PAULO: Brazil forward Neymar has won an appeal to have the local June edition of Playboy magazine, which claimed to feature his ex-girlfriend,...