Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi on Wednesday assumed command as the 22nd Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) during a change of command ceremony held at PNS Zafar in Islamabad. During the ceremony, outgoing CNS Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi formally handed over the command of Pakistan Navy by presenting the traditional scroll to Admiral Niazi. The outgoing […]
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Iran’s president warned on Wednesday that fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in the South Caucasus could trigger a regional war as the death toll rose on the 11th day of hostilities. More than 300 have now died in the renewed fighting in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which under international law […]
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Two alleged members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group known as the ‘Beatles’ will arrive in the United States on Wednesday to face trial on US charges for their alleged involvement in beheadings of Western hostages, the US Department of Justice said. The alleged militants, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, have been in […]
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China said on Wednesday that the United States should stop its unprovoked attacks and accusations against China, accusing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of maliciously creating political confrontation and smearing Beijing. Pompeo on Tuesday visited Japan and called for deeper cooperation with Australia, India and Japan to counter China’s growing regional influence. “Pompeo has repeatedly fabricated […]
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Facebook on Tuesday announced a ban on all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy group, as the social network tries to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the heated US presidential election. The move against QAnon at Facebook and its image-sharing platform Instagram comes as the online giant tries to avoid being used to deceive […]
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DUBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has launched an investigation after one of the players in this year’s tournament in the United Arab Emirates reported being approached for possible corruption, the league’s integrity chief said on Sunday. The world’s richest cricket league, long plagued by corruption, is in its third week and is being played […]
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KARACHI: Southern Punjab seemed to have struck a roadblock in the First XI competition of the National T20 Cup as they suffered their fourth defeat on the trot while going down by 16 runs against Balochistan in Multan on Sunday. After being denied by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a riveting contest at the Multan Cricket Stadium […]
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KARACHI: Talented Haris Tahir has joined the three seniors — Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Sajjad and Mohammad Bilal — in the semi-finals of the 12th National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Championship at the bank’s sports complex on Sunday. Haris, the reigning national U-21 champion, was stretched to limits by another junior national U-16 and […]
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