Pakistan to fight to salvage pride in fifth T20I against New Zealand today

Pakistan will try to salvage pride when they face New Zealand in the last T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday night.  The full-strength hosts are down 2-1 in the series against the Kiwis who are without their key players. The Green Shirts will try to win the match to level […]

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Russian missiles hit Ukrainian energy facilities in three regions

Russia launched a barrage of missiles at Ukrainian power facilities on Saturday, hitting locations in the centre and west of the country, damaging equipment and injuring at least one energy worker, officials said. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on the Telegram messaging app that the Russian strikes targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine […]

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Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency

The Dutch government said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza if the agency implements recommendations to strengthen its neutrality. The decision follows an investigation by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna released on Monday into whether some UNRWA employees were involved in the Oct 7 attack […]

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‘Everyone sits out’: Yangon parks offer heatwave relief

As the sun sets on another scorching Yangon day, the hot and bothered descend on the Myanmar city’s parks, the coolest place to spend an evening during yet another power blackout. A wave of exceptionally hot weather has blasted Southeast Asia this week, sending the mercury to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and prompting […]

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Abbas, international leaders to hold Gaza talks in Riyadh this week

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several international officials will be in Riyadh this week for talks aimed at pushing for a peace agreement in Gaza to be held on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting, the WEF’s president said on Saturday. “We do have the key players now in Riyadh and hopefully the […]

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US intelligence believes Putin probably didn’t order Navalny to be killed, Wall Street Journal reports

US intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn’t order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Navalny, 47 when he died, was Putin’s fiercest domestic critic. His allies, branded extremists by the authorities, accused Putin of having him murdered […]

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Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel

 Four cargo ships, stuck for about a month at the Port of Baltimore by the ruins of the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge, have exited this week via a temporary channel, according to shipping data. Large ship traffic to and from the port, the busiest in the US for auto shipments, has been severely restricted […]

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Mansehra: Two brothers among three lose lives in lightning strike

 In a tragic event, three people including two brothers were killed due to lightning strike in forests in Mansehra.  According to sources, the tragic incident happened in the forests where shepherds, a child among them, were herding their cattle. As lightning struck, Ahmed, Shakeel, and Shafiq lost their lives while child Sadeer suffered injuries.  Meanwhile, in […]

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Justice Mansoor Ali Shah for revisiting judges’ appointment process

Supreme Court Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Saturday called for reviewing the mechanism for appointment of judges in higher judiciary and said he wasn’t happy with the institution’s history. Justice Shah said judges shouldn’t be appointed on the basis of recommendations, if the intent was to keep the system running. The one who wasn’t performing […]

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Punjab Police woman officer honored with ‘Excellence in Performance Award’

Punjab Police woman officer has made the nation proud on the global stage. The International Association of Women Police (IAWP) has selected SSP Riffat Bukhari for the ‘Excellence in Performance Award’. SSP Riffat Bukhari is currently serving in the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA). President of IAWP Deborah Friedl congratulated the lady officer Riffat and […]

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