The England Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England’s men would fulfill their fixture against Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy this month, a media report said on Friday. Richard Thompson, the ECB’s chairman, said in a statement following a board meeting on Thursday that a “coordinated international response” would achieve more than unilateral action. Earlier, More
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned President Donald Trump against ethnic cleansing in Gaza after the US leader proposed that Palestinians resettle elsewhere and the United States take over the war-torn enclave. “In the search for solutions, we must not make the problem worse. It is vital to stay true to the bedrock More
At least three policemen have been killed and six others wounded in a militant attack on a check-post in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The overnight attack resulted in the killing of at least three police personnel and injuring of six others, Geo News reported, citing local authorities. The attackers, armed with heavy More
Argentina President Javier Milei has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), says a media report. Milei ‘s decision comes after his ally US President Donald Trump began the process of pulling the United States out from WHO with an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 21, More
Central Asia’s special representatives and envoys have discussed socio-economic and political developments in Afghanistan in Dushanbe. The 6th meeting of the Special Representatives and Envoys of Central Asia states and the European Union for Afghanistan was held in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the participants exchanged views on the socio-economic and More
Two UN agencies have expressed their concerns at Pakistan’s new plan to relocate Afghan nationals from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. A flurry of meetings, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, recently finalised a plan to drive Afghan nationals from Islamabad and Rawalpindi or face deportation. Alarmed by the development, UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration More
At least 10 people, including the suspected assailant, have been killed as a result of an armed attack on a school in Sweden, a media report said on Wednesday. The Voice of America (VoA) reported the attack occurred at a secondary school in the Orebro city of central Sweden. Police said they could not be More
Prince Karim Aga Khan, leader of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, has passed away at the age of 88 in Lisbon, Portugal. Born in Switzerland, he had British citizenship and lived in a chateau in France. In a statement on its X handle, AKDN confirmed the More
Four Pakistani soldiers have been killed and seven others injured in an attack by armed personnel in the South Waziristan (SW) district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwar province, a media report said on Wednesday. Armed men also abducted three policemen. Pakistani soldiers had been killed and injured in armed men attack on a check post in the More
Veteran leggie Rashid Khan has broken former West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo’s record to become the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket. Rashid achieved the historic milestone during MI Cape Town’s Qualifier One match against Paarl Royals in the SA20 League. With this, his total wicket tally across international T20s and franchise leagues has reached 633 More
