Amo Sharks clinched their third consecutive Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL) title after defeating Speenghar Tigers by seven wickets in the final at the Rahmat Wali Masroor Cricket Stadium in Khost on Wednesday. After winning the toss, Speenghar Tigers elected to bat first and were bowled out for 166 in the final over of their More
A court in Nepal has sentenced two former government ministers and 14 others to prison for forging documents to falsely identify Nepali citizens as Bhutanese refugees for resettlement in the United States. Kathmandu District Court sentenced Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, a former deputy prime minister and energy minister, to four years in prison for offences More
At least four people were killed and 15 others injured after a passenger bus overturned while trying to avoid a motorcycle in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday. Dawn reported the incident occurred this morning in the Muridke area near the Kala Khatai Road in Sheikhupura district. It said the bus was carrying mourners More
The Trump administration has announced that, in response to the expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), US citizens currently in the country will not be permitted to travel directly to the United States on commercial flights until further notice. A White House official told Reuters the restriction is being More
Ukraine and nine European countries have agreed to establish a coalition to develop a joint ballistic missile defence system, while Russia denounced the initiative as “warmongering” and warned it would intensify its response to Ukrainian attacks. The decision was announced on Monday during a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris, attended More
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Tuesday announced a new wave of strikes on multiple targets in Iran, marking the third consecutive day of hostilities. Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had retaliated with missile and drone attacks on US military bases in the region. The United States has carried out strikes More
At least 51 people have died, and more than one million others have been affected by heavy rainfall that triggered widespread flooding and landslides across Bangladesh in recent days, media reports said. Thousands of people have been displaced after flash floods and landslides swept through large parts of the country, including the capital, Dhaka. More More
Nine people were killed and 10 others injured in a traffic accident in Mexico’s Jalisco state, a media report said on Monday. Reuters reported the crash occurred late on Saturday on the highway linking the cities of Guadalajara and Tepic. The accident involved several vehicles, including a lorry. The Jalisco Civil Protection Agency said two More
At least 27 people were killed and eight others critically injured after a fire ripped through a bar in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, media reports said. According to the BBC, firefighters were called to the scene shortly after midnight and found patrons fleeing through the bar’s flame-engulfed front entrance. Eyewitnesses said the fire broke out More
Iran has claimed to have launched attacks targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Qatar, while the United Arab Emirates said it intercepted Iranian missiles and drone threats amid a sharp escalation in regional tensions. The latest developments came after the United States announced a third round of strikes on Iran this week, accusing Tehran of attacking More
