Afghanistan beat UAE by 38 runs in Sharjah tri-series clash
SHARJAH (Web News) – Afghanistan registered their first victory of the T20I tri-series with a 38-run win over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday night. The result left the hosts still in search of a breakthrough after
Bangladesh crush Netherlands to clinch T20 series
SYLHET (Bangladesh) (Web News) – Spinner Nasum Ahmed returned figures of 3-21 to help Bangladesh thrash the Netherlands by nine wickets in the second T20 international on Monday as the hosts clinched the three-match series. Bangladesh bundled out the tourists for a paltry
Cash-strapped Colombia proposes $6.5 bln long-shot tax reform
BOGOTA (Web News) – The Colombian government on Monday presented a tax reform bill to Congress to raise 26.3 trillion pesos ($6.54 billion), intended to finance the government’s 2026 spending, Finance Minister German Avila said. The government is facing a severe fiscal crunch
Britain suspends refugees’ family reunion applications to toughen rules
LONDON: (Web News)Britain said on Monday it would suspend applications from registered refugees to bring family members into the country in order to give the government time to toughen the rules, its latest attempt to cut the number of arrivals.Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian taps run dry
JERUSALEM (Web News) – Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are facing severe water shortages that they say are being driven by increasing attacks on scarce water sources by extremist Jewish settlers. Across the West Bank in Palestinian communities, residents are reporting shortages
First Afghan families allowed into Germany from Pakistan
BERLIN (Web News) – A group of 47 Afghans who fled the Taliban arrived in Germany on Monday after months of waiting in Pakistan until German court rulings forced Berlin to offer them refuge. The 10 families have been among more than 2,000
Flight operations back on track at Sialkot Airport after flood disruption
SIALKOT (Web News) – Flight operations at Sialkot International Airport are set to resume today after being temporarily suspended due to floodwater. The suspension notice (NOTAM) has officially been called off. Spokesperson Muhammad Umair Khan said all flights will get off the ground
SCO members denounce Pahalgam, Khuzdar and Jaffar Express attacks
TIANJIN (Web Desk) – The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders issued a joint statement on Monday condemning recent terrorist attacks in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area, Pakistan’s Khuzdar district and on the Jaffar Express. The statement reaffirmed that perpetrators, organisers
North Korean leader inspects new missile factory ahead of visit to China
SEOUL, South Korea (Web News) — North Korea said Monday leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key to his plan to accelerate mass production of missiles in a weekend visit before he departs for a major military parade in
Earthquake in Afghanistan kills 800, injures 2,800
KABUL (Web News) – One of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from the rubble of homes being combed for survivors. The
