Shoaib Malik announces 2020 World T20 will be his last
Lahore:Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has set his sights on playing at least until the 2020 World Twenty20 and the 36-year-old is aware that he will have to perform consistently to achieve that goal. The former Pakistan captain retired from test cricket at the end of 2015, three tests after earning a shock return to the […]
At least 41 killed as dam bursts in Kenya, officials say
NAIROBI, Kenya — A dam burst its banks in Kenya’s Rift Valley, killing at least 41 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, officials said Thursday. Water burst through the banks of the Patel Dam in Solai, Nakuru County, on Wednesday night, sweeping away hundreds of homes, including those on the expansive Nyakinyua estate that […]
Superstorms death toll rises to 150 in India
AGRA: A series of powerful super storms that tore through India this week have killed around 150 people, as officials warned Friday the death toll could rise with more extreme weather expected. A deadly dust storm claimed 125 lives in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Punjab, while an electric storm, in which lightning struck an […]
Afghan official: Taliban take district in northern province
kabul:-An Afghan official says the Taliban have captured another district in the northern provinceof Badakhshan.Abdullah Naji Nazari, a provincial council member, says the insurgents launched a surprise attack on Thursday in the strategic Kohistanat district, which is located along a routeto the provincial capital, Fayz Abad. Nazari says no casualties were reported in the day-long […]
China, US reach ‘agreements’ on some eco, trade issues to avert trade war
Beijing: China and the US have reached “agreements” on some of the issues but both sides were still “very divided” on several others during the economic and trade talks held here to end the tariff spat between the two major trading partners, according to a media report today. The US delegation, led by Treasury Secretary […]
Modi, Xi could meet 3 more times this year: Chinese envoy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have the opportunity to meet at least three times this year to take forward their friendship forged during their unprecedented informal summit in Wuhan, China’s ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said. Luo said the two leaders reached broad consensus on the overarching, long-term and strategic issues […]
9 out of 10 people globally breathe toxic air: WHO
Geneva: Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world with nine out of 10 people breathing air containing high levels of pollutants, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. It praised India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Scheme for providing some 37 million free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections in the […]
Rohingya refugees are now facing human trafficking
Dhaka [Bangladesh]: Rohingya refugees, who fled to Bangladesh since late August 2017 to escape the inter-communal violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, are facing another threat in the form of human trafficking. Dhaka Tribune reported, “Around 40 trafficking cases have been reported in the refugee camps since the latest influx started, according to an unofficial source. […]
Peshawar hospital employees caught running illegal organ centre in Pok
PESHAWAR: Three employees of the government-run facility, Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), have been arrested from Azad Kashmir over their alleged involvement in illegal organ transplant. According to the hospital administration, dialysis technician Shoaib Khan, anaesthesia technician Abdul Baseer and ward keeper Hussain had been running an illegal kidney transplant hospital in Azad Kashmir for the […]
11 students killed as third blast rocks Afghanistan
At least 11 students of a madrassa were killed in a car bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Monday, officials said. A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives in Haji Abdullah Khan village of Daman district at about 11 a.m., killing 11 children at a nearby madrassa. However, the target were Romanian troops patrolling the area, officials […]
