The United States will make an initial payment towards the billions of dollars it owes to the United Nations in a matter of weeks, the US ambassador to the world body told Reuters on Friday, while stressing the need for the UN to continue reforms. Mike Waltz made the comments in a telephone interview two […]
At least 15 people were killed when a minibus overturned and crashed into a valley in northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, police said. The bus “veered off course and fell into a valley” as it was travelling along a road in Badakhshan province towards its capital Faizabad, a provincial police spokesperson said, blaming the accident on […]
Two suspects in the attempted assassination of top Russian military intelligence official General Vladimir Alexeyev “will soon be interrogated”, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the investigation. After interrogation, the suspects will be charged, the newspaper reported, without confirming whether the suspects had been detained. Russia has not officially […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday categorically rejected claims by Indian sports journalist Vikrant Gupta that the board had approached the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the situation around the match between the Indian and Pakistani cricket teams. Any clash between arch-rivals Pakistan and India is one of the most lucrative in cricket, worth […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is in talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to resolve the boycott of its T20 World Cup match against India on February 15. Any clash between arch-rivals Pakistan and India is one of the most lucrative in cricket, worth millions of dollars in broadcast, sponsorship and advertising revenue. But the […]
Lindsey Vonn’s dream of Olympic medal glory is alive after the American ski star again defied a serious knee injury to successfully complete her second training run for the Milan-Cortina women’s downhill on Saturday. A ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee did not stop Vonn from clocking a third-best time of 1min 38.28sec […]
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced on Saturday that the mastermind of the attack on an Islamabad imambargah was under custody. At least 32 people were killed and around 169 others injured when a suicide bomber struck Imambargah Khadijah al-Kubra during Friday prayers, according to authorities and hospital officials. The blast occurred as worshippers gathered for […]
The Supreme Court on Saturday fixed 13 different petitions concerning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, for hearing on February 9. According to the supplementary cause list issued, a two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan will take up the petitions at 9am on […]
China successfully launched into orbit a reusable experimental spacecraft aboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the country’s northwest on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported. The mission will carry out technological verification for reusable spacecraft, providing technical support for the peaceful use of space, Xinhua said, without disclosing […]