Manchester City suffered a major setback to their Premier League title challenge as they were held to a 0-0 draw against Sunderland on Thursday. Pep Guardiola’s side would have closed within two points of leaders Arsenal with a win at the Stadium of Light. But in their first game of 2026, they delivered a spluttering […]
Liverpool lacked the firepower to break down a much-changed Leeds in a 0-0 draw at Anfield that wasted a chance to solidify their place in the Premier League top four. Arne Slot’s men are now nine games unbeaten, but were made to pay for the latest in a series of lacklustre performances in that run […]
Triumphant Australia will bid farewell to Usman Khawaja as England look to recover another few scraps of pride when the Ashes series comes to a conclusion with the fifth test in Sydney from Sunday. Australia’s 3-1 series lead has already ensured that they will retain the urn until they next travel to England, but Khawaja’s […]
The polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan’s merged districts was affected by security concerns and population displacement, officials said. More than 935,000 children under five were targeted for vaccination in 2025, but authorities said full coverage could not be achieved. Officials said thousands of families from North and South Waziristan, Bajaur and other merged districts of […]
Usman Khawaja said he hoped his long test career, which will come to an end with his retirement after the fifth Ashes clash, inspires youngsters who are “different” that playing cricket for Australia is possible. The top order batsman, who turned 39 last month, announced on Friday that he would be retiring from international cricket […]
Investigators on Friday set about identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar, killing around 40 people and injuring 115 at a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. The severity of the burns suffered by the young crowd of revellers in the Le Constellation bar […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday congratulated the nation on the discovery of significant new oil and gas reserves in Kohat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, calling it a major milestone for Pakistan’s domestic energy sector. Chairing a high-level meeting on the petroleum and gas sector, the prime minister praised the dedicated work of the relevant departments […]
Protesters and security forces clashed in three Iranian cities on Thursday, with six people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out. The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation, and have since spread to other parts of the country. On Thursday, […]
Pakistan and India on Thursday continued key confidence-building measures by exchanging lists of their respective nuclear installations and prisoners, even as broader bilateral relations remain strained and concerns persist over New Delhi’s actions on shared water resources. According to the Foreign Office, the two countries exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities on January 1 […]
Syria said Thursday a suicide bomber who killed a security forces member in Aleppo on New Year’s Eve was in the Islamic State group, which planned attacks on churches and gatherings. IS recently increased its attacks in areas of Syria controlled by the Damascus authorities, and was blamed for an attack last month in Palmyra […]