Hosts Morocco missed the chance to secure qualification for the knockout phase of the Africa Cup of Nations after drawing 1-1 with Mali on Friday, but Mohamed Salah’s penalty gave Egypt a 1-0 win over South Africa which took them through to the last 16. The Group A clash between Morocco and Mali at the […]
Good bye Multan Sultans, welcome a new franchise — the former owners have made up their minds. The contract of the Pakistan Super League’s most expensive team has ended, and the official stamp of completion will be placed on December 31. Surprisingly, the Tareen Group has decided to take part in bidding for the new […]
Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday — a decision that could reshape regional dynamics and test Somalia’s longstanding opposition to secession. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would seek immediate cooperation with Somaliland in agriculture, health, technology and the economy. […]
Italy has opened a rare legal pathway for Pakistani workers to Europe by allocating a 10,500-job quota over the next three years, a move officials say could help curb illegal migration. Under the arrangement, 3,500 Pakistanis will travel to Italy each year for work under seasonal and non-seasonal schemes, according to the Ministry of Overseas […]
China officially launched island-wide special customs operations in Hainan last week, marking a major milestone in its plan to create a world-leading Free Trade Port (FTP). The move aims to open up the island’s economy and enhance its role as a hub for international trade and investment, even as global economic protectionism rises, spurred by […]
Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian countries that have included fighter jet sorties, exchange of rocket fire and artillery barrages. “Both sides agree to maintain current troop deployments without further movement,” their defence ministers said in a joint statement […]
An Israeli reservist soldier rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian man as he prayed on a roadside in the occupied West Bank on December 26, after earlier firing shots in the area, the Israeli military said. “Footage was received of an armed individual running over a Palestinian individual,” it said in a statement, adding the […]
Pakistan on Friday summoned the United Kingdom’s high commissioner and issued a formal demarche following “provocative” statements made during a protest outside the Pakistani consulate in Bradford, where remarks targeting the country’s civil and military leadership were aired. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi confirmed that the UK envoy was called in and formally conveyed Pakistan’s […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has overturned the decisions of deputy commissioner-led committees that granted the possession of properties to people in 10 districts of Punjab under the Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act, 2025. An LHC bench comprising Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on Friday reversed the decisions after hearing petitions against the […]
Eighteen years after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto — the ‘Daughter of the East’ and Pakistan’s first woman prime minister — the legal labyrinth surrounding her murder remains unresolved, its many threads still tangled despite years of investigations, trials and appeals. The long afterlife of Benazir’s trial remains deprived of closure as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) […]