US-Iran war ushers in new era of missile warfare
US employs Precision Strike Missile for 1st time in combat, marking new chapter in evolving missile warfare An Iranian missile launcher. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY The US war on Iran is putting a new generation of missiles into combat, as both sides deploy weapons capable of striking from farther away while giving defences less time to […]
Central bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 11.5%
Monetary Policy Committee maintains the benchmark rate at its meeting on September 14 State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday kept its policy rate unchanged at 11.5%, as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) maintained the benchmark rate at its meeting on September 14. “The MPC has decided to keep […]
Antonelli wins Spanish GP
Kimi Antonelli extended his lead in the world championship with his eighth victory of the season. Photo: AFP SPAIN: Kimi Antonelli extended his lead in the world championship with his eighth victory of the season at the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at the Madring on Sunday. The 20-year-old Mercedes driver finished clear of Max […]
Fighting, displacement in Yemen deepen humanitarian crisis along its Red Sea coast
Houthis seize strategic coastal city, several islands as more than 82,000 displaced since beginning of September Members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces fire a tank during what they say to be clashes with Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a location given as near Al-Hazm, Yemen, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released […]
Pakistan hit with 11-point WTC deduction
Pakistan have been fined 50 per cent of their match fee and penalised 11 ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against England in the third Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Pakistan were ruled to be 11 […]
Indonesia rescuers battle turbulent seas in search for 129 people after passenger ship capsizes
Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the coastguard and the navy raced on Monday to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend as they searched for the 129 people still missing, officials said, with the confirmed death toll at six. The Virgo Transport 8 ship carrying 243 people went missing in bad weather early on […]
Zverev seals US Open title
The top seed beats Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-2 to complete a Grand Slam-winning season Germany’s Alexander Zverev celebrates with the trophy after winning the men’s singles final against Ben Shelton of the US. Photo: AFP NEW YORK: Alexander Zverev held off Ben Shelton to win the US Open on Sunday, capturing the second […]
Arshad Nadeem finishes fifth at Ultimate Championship
Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem finished fifth in the men’s javelin at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship on Sunday, missing out on the final round after producing a season-best 81.49 metres. Nadeem opened with 74.42m before improving to 79.66m on his second attempt. His third throw of 81.49m was his best of the competition […]
Tehran ties Hormuz reopening to US pledges
TEHRAN/ LONDON: President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that the United States could stay in Iran and “keep the oil”, after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared that reopening the Strait of Hormuz was conditional on Washington returning to its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Iran’s Press TV reported on Sunday […]