Pakistan eye strong Asian Games start
Pakistan will begin their Asian Games cricket campaign on Monday when they face Hong Kong in the quarter-finals, with captain Sahibzada Farhan confident his side are prepared to negotiate unfamiliar conditions in Japan.Pakistan travelled to Japan after a four-day training camp in Karachi, where the squad practised on surfaces prepared to replicate the expected conditions […]
Newly inducted HANGOR conducts maiden live weapon firing in Arabian Sea: ISPR
Pakistan Navy’s HANGOR submarine conducts maiden live weapon firing in Arabian Sea. Photo: ISPR Pakistan Navy’s newly inducted submarine PNS/M HANGOR conducted its maiden live weapon firing in the North Arabian Sea, accurately engaging a designated long-range target with an anti-ship cruise missile, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. According to the military’s media […]
Prannoy slams ‘sad’ Asian Games setup
NAGOYA: India badminton medallist H.S. Prannoy has criticised Asian Games organisers for putting on a “sad” event for athletes and arranging a “cruel” competition schedule for his sport. Prannoy, who won a men’s team bronze at the Aichi-Nagoya Games, said the lack of a dedicated athletes’ village had taken away the joy of mixing with […]
South Africa police launch manhunt after 17 killed in tavern shooting
South African police said on Sunday they had launched a manhunt after 17 people were killed and 15 wounded in a shooting at a tavern in Wedela township southwest of Johannesburg. Emergency medical services declared the 13 males and four females dead at the scene, and the motive for the shooting was not known, the South African Police Service said in a statement posted on X. #sapsGP [GAUTENG POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT AFTER 17 PEOPLE KILLED IN […]
Ireland squad vote to play Israel tie
Ireland's football team voted on Saturday to fulfil a Nations League tie with Israel despite goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu pulling out of the match due to unease over the war in Gaza. "We carried out a vote amongst the squad to establish their sentiment on fulfilling the fixtures," Football Association of Ireland (FAI) head David Courell […]
13 held hostage by terrorists in Hathi Khel
MIRANSHAH: Local residents have begun abandoning the mountainous Hathi Khel area of Wazir subdivision in Bannu as tensions escalate between a local peace committee, police and terrorists, with sources confirming on Saturday that 13 people were allegedly seized as hostages while trying to reach safer ground. According to local sources, the group was intercepted as […]
Xi’s visit boosts strategic stability in China-US ties, says FM
. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping after a visit to the National Archives in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States has led to new progress in a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after […]