Pakistan batter Babar Azam reacts during a match. — AFP/File Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam has dropped out of the ICC Men’s T20I top 10 rankings for the first time in eight years, slipping three spots to No 12. The right-handed batter now sits just ahead of teammate Mohammad Rizwan, as both were dropped from…
Troops stand guard at the Supreme Court building. — AFP/File Bangladesh on Sunday restored the registration of the largest Islamist party, allowing it to take part in elections, more than a decade after it was removed under the now-overthrown government. The Supreme Court overturned a cancellation of Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration, allowing it to be formally listed…
India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan speaks to Reuters in Singapore, May 31, 2025 . —Reuters Congress accuses Modi of misleading the nation. Opposition demands emergency session of parliament. TMC slams govt for secrecy, lack of transparency. KARACHI: A political firestorm has erupted in India after Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil…
Snow covers a rock as drifting broken sea ice, floats on the surface, off the extreme western point of Replot Island, in Kvarken archipelago, near Bjorkoby, in the northern part of the Baltic Sea on January 15, 2025. — AFP GENEVA: The United Nations warned on Wednesday there is a 70% chance that average warming…
Former player and manager Zinedine Zidane before the 2022 Ballon d’Or awards at Chatelet Theatre on October 17, 2022. — Reuters PARIS: Zinedine Zidane has said he is excited about the chance to become the head coach of the French national team. The football legend, who led France to World Cup glory as a player…
A.T.M. Azharul Islam. — Xinhua/File Islam’s lawyer Shishir Monir says Islam was “fortunate”. 5 other leaders sentenced during Hasina’s term hanged. He [Islam] got justice because he is alive, says lawyer. Bangladesh’s top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country’s main right-wing party, who had been on death row…
Christopher McQuarrie teases ‘Top Gun 3’ Top Gun 3 might be taking flight sooner than fans expected, as Christopher McQuarrie recently revealed that the story is already wrapped up. During an appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, McQuarrie, who co-wrote and produced Top Gun: Maverick, shared that the next installment in the high-flying franchise has come…
A representational image of a handcuffed man standing behind bars. — APP/File SEOUL: North Korea has arrested several top engineers after a new warship failed during its launch, state media said on Sunday. The accident of the the 5,000-tonne warship happened in front of leader Kim Jong Un and badly damaged the country’s image. Kim…
Arriving passengers queue at UK Border Control at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain June 29, 2021. — Reuters LONDON: Pakistani was the top nationality among asylum applicants in 2024-25 in the United Kingdom, according to figures published by the Home Office. Pakistanis accounted for 11,048 people or 10.1% of the total asylum…
Ali Khan Mahmuabad, an associate professor at the Ashoka University. — Facebook/@ AliMahmudabad India’s top court granted bail on Wednesday to a professor arrested for commenting online about the military conflict with Pakistan, but did not stop the investigation against him. Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political science professor at the private, liberal-arts Ashoka University, was…
