- Friday, February 21, 2025
THE SHARIF government in Pakistan will seek to ban the political party of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, the information minister Attaullah Tarar said Monday, days after a series of court decisions that favoured the former leader. Khan was jailed in the run-up to a February election, and his Pakistan…
NOVAK DJOKOVIC insists he will return to Wimbledon next year and attempt to clinch an eighth All England Club title despite a shattering defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's final. Djokovic saw his hopes of a record-setting 25th Grand Slam title ruthlessly brushed aside by the 21-year-old Spanish star who…
VETERAN communist politician K.P. Sharma Oli was sworn in as Nepal's prime minister on Monday, the fifth in five years, hoping to ensure political stability in the impoverished Himalayan nation that badly needs to woo investors and create jobs. Nepal has been politically unstable since it abolished a 239-year-old monarchy…
ENGLAND captain Harry Kane said Sunday's 2-1 Euro 2024 final loss to Spain, the Three Lions' second-successive defeat in the tournament's showpiece game, will "hurt for a long time". England lost the Euro 2020 final on penalties to Italy at Wembley, having made it to the semi-finals of the World…
FORMER US president Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally Saturday, an attack that is likely to reshape this year’s U.S. presidential race while raising sharp questions about the security provided to the Republican candidate. The 78-year-old Republican candidate…
IN a boost to the INDIA bloc, its constituents won 10 of the 13 assembly seats where by-elections were held in seven states, while the BJP managed to bag two and an Independent pocketed one seat as votes were counted on Saturday. The Congress won four seats - two in…
POLITICAL parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday voiced their strong opposition to the Centre's move to vest more powers in the union territory's lieutenant governor for taking decisions on matters related to police and all-India service officers. While main regional outfits - the National Conference (NC) and the People's…
Rescuers in Nepal on Saturday recovered the body of a 40-year-old Indian national, the first from two buses that were swept by a mudslide into a rain-swollen river with more than 50 passengers. The two buses carrying 54 passengers, including seven Indians, went missing in the Trishuli River in the…
The International Monetary Fund said it reached a new $7 billion (£5.39bn) loan deal with Pakistan in a bid to bolster its faltering economy. Islamabad agreed in exchange to conduct further unpopular reforms, including widening the South Asian nation's chronically low tax base. Pakistan last year came to the brink…
The wedding of a scion from India's ultra-wealthy Ambani family - much in the news for its opulent celebrations and VIP-studded guest list - has suddenly developed more political overtones with posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi now lining the road to the venue. The four-day extravaganza will see Anant…
