Pakistan
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England Test captain Ben Stokes to retire from international cricket
Ben Stokes has announced his retirement as England Test captain and from international cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement issued Sunday. Stokes will end his England career following the conclusion of the ongoing third Test against New Zealand in Nottingham. As news spre...
Aramco helicopter crash kills 14 in Saudi Arabia
A helicopter crash in Saudi Arabia killed 14 Saudi citizens on Sunday, the kingdom’s official press agency reported, adding that the aircraft belonged to state oil giant Aramco. The Saudi Press Agency, citing an official at the energy ministry, reported the helicopter crashed in Ras Tanura in the co...
England captain Ben Stokes to retire from international cricket
Ben Stokes has announced his retirement as England Test captain and from international cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement issued Sunday. Stokes will end his England career following the conclusion of the ongoing third Test against New Zealand in Nottingham As news sprea...
England captain Stokes to retire from international cricket
Ben Stokes has announced his retirement as England Test captain and from international cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement issued Sunday. Stokes will end his England career following the conclusion of the ongoing third Test against New Zealand in Nottingham As news sprea...
Child killed, woman injured in suspected quadcopter attack in KP's Bajaur: police sources
BAJAUR: A child was killed and a woman injured in a suspected quadcopter attack in the War Mamund tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Sunday, police sources told Dawn. The sources said the incident occurred in the Inam Khoro Chinagi area, in which a suspected quadcopter drone was belie...
Provincial autonomy 'must remain free from interference', nothing in 'black and white' on 28th amendment yet: PPP
ISLAMABAD: PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bokhari asserted on Sunday that provincial autonomy “must remain free from interference”. He said this in a statement, in which he also referred to a proposed 28th constitutional amendment — a possible constitutional package about which PPP insiders have expre...
Civilian plane crash kills 11 in France: local authorities
A civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed near the eastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, local authorities said, in one of France’s deadliest light aircraft accidents. The crash killed five instructors, five students, and the pilot, said Yves Seguy, the pre...
After tit-for-tat strikes by US and Iran, Araghchi says any challenge to Hormuz routes will 'increase tensions'
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Sunday that any attempt to bypass the Strait of Hormuz routes agreed with the United States would “increase tensions” in the Middle East, as the countries traded attacks and accusations of violating a fragile ceasefire in the region. Araghchi’s warnin...
Bangladesh's fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina says will return to Dhaka this year
Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country “this year”, according to an interview published on Sunday, months after she was sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. Hasina, 78, fled to neighbouring India in August 2024 after a student-led ...
Karachi Port Trust sets cargo handling record in 138-year history: maritime minister
Minister for Maritime Affairs Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Sunday said the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has achieved the highest annual cargo handling volume in its 138-year history. Pakistani ports, including the KPT, have emerged as a safe trading hub in recent months due to the closure of the Strait of H...
Pemra suspends Geo News transmission for 15 days
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday suspended with “immediate effect” Geo News’ licence for 15 days over airing a special transmission that the body said was “liable to hurt the religious sentiments of viewers”. In an order addressed to the chief executive officer ...
Trump unveils new US passport with his image
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has unveiled a rendering of a new limited-edition US passport to mark the country’s 250th anniversary of independence — featuring his stern-faced likeness. “The USA’s New Passport, which says, ‘Welcome, but be good!’” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social pla...
Google limits Meta's use of its Gemini AI models: report
Google has put limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models after the social media company sought more computing capacity than the rival tech group could provide, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Google, owned by Alphabet, told Meta around March it could not meet the full Gemini capacity the ...
بین اسٹوکس کا انگلینڈ ٹیسٹ ٹیم کی کپتانی اور انٹرنیشنل کرکٹ سے ریٹائرمنٹ کا اعلان
بین اسٹوکس نیوزی لینڈ کے خلاف جاری تیسرے اور آخری ٹیسٹ کے اختتام پر بین الاقوامی کیریئر کو خیرباد کہہ دیں گے
پشاور ہائیکورٹ: منشیات پر سزا یافتہ قیدیوں کو حاصل رعایت پر پابندی کی ترمیم غیرآئینی قرار
پشاور ہائی کورٹ کے جسٹس صاحبزادہ اسداللہ اور جسٹس انعام اللہ خان پر مشتمل دو رکنی بینچ نے تفصیلی فیصلہ جاری کیا
کیا امریکہ ہر اسرائیلی خواہش کی غیر مشروط حمایت ترک کر رہا ہے؟
امریکہ اس نتیجے پر پہنچ چکا ہے کہ مشرق وسطیٰ میں دائمی استحکام صرف عسکری ذرائع سے ممکن نہیں
گوگل نے اپنے والیٹ میں ایک نیا فیچر متعارف کرا دیا
گوگل کے مطابق اس فیچر سے جی میل میں موجود ای میلز یا ان کی ترتیب پر کوئی اثر نہیں پڑے گا
ارجنٹائنی فٹبالر وینزویلا زلزلے میں خاندان سے محروم، اہلیہ اور بچوں کی لاشیں برآمد
فٹبالر لوکاس تریجو کے خاندان کی لاشیں 74 گھنٹے کی مسلسل تلاش کے بعد ملبے سے برآمد ہوئیں
ارجنٹائنی فٹبالر وینزویلا زلزلے میں خاندان سے محروم، اہلیہ اور بچوں کی لاشیں ملبے سے برآمد
فٹبالر لوکاس تریجو کے خاندان کی لاشیں 74 گھنٹے کی مسلسل تلاش کے بعد برآمد ہوئیں
ایرانی سپریم لیڈر کا امریکا، اسرائیل کے جنگی جرائم کے خلاف عدالتوں میں کارروائی کا حکم
جنگی جرائم کا ارتکاب کرنے والوں کوانصاف کے کٹہرے میں لایا جائے اور انہیں سزائیں دی جائیں، مجتبیٰ خامنہ ای
PTA warns users to update ID records or face SIM blockage
Advises mobile users to renew their national identity cards before their expiry date
فیفا ورلڈ کپ: الجزائر اور آسٹریا نے راؤنڈ آف 32 کیلیے کوالیفائی کر لیا، ایران ایونٹ سے باہر
آسٹریا نے 72 سال بعد پہلی مرتبہ ورلڈ کپ کے ناک آؤٹ مرحلے میں جگہ بنائی
In Idaho, the next generation of US nuclear reactors nears reality
At Idaho National Laboratory, Antares ran the first new-design US nuclear reactor in nearly 50 years
فرانس؛ مسافر طیارہ حادثے کا شکار، 11 افراد ہلاک
حکام کے مطابق طیارے میں اسکائی ڈائیونگ ایونٹ میں شرکت کے لیے جانے والے نرسز بھی شامل ہیں، رپورٹ