Ekitike wins late France call up as Cherki drops out

PARIS: Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike has been called up to the French national team for the first time as a replacement for the injured Rayan Cherki, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Sunday. Before Sunday’s game with Arsenal, Ekitike had made an impressive start to his Liverpool career with three goals in three competitive … Read more

Torrential downpour hits twin cities

ISLAMABAD: A brief spell of heavy rain on Monday evening turned streets in Islamabad and Rawalpindi into streams, prompting authorities to issue an evacuation alert for residents along Nullah Leh. Murree and Azad Kashmir also experienced torrential downpours. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the twin cities and the Potohar region were placed on … Read more

Shehbaz hails ‘diplomatic success’ as SCO condemns Jaffer Express, Khuzdar attacks

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif underscored the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) issue at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) summit in China on Monday and called for  “dialogue, diplomacy and consultation” instead of confrontation on all outstanding disputes.  The premier reached Tianjin on Saturday to attend the SCO Council of Heads of State (CHS) summit, which was being held from … Read more

President Xi Jinping, Global Governance, SCO summit

TIANJIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the largest-ever summit of “Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus” in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. “I look forward to working with all countries for a more just and equitable global governance system and advancing toward a community with a shared future … Read more

Israel pushes tanks deeper into Gaza City as airstrikes kill 19

Israel pushed tanks deeper into Gaza City on Monday, detonating explosives-laden vehicles in one suburb as airstrikes killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials and witnesses said. The president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars said the body had passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal criteria for genocide. … Read more