World’s oldest president seeks to extend rule as Cameroon holds election

Cameroonians began voting on Sunday in a presidential election where incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest ruler at 92, is widely expected to extend his 43-year grip on power despite an energised opposition pushing for change. His opponents include former government spokesperson Issa Tchiroma, 76, who has galvanised large crowds demanding an end to Biya’s … Read more

Five Shangla miners killed in Kurram coal mine collapse

Five coal miners lost their lives in a tragic mine collapse in the Kurram district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,.The victims hailed from Shangla district. Authorities confimed, rescue operation continued to recover the miners trapped under the debris. According to initial reports, the incident occurred on Sunday in the Yasta Tora Warai area of Kurram, where six miners … Read more

Vacherot beats Rinderknech to win Shanghai Masters

SHANGHAI: World number 204 Valentin Vacherot on Sunday beat his cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win the Shanghai Masters. Qualifier Vacherot, the lowest-ranked Masters 1000 finalist in history, won 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. The all-family final between the 54th-ranked Frenchman Rinderknech and 204th-ranked Vacherot, from Monaco, is one of the tournament’s unlikeliest endings to date — the … Read more

PTI’s Sohail Afridi, three others enter K-P CM race

PESHAWAR: As many as four candidates have submitted their nomination papers for the election of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister to be held on Monday. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has fielded Sohail Afridi, while three opposition candidates — Maulana Lutfur Rehman of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), Sardar Shah Jehan of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Arbab Zarak … Read more

Qatari officials killed in car crash near Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, embassy says

Three employees of Qatar’s Amiri Diwan, its top government body, were killed in a car crash near Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Qatar’s embassy in Egypt said in a post on X on Sunday. The embassy said two others were wounded and were receiving necessary medical treatment at the city’s hospital. Earlier, … Read more