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PARIS: Away from Paris Saint-Germain’s quest to hold off Lens and retain the Ligue 1 title, Marseille and Lyon are fighting it out for France’s last automatic Champions League qualifying berth and face off in a huge game on Sunday. PSG’s crushing dominance of French football, with 11 league titles won in the last 13 … Read more
Barcelona players train at the Sant Joan Despi Sports Complex before Saturday’s La Liga match against Villarreal. Photo: AFP BARCELONA: Barcelona host high-flying Villarreal on Saturday aiming to tighten their grip on pole position in La Liga amid concerns about the form of strikers Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres. Coach Hansi Flick has rotated between … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Geneva, Switzerland, February 16, 2026.PHOTO : REUTERS VIA IRANIAN FM OFFICE GENEVA: Iran and the United States were holding talks in Switzerland on Thursday, in a last-ditch bid to avert war under the shadow of the biggest American … Read more
[ Foreign institutional investors were net buyers of Rs37.6 million worth of shares during the trading session. PHOTO: AFP KARACHI: Stocks staged a sharp rebound on Thursday as easing contract rollover pressure ahead of February futures expiry and renewed institutional buying lifted sentiment, driving the benchmark KSE-100 index up by over 4,260 points. The rally … Read more
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[ Since July 22, numerous unauthorised exchange outlets have been closed after the military intelligence agency summoned currency dealers to address the rising dollar rate in the open market. photo: file KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $16 million to $16.213 billion during the week ended … Read more
Star opens up about crafting a character shaped by ambition, danger and shifting alliances Genesis Rodriguez in a scene from ‘The Night Agent’. Photo: Netflix The third season of ‘The Night Agent’ delivered one of its most startling twists yet, as journalist Isabel discovers that the shadowy power broker she has been investigating is, in … Read more
. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. PHOTO: COURTESY/UN GENEVA: A new decree from Afghanistan’s Taliban government is set to further crush rights and freedoms in the war-torn nation, especially for women, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday. The Taliban has restricted women’s movements and barred girls from education beyond … Read more
. CHAPPAQUA, UNITED STATES: Hillary Clinton used her forced appearance Thursday before a Republican-led panel probing Jeffrey Epstein to go on the offensive by demanding President Donald Trump testify about his own links to the sex offender. Clinton told the congressional committee she had no information about Epstein’s crimes, never recalled encountering him, and had … Read more
[ Clears six PSDP projects, flags alleged tax withholding by sugar, cement and tobacco sectors Additional concerns were raised over capacity payments to K-Electric’s power plants, projected to cost over Rs 82b. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Industries and Production was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of … Read more
