COLOMBO: The 2021 champions Australia were knocked out of the T20 World Cup on Tuesday, with Zimbabwe qualifying for the Super Eights after their match against Ireland was washed out without a ball being bowled in Kandy. Zimbabwe joined Sri Lanka as qualifiers from Group B and will move on to face the West Indies, … Read more

Former captain Imran Khan with ICC T20 World Cup trophy. Photo: AFP/File ISLAMABAD: More than a dozen former international cricket captains, including India’s Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, rallied Tuesday for jailed Pakistan ex-premier Imran Khan, appealing the Islamabad government to give him “adequate” medical treatment. The statement, signed by 14 captains and seen by … Read more

COLOMBO: There were tears in his eyes — this is no exaggeration, there really were tears. At the R. Premadasa Stadium after the match, when I moved forward to console the boy in the green shirt, his friends or cousins — whoever they were — reached him before I could. “Oh, are you crying? Haha, … Read more

PRESSURE: Arsenal are chasing a first Premier League title since 2004. Photo: AFP/File LONDON: League One Mansfield were handed a home draw against Premier League leaders Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round draw on Monday as Newcastle face Manchester City. Mansfield produced the only shock of note so far in the fourth round by … Read more

Announcement comes as European regulators are cracking down on big tech companies Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain May 30, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS MADRID: The Spanish government has ordered prosecutors to investigate social media platforms X, Meta META.O and TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material, Prime Minister Pedro … Read more

924 deaths in eight months; seeks halt to extrajudicial actions and FIA-led investigations The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the formation of a high-level judicial commission to investigate deaths resulting from operations conducted by Punjab’s Crime Control Department (CCD), alleging a pattern of staged police encounters and extrajudicial killings. In a … Read more

France to expand its military partnership with New Delhi, potential contract for 114 additional French Rafale jets French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai on Tuesday, as he begins a three-day visit to India focused on artificial intelligence cooperation and a potential multibillion-dollar fighter jet deal. France is seeking … Read more

BNP chairman and election candidate Tarique Rahman greets his supporters as he leaves his residence in Dhaka on February 13, 2026 a day after Bangladesh’s general election. PHOTO: AFP Bangladesh’s prime minister-to-be, Tarique Rahman, and lawmakers were sworn into parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first elected representatives since a deadly 2024 uprising. Rahman is set … Read more

President Asif Ali Zardari addressing the Second Golden Panda Awards international Culture Forum VEHARI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday predicted that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would return to power in the next term, and party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would become prime minister with a two-thirds majority in parliament. Speaking at a dinner … Read more

VIENNA/ ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday extended warm greetings to China on the occasion of Chinese New Year 2026, reaffirming the depth of the longstanding ‘iron-clad’ friendship and pledging to further strengthen their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. The two leaders issued separate messages marking the beginning of the … Read more