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If ⁠no wider deal is reached and sanctions stay in place, the Guards to still benefit from interim oil export waivers People ride motorcycles near a billboard featuring an image of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 20, 2026. Photo: Reuters/file Emerging outlines of a … Read more

TORONTO: Germany reached the World Cup knockout phase for the first time since 2014 with a dramatic come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Saturday. Substitute Deniz Undav scored twice, including the crucial goal four minutes into injury time, triggering a massive roar from the overwhelmingly pro-German crowd of 43,000 in Toronto. Germany had not … Read more

The Pakistan Peoples Party announced on Saturday that it and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had come to an agreement on forming the next government in Gilgit-Baltistan together.  In a post on X, the PPP said: “Following detailed consultations, mutual trust and consensus between the local leadership and organisations of the PPP and PML-N in Gilgit-Baltistan, a decision … Read more

Pakistan women were restricted to 100 for eight in pursuit of 124 as Bangladesh secured a 23-run win in the 15th match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. Pakistan will now take on Australia on 23 June at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. Opting … Read more

Netherlands’ forward Cody Gakpo celebrates after scoring his team’s fourth goal in a 5-1 thrashing of Sweden. Photo: AFP HOUSTON: Cody Gakpo and Brian Brobbey both scored twice as the rampant Netherlands thrashed Sweden 5-1 in a World Cup warning on Saturday in Houston. The big win in front of nearly 69,000 put the delighted … Read more

Nearly 3,000 rat-bite cases were reported at the Lady Reading Hospital in three months Residents across more than 50 localities report daily rat bites as poor sanitation and a lack of control measures fuel a mounting public health crisis. PHOTO: PEXELS PESHAWAR: Eleven-year-old Umair was asleep beside his family in their home in Peshawar’s Gunj … Read more

Farmers suffer millions in losses as extreme weather destroys plum and strawberry crops across K-P Nearly 80 per cent of this year’s strawberry crop was destroyed before reaching the market. PHOTO: PEXELS PESHAWAR: What should have been a season of harvest and profit has instead become a season of despair. For farmers across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), … Read more

Technical-level talks between the United States and Iran will be held tomorrow in Burgenstock, Switzerland, under the framework of the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding”, the Foreign Office said on Saturday. According to the statement, the discussions are a follow-up to the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Representatives from the United States and Iran will participate in … Read more

Protesting groups cut off key roads, stranding trucks, choking supplies of food, fuel, medicine Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz speaks on the day he signs an agreement with the Bolivian Workers’ Confederation (COB) union after 50 days of anti-government protests, a step toward resolving a conflict that has paralyzed the country, in La Paz, Bolivia, June … Read more

The veteran actor sat down to candidly address the deep-rooted issues plaguing the entertainment industry Veteran actor Juvaria Abbasi recently sat down for a candid conversation, laying bare her unfiltered thoughts on the Pakistani entertainment industry, social media culture, and her own personal growth. Opening up about how scripts are written, Juveria pointed out a … Read more