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Casper Ruud has a chance to reach high at the French Open. PARIS: Although the temperature is expected to drop on Sunday, the pressure will mount as the French Open enters its second week with thinned fields and the ultimate prize almost in sight. The week-long heatwave helped wreak havoc in the men’s draw. After … Read more

Arsenal’s Spanish manager Mikel Arteta accepted his team had to improve if they want to win the Champions League for the first time. Photo: AFP BUDAPEST: The last time Arsenal reached a Champions League final they lost it, and then it took 20 long years to claw their way back to that stage again. After … Read more

Offensive began ‘several days ago, with large ground forces,’ says army spokeswoman The Israeli army announced on Sunday that it had launched a “large-scale” offensive in the Beaufort Ridge and Wadi al-Salouqi area of southern Lebanon. The offensive began “several days ago, with large ground forces,” military spokesman spokeswoman Ella Waweya said on US social … Read more

Search for missing carries on through week as recovery crews work through debris in indoor areas A drone view of a chemical tank after its rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington, US. PHOTO: REUTERS The death toll from a chemical tank rupture in the US state of ​Washington climbed … Read more

Highly contagious haemorrhagic fever is already present in three eastern DRC provinces and in neighbouring Uganda BUNIA: UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called Saturday for more international help to combat the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo as he arrived in the eastern province worst-hit by a severe outbreak. … Read more

Pakistan’s Arafat Minhas celebrates with teammates after wrapping up a five-wicket haul with the dismissal of Australia’s Nathan Ellis (not in the picture) in the first ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Photo: Online RAWALPINDI: Pakistan out-spun Australia by five wickets in the first one-day international in Rawalpindi with spinner Arafat Minhas becoming the first home … Read more

SINGAPORE: United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lauded Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for their role in the US-Iran peace negotiations, saying that Washington and Islamabad are developing a “true friendship”. “I mentioned India here, but I very easily could … Read more

• US warns capable of resuming war with Iran as deal remains elusive • 20 ships cross Hormuz over past day in coordi TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ BEIRUT: An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has accused US President Donald Trump of “betraying diplomacy for the third time” in his response to a current peace proposal. … Read more

Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that the doctrine of “complete justice” is a broad and all-inclusive principle aimed at ensuring justice at all costs, so that fairness is not compromised or distorted based on mere technicalities. The … Read more

ISLAMABAD: Outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) maintains a nexus with Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which continues to fuel terrorism, sabotage, and societal destabilization across Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan. This nexus provides funding, training, weapons, and logistical support, enabling the outfit to exploit vulnerable local women and youth as tools for suicide bombings … Read more