TNEW DELHI - The Indian government on Saturday barred several opposition leaders from visiting Occupied Kashmir to assess the situation created by a massive security crackdown in the region that started early this month. Authorities sent the opposition leaders back to New Delhi after they waited for ...

TISLAMABAD - President Dr Arif Alvi has warned that India is ‘’playing with fire’’ in the Indian occupied Kashmir by changing the status of the territory, state-run Radio Pakistan reported on Saturday. In an interview with a Canadian-American media outlet, Vice News, the ...

TWASHINGTON - President Donald Trump angrily escalated his trade fight with China on Friday, raising retaliatory tariffs and ordering American companies to consider alternatives to doing business there. He also blamed Jerome Powell, the man he appointed as chairman of the Federal Reserve, for the ...

TDUBAI -  An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the US amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early Saturday after Greece said it wouldn’t risk its relations with America by aiding it. The crew of the Adrian Darya 1, ...

TSEOUL - North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea’s military said, a day after it vowed to remain America’s biggest threat in protest of U.S.-led sanctions on the country. The North ...

TBIARRITZ -  Efforts to salvage consensus among the G-7 rich democracies frayed Saturday in the face of US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable America-first approach even before the official start of the summit in southern France. European Council President Donald Tusk said the ...

TIDLIB  -  Syrian government forces have made fresh military advances towards President Bashar al-Assad’s goal of reclaiming “every inch” of the country in an offensive that has intensified fears of a humanitarian disaster in the northern Idlib province. Opposition ...

TTRIPOLI  -  A missile hit the car park of Libya’s only functioning airport in Tripoli on Saturday, forcing flights to be grounded for almost three hours before operations resumed, the airport and a witness said. The airport said on its website that Mitiga airport “was exposed ...

TBRAZIL  - Under international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of Brazil’s Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorised use of the military to battle the huge blazes while thousands took to the streets to protest his environmental policies. Brazilian forces will deploy ...

TCOLOMBO  -  A compact century from Tom Latham and a more adventurous one from Dhananjaya de Silva headlined an absorbing day of cricket at the Colombo’s P Sara Oval. After De Silva’s 109 off 148 balls - of which 77 came off only 86 balls on the third day - carried Sri Lanka to ...

TNORTH SOUND - A blazing final spell from Ishant Sharma, in which he took three wickets in two overs, broke West Indies’ resistance on the second day of the first Test in North Sound. Ishant reduced West Indies from 174 for 5 to 179 for 8, tilting a see-sawing day in India’s favour. He ...

TLEEDS - England live to fight another day in this Ashes – much to the surprise of many. After their abject display on Friday, they toughed it out on Saturday, meaning that on Sunday they need 203 more to stay in the series. They have seven wickets with which to play. One of those seven is ...

TCOLOMBO -  Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera are among the most high-profile omissions from Sri Lanka’s squad for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand, along with the likes of Suranga Lakmal and Dhananjaya de Silva. The selectors have named a youthful squad, with only two players ...

TISLAMABAD     -   The Supreme Court on Friday wrapped up a set of petitions on a video leak scandal involving former accountability court judge Arshad Malik. “We find that it may not be an appropriate stage for this court to interfere in the matter of the ...

TISLAMABAD     -    As part of continuing diplomatic outreach, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has written another letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, drawing attention to the seriously deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in ...

TLEEDS     -   This was the day when the poverty of English batsmanship in this form of the game was laid bare. The Ashes hung in the balance; there was scope for England to bat with hope having dismissed Australia for 179 on the first day. The sun, supposedly the ...

TCOLOMBO    -   Two double-wicket maidens by New Zealand’s seam-bowling duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee headlined an opening session that left Sri Lanka struggling on the second day of the second Test, but the rains that have plagued this match from the start came ...

TNEW YORK   -     Top seed Wang Qiang and fifth ranked Katerina Siniakova both had to battle back from a set down to beat unseeded opponents and advance to the Bronx Open semi-finals on Thursday. Wang failed to win a game in the opening set against Russia’s Anna Blinkova before ...

TNEW DELHI    -    A group of members from marginalised communities and anti-caste alliances in the country have condemned the support of “certain Dalit-Bahujan political party leaders” to the Centre’s decision to read down Article 370. In a statement ...

TISLAMABAD-Renowned classical singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan would perform today at the grand finale of his world tour at Dubai which was started from February 15, 2019 in Abu Dhabi and organized by Portfolio Managing Events (PME), says a press release on Friday. Producer and Managing Director of ...

TWASHINGTON   -   US President Donald Trump has said that India and Pakistan should do more to fight extremist groups in Asia, particularly in Afghanistan. “At a certain point, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey… they are going to have to fight their battles ...

TIslamabad    -   Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Thursday said that international organisation for human rights “Genocide Watch” has also confirmed Pakistan’s stance over the occupied Kashmir. US-based Genocide Watch has issued an alert and urged ...

TCOLOMBO    -   Sri Lanka reached 85-2 after losing the wickets of Lahiru Thirimanne and Kusal Mendis on a rain-truncated opening day in the second and final test against New Zealand in Colombo on Thursday. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne continued his rich vein of form to remain ...

THeadingley     -    Six wickets to Jofra Archer has England on top after another intriguing day in this Ashes series as Australia were bowled out for 179 on the opening day of the third Test at Headingley. There was good sense in Joe Root’s decision. The ...

TEcuador - Looking after the environment is paying off in Ecuador, at least for public transport users in the business hub of Guayaquil. A new scheme aimed at combatting garbage and pollution allows people to exchange recyclable plastic bottles for money to buy bus tickets. The port city, in ...

TISLAMABAD    -   Although, at present everyone in Kashmir is being immensely subjugated, but women are the biggest victims of this inhumane siege, Al Jazeera TV reported Wednesday. In its detailed featured story, which is based on interviews of Kashmir women, the TV ...

TKarachi - Former Pakistan batsmen Ramiz Raja believes Misbah-ul-Haq is too ‘safe’ and has become ‘dated and defensive’ which does not make him an ideal candidate to take over as head coach of Pakistan cricket team. Pakistan’s search for their next head coach is ...

TLeeds While things haven’t gone to plan for England after their historic victory at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, their spirited performance at Lord’s will give them hope ahead of the third Ashes Test at Headingley. Trailing 0-1 in the five-match series with a loss and a ...

TSRINAGAR - Thousands of people, mostly young male protesters, have been arrested and detained in Occupied Kashmir during an ongoing communications blackout and security lockdown imposed more than two weeks ago in an attempt to curtail unrest after a change to Kashmir’s decades-old special ...

TNew Delhi - India and Pakistan must resolve the Kashmir issue between themselves, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in a phone call on Tuesday, reported Indian news agency PTI. Johnson “made clear that the UK views the issue of Kashmir as one for ...