In the final of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship, the Indian team returned to the pavilion on 296 runs in the first innings. In the final of the Test Champions, Australia has got a lead of 173 runs in the first innings over India. Ajinkya Rahane 89, Shirdal Thakur 51 and Ravindra Jadeja…
Photo: File Federal Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar presented the budget for the financial year 2023-24. During his address in the National Assembly, the Finance Minister initially presented a comparative assessment of Nawaz Sharif’s government and the previous government of PTI. He said that now I present before the honorable House the main points of…
Swedish military personnel Sweden will set up bases for NATO troops even before it officially joins the military alliance. Swedish Prime Minister Alf Kristerson and Defense Minister Paul Johnson say that the government has decided that the Swedish armed forces can train with NATO and NATO countries can also conduct joint operations in the future….
Russian Foreign Ministry building The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has summoned the Japanese ambassador over Japan’s provision of military equipment to Ukraine. Last month, Japan promised to supply 100 military vehicles to Ukraine, before Japan also gave helmets and bulletproof vests. Moscow claims that Tokyo is also supplying Kiev with armored vehicles and…
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan chief Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui reached the house of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain for meeting. The MQM convener met Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the head of the government alliance Jamaat-Q-League in Lahore at his residence. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and members of the MQM delegation also inquired about the well-being of the Q-League leader….
“We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians,” Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and military rival, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been locked in vicious clashes since mid-April. Hundreds have been killed and some 1.2 million have been displaced. UN…
Speaking to journalists from Bilozerka, a town on the Dnipro River about 20 kilometres west of Kherson and five kilometres from the frontline, Ms. Brown, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, said that on Friday, the UN brought in a five-truck convoy to the affected areas, with desperately needed drinking water, food and equipment to help…
In a statement, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSMA), El-Ghassim WANE, described the attack on the security patrol in Ber town, in the Timbuktu region, as a “cowardly act”. “This tragic loss is a stark reminder of the risks that our peacekeepers face while working tirelessly to bring stability and…
“Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable,” said WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain, following a joint statement made by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID announcing their commitment to addressing deeply concerning revelations of aid diversion. “While we will temporarily halt food aid assistance in Ethiopia, nutrition assistance to children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, school meals…
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents that the decision to send the unit home had been made by the Secretariat in New York, following consultations with the peacekeeping mission in CAR, MINUSCA. ‘Credible evidence’ “The decision comes after a preliminary investigation which found credible evidence that 11 members of the unit had allegedly engaged in…
