Inzamam resigned instead of giving an explanation, Chairman Zaka Ashraf

Inzamam resigned instead of giving an explanation, Chairman Zaka Ashraf

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee Chairman Zaka Ashraf says that Inzamam-ul-Haq resigned instead of meeting and giving an explanation. Chairman Management Committee Zaka Ashraf called Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq to Gaddafi Stadium today for a meeting. The board had reservations about the media reports regarding the chief selector and the media company of the players,…

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Upcoming COP28 summit must ‘respond decisively’ to gaps in global climate action

Upcoming COP28 summit must ‘respond decisively’ to gaps in global climate action

Ms. Mohammed, delivering opening remarks to a preparatory meeting, or Pre-Cop, being held in Abu Dahbi, underscored that the next UN climate summit was being convened at a critical moment in the fight against the climate crisis. The summit’s main outcome is under the so-called Global Stocktake, and it needs to respond decisively to the…

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Immediate de-escalation ‘only antidote’ to conflict in Syria

Immediate de-escalation ‘only antidote’ to conflict in Syria

Briefing the Security Council, Geir Pedersen said the country had been in a “strategic stalemate” since March 2020, with the brutal conflict now marked by static front lines, persistent violence, and sporadic escalation in fighting. De facto authorities are strengthening control, while foreign armies remain active, he told ambassadors. The lack of a meaningful political…

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Commission of Inquiry finds further evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

World News in Brief: ICC slams ‘unacceptable threats’, DR Congo displacement, UNEP ‘Champions of the Earth’

ICC President Piotr Hofmański was presenting the independent court’s annual report to the UN in New York. The ICC was established in July 2002 under a treaty known as the Rome Statute and is based in The Hague, in the Netherlands. Mr. Hofmański noted that he himself, along with Prosecutor Karim Khan was on the list, which…

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