. JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s security forces said Monday that more than 25,000 people have been repatriated in recent weeks ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests, with many others still awaiting departure. The outflows come as thousands seek to leave over safety fears after citizen-led groups issued an unofficial ultimatum for undocumented foreigners to exit the country…
ISLAMABAD: JI chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said meaningful negotiations are the only solution to the ongoing situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). He urged the government to avoid using force and immediately engage with the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (Jaac). Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Monday, Naeem said the JI…
. LONDON: Doctors in England have voted to accept a pay and conditions offer, the UK government announced on Monday, bringing to an end a year of strike action. The so-called resident doctors — those below consultant level — have accepted an average 6.6 percent pay uplift to be implemented by April 2027. The deal…
FOXBOROUGH: Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the hands of Paraguay in the last 32 after losing 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Foxborough on Monday. It marks the first time that Germany have ever lost a penalty shootout at a World Cup. Julio Enciso headed Paraguay into a shock lead…
‘BLA does not represent Balochistan. It weaponises Balochistan’s deprivation’ ISLAMABAD: I belong to Balochistan. I have spent my political life in its dust, in its mountains, and among its people. I have listened to mothers who do not know where their sons went, and sat across from families grieving children who were recruited, radicalised, and…
. ACCRA: Torrential rains sparked flooding across Accra on Monday, killing at least three people, authorities and local media reported, with the president blaming climate change and unchecked urbanisation. Flooding is common during Ghana’s rainy season, but residents say inundations in the capital have become worse in recent years due to rapid urbanisation, the building…
Trump confirms high-level meeting in Qatari capital White House says Witkoff and Kushner to join talks Tehran denie DOHA/ WASHINGTON: The United States and Iran are set to hold high-level talks in Doha on Tuesday (today) in an effort to preserve a fragile ceasefire after days of renewed military exchanges threatened to derail an interim…
AUSTRIA: George Russell returned to winning ways after a series of disappointments on Sunday when he claimed a measured victory for Mercedes ahead of Red Bull’s four-time champion Max Verstappen in a thrilling Austrian Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Briton, the pre-season favourite for the drivers’ title and winner of the opening race, secured his second…
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz reviewing secuirty arrangements ahead of Muharram. SCREENGRAB LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday ordered the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority (PERA) to adopt a people-friendly approach, warning that arrogance, misuse of authority and corruption would not be tolerated, as the new force continues to face complaints from traders…
South Korea bow out of the World Cup in disappointment. Photo: AFP/FILE ATLANTA: South Korea’s dismal World Cup first-round exit has sparked fury at home and calls for a complete overhaul at the top have not been silenced by coach Hong Myung-bo’s resignation. South Korea, World Cup semi-finalists as co-hosts in 2002, limped out of…