Trump jumps in support of Infantino

US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino waves to spectators at the World Cup final last month. Photo: AFP/File WASHINGTON, USA: US President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace Gianni Infantino, the embattled FIFA president who tried, and failed, to sell off part of the World Cup…

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Colombia rescue efforts press on after quake, death toll expected to rise

Cali hospital collapse traps patients, forces 600 onto rubble-strewn street as 164 dead, 1,000 troops deployed Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building following an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia, August 10, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid…

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Bahrain FM congratulates Dar on Makkah defence pact

Pictured above Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (L), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (R) Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani congratulated Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye during…

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an audit – Part 1

Return to the debate of 1940-47, and to a man who deserves better than his admirers have given him ISLAMABAD: It has become the fashion, when this country is discussed, to hold the funeral first and check the pulse afterwards. Lamentation passes for analysis; the longest face is presumed the best-read. The faults are real…

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Pakistan, Japan sign $2.2m grant agreement to strengthen civil servants’ training

Would provide scholarships for 17 federal civil servants to pursue postgraduate studies in Japan Economic Affairs Secretary Muhammad Hameer Karim and Japanese Ambassador Akamatsu Shuichi sign the Record of Discussions. SCREENGRAB Pakistan and Japan on Tuesday signed a 350 million Japanese yen ($2.2 million) grant agreement to strengthen the Human Resources Development Scholarship Programme (JDS)…

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Lamichhane returns as Nepal ODI captain

Nepal have handed the ODI captaincy back to experienced leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane ahead of the ACC Men’s Premier Cup. Photo: AFP Nepal have handed the ODI captaincy back to experienced leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane ahead of the ACC Men’s Premier Cup in Malaysia, replacing Rohit Paudel. The 26-year-old has previously led Nepal in 14 ODIs and…

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