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Rain frustrates England's bid for Pakistan series win

News August 29, 2026

England’s push for a series-clinching win over Pakistan was halted by rain on Saturday, with no play before lunch on the third day of the second Test at Lord’s. Conditions had started to ease, how...

Rescuers claw through mud as Nepal, China flood missing toll nears 3,000

News August 29, 2026

Rescuers in Nepal and China were battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing entire...

Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000

News August 29, 2026

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling on Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfi...

New Israeli strikes kill 3 in Gaza, authorities say

News August 28, 2026

Israel killed three more people in Gaza on Friday, Palestinian authorities said, in the latest day of attacks despite international appeals to move ahead on a peace plan. The civil defence agency said...

Human Rights Watch slams ‘ruthless’ Taliban govt after ban on protest

News August 28, 2026

KABUL: Human Rights Watch slammed on Thu­rsday the “ruthless effort to suppress all dissent” by the Taliban government, after a new police law banned demonstrations across Afghanistan. The 84-pag...

Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed 'Lake America'

News August 27, 2026

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is renaming Lake Ontario — a large body of water shared by the United States and Canada — “Lake America”. Trump signed an order in the W...

Smith and Cox revive England against Pakistan after Abbas strikes

News August 27, 2026

Jamie Smith and Jordan Cox both scored fifties as England recovered from a top-order collapse against Pakistan to 248-9 when bad light ended Thursday’s opening day of the second Test at Lord’s. Ve...

'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dead: Serbian state media

Health August 27, 2026

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday. Mlad...

Ratko Mladic: Serb leader dubbed 'epitome of evil'

News August 27, 2026

Ratko Mladic, the so-called “butcher of Bosnia” who has reportedly died at the age of either 83 or 84, had insisted he was chosen by “fate” to defend the Serb people from a Western onslaught. ...

Abbas's treble strike rocks England in second Test

News August 27, 2026

Mohammad Abbas took three wickets, including the prize scalp of Joe Root, as Pakistan reduced England to 80-4 at lunch on Thursday’s first day of the second Test at Lord’s. Veteran seamer Abbas di...


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