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Pandya docked match fees as Mumbai woes persist

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been fined 10% of his ​match fee and docked one demerit ‌point for breaching the IPL’s code of conduct, the league said on Thursday, after ​his side suffered a four-wicket ​loss to Kolkata Knight Riders. Th…

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European equities ease as investors await Mideast peace updates

European shares dipped on Thursday, as investors remained cautious while awaiting further developments in U.S.-Iran peace talks. Iran said it was reviewing Washington’s latest response to end the war, while U.S. President Donald Trump said he was …

#Economy #EuropeanEquities #Diplomacy

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BankIslami launches Raast QR payments in cattle markets across Pakistan

In line with the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Go-Cashless campaign, aik by BankIslami has enabled Raast QR payments in cattle markets across Pakistan ahead of Eid-ul-Azha 2026. In a statement, the Islamic bank said that it is digitising the catt…

#BankIslami #Qurbani #Economy

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Iran rebuilding military industrial base faster than expected, CNN reports

Iran has already restarted some of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire that began in early April, CNN reported on Thursday, citing two sources familiar with US intelligence assessments. US intelligence indicates Iran’s military is r…

#Iran #Military #Diplomacy

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Record 274 climbers scale Mount Everest in a single day from Nepali side

KATHMANDU: A record number of 274 climbers scaled ‌Mount Everest on Wednesday, a hiking official said, the highest number ever to reach the world’s tallest peak on the same day from the Nepali side. The 8,849-metre (29,032 feet) Everest straddles …

#MountEverest #Nepal #Sports

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Russia says Zelenskiy wants to escalate Ukraine conflict

MOSCOW: Russian ​Foreign Ministry ‌spokeswoman Maria ​Zakharova ​said at a ⁠regular ​breifing on ​Thursday that Ukrainian ​President ​Volodymyr Zelenskiy was ‌pursuing ⁠escalation of the conflict ​between ​the ⁠two ​countries.

#Zelenskiy #Russia #WarThreat

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Pakistan PM Sharif to visit China from May 23 to 26

BEIJING: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China from May 23 to 26, China’s foreign ministry announced on Thursday. Pakistan’s foreign minister had visited Beijing in late March amid intensified efforts to ease tensions in the Mid…

#ShehbazSharif #China #Diplomacy

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New Delhi’s ‘terror franchise’ has gone global, Pakistan calls out India at UN

Pakistani diplomat Saima Saleem has called out India for its being a state sponsor of terrorism whose terror franchise has gone global. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said this in his remarks on Couns…

#India #UnitedNations #Diplomacy

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Pakistan condemns Israel’s interception of aid flotilla in international waters

The government of Pakistan on Thursday condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the unlawful interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla by Israeli occupying forces in the international waters as well as arbitrary detention and reported mistreatm…

#Israel #Gaza #Diplomacy

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Pakistan invites Kuwait to invest in ports, energy logistics projects

Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry invited Kuwait to invest in strategically located coastal and energy‑logistics corridors and outlined a wide range of maritime and port infrastructure projects to attract foreign…

#Kuwait #Economy #Diplomacy