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SYDNEY: Travis Head and his wife Jessica have been subjected to a barrage of online abuse after the Australian cricketer was embroiled in a spat with India great Virat Kohli during an IPL match. The players clashed during the T20 match between Head’s Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday. Heated words were exchanged between the two before Kohli was dismissed for 15 and his team slumped to a 55-run defeat. As the two sets of players lined up for the post-game handshakes, Kohli ignored Head’s outstretched arm but shook hands with the other players. The Instagram accounts…

MAKKAH: Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Makkah on Monday for an annual Hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to the war in the Middle East. The white-robed pilgrims on buses or on foot arrived at the sprawling encampment in Mina after performing the “tawaf” – walking seven times around the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Makkah’s Grand Mosque. The start of the Hajj came as US President Donald Trump continued to send mixed signals over a possible agreement to extend an uneasy ceasefire with Iran…

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that conclusions have been reached on many topics discussed in a potential memorandum of understanding with the US, but this does not mean Tehran is close to signing an agreement. The spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, added that Iran is negotiating an end to the war and is not currently discussing nuclear issues, and repeated that changes in the positions of US officials create problems for any agreement.

China is exploring long-term commodity procurement and sector-specific investment partnerships with Pakistan across mining, agriculture, textiles, and value-added exports, as Islamabad seeks to deepen economic cooperation with Beijing and diversify its export base. The development came during a series of high-level business engagements held between Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and leading Chinese firms during his official visit to China. The meetings aimed to strengthen bilateral trade, attract investment, and expand Pakistan’s export footprint across priority sectors, including textiles, agriculture, mining, chemicals, e-commerce, and food processing, read an official statement on Monday. As part of these engagements, the minister met…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the US will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country “another way.” The US will give diplomacy every chance to succeed before exploring the “alternatives,” Rubio told reporters in New Delhi. There is a “pretty solid thing on the table in terms of their ability to open up the strait, get the strait open, enter into a very real, significant, time-limited negotiation on the nuclear matter, and hopefully we can pull it off,” Rubio said.

ANGELES: Rescuers pulled two people from the rubble of a collapsed building under ‌construction in the Philippines, bringing the death toll to three, officials said on Monday, as crews continued search and rescue operations after overnight scans detected signs of life beneath the debris. One of the two victims had a pulse ​when he was retrieved, but later died, Maria Leah Sajili, information officer at the regional ​Bureau of Fire Protection, said in a phone interview, while another suffered cardiac ⁠arrest while still trapped. Officials said an investigation is now underway into what caused the collapse ​of the multi-storey building in…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday laid a wreath at the Monument to the People’s Heroes in Tiananmen Square to pay tribute to the fallen heroes of China’s revolutionary struggle. The prime minister, who was accompanied by his delegation members, including federal ministers and senior officials, was received with full ceremonial honours at the historic site. The national anthems of Pakistan and China were played before the prime minister laid the wreath featuring Pakistan’s national flag-themed floral arrangement. Tiananmen Square, located in the heart of Beijing, holds immense historical and political significance as the site where Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed…

Pakistan and China on Monday signed 15 accords of cooperation in multiple areas, including economy, environment and climate change, agriculture and food security, trade, media, science and technology, counterterrorism, and education, to further strengthen bilateral ties. The accords were signed during the four-day official visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who earlier met with his counterpart Premier Li Qiang, where both leaders reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral relations as well as the regional situation. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang witnessed the signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People as government functionaries from both sides…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday met Chinese Premier Li Qiang wherein the two countries agreed to maintain close coordination, accelerate implementation of agreed projects and carry forward the Pakistan-China partnership into a new phase of practical, results-oriented and high-quality cooperation. During the meeting held in the backdrop of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations, both leaders reiterated their support on all issues of core interests to both countries. The prime minister, who is on a four-day official visit to China from May 23-26, emphasized that the 75th anniversary should be used to translate the…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, appreciating the support of Chinese leadership in promoting peace and achieving the US-Iran ceasefire, informed his counterpart Li Qiang that a lot of ground had already been covered and the situation was moving in the right direction for the restoration of peace in the region. “We hope and pray to Allah Almighty that peace will be restored. A lot of ground has already been covered. Things are moving in the right direction,” the prime minister said in his opening remarks during the meeting with Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People,…