The sport’s governing body announced that the world squash event in Malaysia has been canceled after the Southeast Asian country refused to issue visas to an Israeli team. It’s the latest example of Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country with no diplomatic contacts with Israel except for its athletes. The men’s World Team Championship was scheduled to […]
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Qatar hosts FIFA Arab cup 2021
Qatar will host the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 starting on Tuesday, just a year before the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East. Tunisia will face Mauritania in the tournament’s first encounter, while Iraq, the competition’s most successful team with four titles, will face Oman in the second match. In the other […]
20 dies in attack on DR Congo displaced persons camp
20 dies in attack on DR Congo displaced persons camp. According to an aid worker and civil rights activist, at least 20 civilians were killed in an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast. Mambo Bapu Mance, the Red Cross organizer, said on Monday that 20 persons […]
South African white rhinos facing extinction moved to Rwanda
Thirty endangered white rhinos have arrived in Rwanda following a long voyage aboard a Boeing 747 from South Africa, with conservationists hailing it as the largest single transfer of the species ever attempted. The stately animals traveled 3,400 kilometres (2,100 miles) from South Africa’s Phinda Private Game Reserve as part of a campaign to replace […]
Barbados renounces British Queen
Barbados has become a republic, removing the British monarchy as the country’s head of state and dissolving the Caribbean island’s last remaining colonial ties over 400 years after the first English ships arrived. At the stroke of midnight, hundreds of people lined Chamberlain Bridge in the capital, Bridgetown, to celebrate the birth of the new […]
‘Ap subko shukria’: Vernon Philander receives heartfelt farewell from Pakistan cricket team
The Pakistan cricket team gave former South African cricketer Vernon Philander a warm send-off after the former bowling consultant for the Men in Green decided to step down from his responsibilities. Head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said of the former bowling consultant’s statistical contributions, “A wonderful person joined us on October 15, 2021, right before the […]
Sharpshooters will be stationed in sensitive areas during West Indies tour of Pakistan
DIG Security Maqsood Ahmed Memon said on Monday that sharpshooters would be stationed at sensitive locations during the West Indies tour of Pakistan, as authorities finalized the security plan ahead of the series. The DIG’s remarks came during a meeting presided over by Additional Chief Secretary Home, Sindh, Qazi Shahid, and attended by additional AIGs […]
Travel bans ‘scientifically unjustifiable’ says African president Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has urged countries to “immediately” repeal “scientifically unjustified” travel restrictions related to the discovery of a new coronavirus type. On Sunday, he made his remarks as the highly mutated version, named Omicron, continued to spread over the world, with fresh cases being discovered in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Australia. […]