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US President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino pose for a photo in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP) FIFA has created a new annual award called the FIFA Peace Prize to be awarded for the first time during the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, world football’s governing body said Wednesday.“Football stands for peace, and…
Pakistan and Afghanistan finally agreed on Thursday to uphold a ceasefire during peace talks in Istanbul, according to Turkey, after the earlier discussions between the two sides had collapsed. The two countries had faced their most serious military confrontations since the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of Kabul, with deadly clashes this month triggering Pakistani airstrikes, Afghan…
Pakistan has issued a stark warning to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after the peace talks in Turkey failed to bear any outcome on Tuesday. Boasting Pakistan’s defence arsenal, its Pakwarned that “not require to employ even a fraction of its full arsenal to completely obliterate the Taliban regime and push them back to the…
Leaders from across Southeast Asia and beyond are converging in Kuala Lumpur for the 47th Asean Summit, a biannual gathering that focusses on the bloc’s growing economic and strategic significance. This year’s summit is particularly historic as East Timor joins as ASEAN’s 11th member, expanding the organization for the first time since the 1990s. The…
Cambodia and Thailand signed an expansion of a ceasefire on Sunday that US President Donald Trump helped broker this summer to end their border conflict. Trump used the threat of higher tariffs against both countries to help secure their agreement to end the fighting, which resulted in dozens of deaths and the displacement of hundreds…
Veteran actor Pankaj Dheer, who won millions of hearts as Karna in B. R. Chopra’s epic series ‘Mahabharat’, passed away on October 15 after a long battle with cancer. Now, days after his demise, his family visited the serene Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh to pay tribute. The emotional visit saw his son Nikitin Dheer…
After United States, the European Union has also imposed sanctions on Russia, targeting the country’s oil industry in efforts to intensify international efforts to block the funds that Moscow depends on to sustain its invasion of Ukraine.Earlier on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump had announced sanctions on Russian oil firms.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the…
FILE – Opposition presidential hopeful Maria Corina Machado gestures to supporters during a rally in Valencia, Carabobo state, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) When Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she became a global icon of peaceful resistance — the soft-spoken face of defiance against a…
Bollywood action star Sunny Deol is celebrating his 68th birthday today, October 19, 2025, with a cozy family gathering filled with fireworks and songs. Sharing a cheerful moment on social media, Sunny posted a picture and wrote, “Happy birthday to me.” The celebration was intimate and it featured close family members and heartfelt moments. Warm…
Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has expressed grief over the killing of three Afghan cricketers in Pakistan’s recent airstrikes, calling for peace and unity amid the tragedy that has shaken the cricketing fraternity.“Heartfelt condolences to the families of the young #Afghanistan cricketers who lost their lives in the recent attack. Our thoughts are with them…
