The United Nations on Friday (May 29, 2026) added Israel and Russia to a UN blacklist of countries suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict zones, a move that prompted Israel’s foreign ministry to say it would sever all ties with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Mr. Guterres’ annual report to the UN Security Council on…
Pakistan opener Azan Awais was dismissed off the very first ball of the first Test against England at Headingley on Wednesday, becoming only the second Pakistani opener ever to suffer the unwanted fate.Ollie Robinson produced a superb delivery to trap Awais lbw with the opening ball of the three-match series. The right-arm seamer’s wobble-seam delivery…
Despite their split, Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll’s nearly 10-year relationship remains a significant chapter in both their lives and careers.Image credit (Bunnie Xo Instagram) Bunnie Xo has used humour to address her recent separation from her husband, Jelly Roll. During a new episode of her ‘Dumb Blonde’ podcast shared on Thursday, June 25, the…
NAMAKKAL: A 55-year-old textile worker died after his lungi got entangled in a yarn grinding machine at Pallipalayam in Namakkal district on Wednesday.The victim, identified as M Kandhasamy of Southpalayam, was cleaning the machine when the lungi he wore caught in its rotating parts. “He was pulled into the machine, and his legs were severed,”…
Chennai: Two motorcyclists, including a 25-year-old woman riding with her boyfriend, were killed in separate road accidents in different parts of Chennai on Friday night. Police arrested the truck drivers involved in the accidents and registered separate cases.In the first incident, Moorthy, 31, a resident of Alamathi-Gnayiru near Chennai, died after falling off his motorcycle…
Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor. File | Photo Credit: AP The embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was suspended from his duties late on Monday (June 8, 2026), after the court’s oversight body referred Karim Khan for disciplinary proceedings. In a scandal that has dragged on for more than two…
Abhishek Sharma (Image: ANI) India opener Abhishek Sharma etched his name into the record books during the first T20I against England, becoming the fastest batter to hit 100 sixes in T20 Internationals among Full Member nations. After India opted to bat first at Chester-le-Street, the visitors were rocked by the early dismissals of Sanju Samson…
India coach Sjoerd Marijne A day after the Indian women’s hockey team held China to a 2-2 draw in their World Cup opener at Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands, coach Sjoerd Marijne questioned the interpretation of the penalty-stroke rule by the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) Rules Committee.Marijne took to social media to share footage of…
In 2006, while conducting fieldwork in Muzaffarabad in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, I stayed with a local family after driving from Islamabad via Abbottabad, through a landscape of shattered houses and tent settlements. One morning, among the volunteers, I noticed a middle-aged man moving slowly on crutches. We eventually sat down together over…
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Image credit: Afghanistan Cricket Board) NEW DELHI: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi finally got his long-awaited first ODI hundred, producing a fighting knock of 102 against India in the third and final ODI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.The century was a landmark one for Shahidi not just because it was…