Pakistan’s Test off-spinner Bilal Asif said he did not modify his bowling method as the International Cricket Council (ICC) cleared him of any charges after match officials had reported him in 2015 in Chennai. Bilal Asif was reported for suspected illegal bowling action during Pakistan’s third ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2015 after the off-spinner took 5-25. After being …

NEW DELHI: Indian police fought street battles in New Delhi on Monday with thousands of students who stepped up protests over fee increases at one of the country´s top universities. Police baton charged some groups of demonstrators and media reports said dozens of students from Jawaharlal Nehru University were detained. The university is one of India´s most prestigious and counts …

WASHINGTON: The United States announced Monday it will lift sanctions waivers on Iran´s Fordow nuclear plant, citing the resumption of enrichment activities at the site. “President (Hassan) Rouhani recently announced that Iran will begin uranium enrichment activities at the Fordow facility,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a news conference. “Therefore the United States will terminate the sanctions waiver related …

WASHINGTON: Hong Kong´s government bears the primary responsibility for ending the violence that has roiled the Chinese city, but all sides must show restraint, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday. Pompeo´s comments came as authorities in the financial hub confronted protesters on a university campus, and after Beijing warned it could intervene to end the crisis engulfing the …

BRUSSELS: The EU on Monday condemned Israel´s policy of building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, just hours after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington no longer considers them to be illegal. “The European Union´s position on Israeli settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territory is clear and remains unchanged: all settlement activity is illegal under international law,” …

WASHINGTON: A plane crash in Texas, a deadly explosion in Iowa, a massive fire in Arizona — elaborate baby gender reveal parties, a growing trend among parents in the US, have taken a nightmarish turn. “It’s a girl!” After dropping 350 gallons of pink-colored water, a small plane flying at low altitude suddenly stalled, crashing in a Texas field. There …

Britain’s Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn go head-to-head Tuesday in their first TV debate of the election campaign, facing scrutiny over their plans for Brexit and more public spending. Johnson, who took over as the leader of the governing Conservatives in July, has held a double-digit lead over Labour in opinion polls for weeks, making the December 12 …

LAHORE: A few hundred workers of the of JUI-F staged a sit-in on the Grand Trunk Road for nearly five hours as part of their protest Plan-B and disrupted traffic between Lahore and Rawalpindi for nearly five hours. The charged workers carrying banners and flags raised slogans against the PTI leadership while sitting on the one side of the road. …

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Mi­­n­i­ster Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said the information ministry was working with the military’s med­ia wing to establish radio broadcast in tribal districts to counter negative propaganda from Afghanistan. “Radio Pakistan is not only our national broadcaster but it also has a special linkage with national security, and the situation in Kashmir …

MULTAN: A special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) directed on Monday FIA officials to produce the two Indian citizens accused of crossing into Pakistan illegally before the area magistrate of Yazman. FIA officials produced Shant Waindham (son of Babo Rao Waindham, of Haidarabad, India) and Wari Lal (son of Sobi Lal, of Madhia Pardesh) before the judge. On …