LONDON: Arsenal go into the international break fifth in the Premier League after Emile Smith-Rowe clinched a 1-0 victory over Watford on Sunday while Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte endured a frustrating start to his league return with a scrappy 0-0 draw at Everton. Having opened the season with three losses, Mikel Arteta’s side is now on a 10-game unbeaten …

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik scored blistering half-centuries as the 2009 World Twenty20 champions eased past Scotland by 72 runs on Sunday night to seal the top spot in Group II and set up a semi-final meeting with Australia. Azam led from the front with a 47-ball 66 before Malik put the Scots to the sword with a 18-ball 54 …

SHARJAH: Jason Roy is “unbelievably important” for England and the team hope the injured opener can play some part in the knockout stage of the Twenty20 World Cup, captain Eoin Morgan said on Saturday. Roy retired hurt with a calf injury during England’s 10-run loss to South Africa in their final Super 12 match even though Morgan’s team still qualified …

CAPE CANAVERAL: High wind off the Florida coast has prompted SpaceX to delay the return of four space station astronauts in orbit since spring. The US, French and Japanese astronauts were supposed to leave the International Space Station on Sunday, with their capsule splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday morning. But with gusts exceeding safety limits, SpaceX …

TEL AVIV: The Palestinians on Sunday slammed Israel for rejecting the promised reopening of the US consulate in Jerusalem, a move that would restore Washington’s main diplomatic mission for the Palestinians in the contested city. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said late on Saturday there was no room in Jerusalem for another American mission. The Trump administration shuttered the US …

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban-run Afghan public health ministry announced on Sunday the start of a four-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign aimed at inoculating children under age five. The four-day campaign will start on Monday (today) and take place countrywide. For the past three years before taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban had barred UN-organised vaccination teams from doing door-to-door campaigns in …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has directed all public and private TV channels to flash the political map of Pakistan before airing news bulletins at 9pm. “All the news channels (both public and private) have to flash the political map of Pakistan for two seconds before airing the news bulletin at 9pm on a regular basis,” says …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Comm­ission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday started the process of door-to-door verification of voters to give the list a final shape before the next general elections. The verification process will be completed by December 6 to enable the ECP to timely prepare “transparent and error-free voters’ list” for the use in the 2023 elections. According to sources, …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said Pakistan had fared much better than other countries in the wake of unprecedented price hike brought about by Covid-19. The opposition, on the other hand, rejects this notion and is gearing up to give a tough time to the government on the issue. In a tweet, PM Khan said: “An unprecedented rise …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has said it has no objection to the privatisation of Jinnah Convention Centre (JCC) but is waiting for study reports which are to be submitted by the Ministry of Privatisation before getting a revised allotment letter. On the other hand, the Privatisation Commission stated that the transaction of JCC was put on hold after …