San Francisco: A US judge on Monday dismissed X Corp’s lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticised a rise in hate speech on the social media platform once known as Twitter since Elon Musk took it over. US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted the dismissal request by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, saying it appeared …

LAHORE: The ongoing tussle for power in the Pakistan Hockey Feder­ation intensified on Monday when Tariq Hussain Bugti, who took the vote of confidence from the divided Congress on March 21 in Islamabad, sacked a number of officials believed to be close to his rival group. Bugti visited the PHF office in Lahore and sacked all the officials, who had …

PARIS: The attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people has raised fresh security fears for the Paris Olympics, leading France’s interior minister to promise Monday that police and intelligence services would be “ready”. The government upgraded the country’s terror threat level to its maximum on Sunday, with France a frequent target of the Islamic State (IS) group …

AMMAN: Pakistan are slowly coming to grips with the level of football in the second round of 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying and after their best result so far in Group ‘G’, Stephen Constantine’s men would be looking to do even better when they face Jordan on Thursday. Jordan won the reverse fixture in Islamabad 3-0 on Tuesday and welcome …

SYLHET: Kasun Rajitha claimed his second five-wicket haul in Test cricket as Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 328 runs on Monday in Sylhet to go 1-0 up in the two-match series. The visitors bowled out Bangladesh for 182 in their second innings after lunch on the fourth day, with Rajitha returning with 5-56. Overnight batsman Mominul Haque scored 87 not …

The Pakistan cricket team is set to visit Australia for a white-ball series scheduled for November this year as Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday released its international schedule for the 2024-25 season. In a press release, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the tour — which will mark the start of Australia’s white-ball schedule for the summer of 2024-25 — would …

ISLAMABAD: The newly elected governm­ent has decided to seek exemption from potential US sanctions against Pak­istani entities to be inv­olved in the construction of Pak-Iran gas pipeline. “We will seek exemption from US sanctions. Pakistan cannot afford sanctions in the gas pipeline project,” Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik told journalists during an informal chat on Monday evening. This is …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while taking notice of delays in the implementation of Trace and Track System (TTS) in tobacco, sugar, cement and fertilizer industries on Monday ordered immediate action against tax defaulters and evaders. The premier issued directives to the authorities concerned to form a committee to identify the hurdles in the implementation of TTS and those involved …

ISLAMABAD: The increasing scale of smuggling of petroleum products has brought the country’s oil supply chain — from import to refineries and from marketing companies to pipeline transport network — to its knees. With a massive drop in registered sales, the country’s oil industry has sought emergent action from the prime minister and other state agencies to stop the smuggling …