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A Kylian Mbappe penalty gave France a 1-0 victory over 10-man Greece on Monday that maintained their perfect record in qualifying for Euro 2024. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar, and France captain, had his initial kick saved early in the second half but was allowed a second attempt because of encroachment …

ISLAMABAD: Russia’s Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov has ruled out any sort of ‘special discount’ for Pakistan on oil purchase, saying that “it is the same as for other buyers” “Oil deliveries to Pakistan have begun. There is no special discount; for Pakistan, it is the same as for other buyers,” …

PARIS: Indonesia has ordered 13 long-range military radars from Thales to boost airspace surveillance efforts across its immense archipelago, the French manufacturer and state-owned Indonesian defence firm PT Len Industri said Sunday. The Ground Master 400 Alpha (GM400a) radars will allow the Indonesian military to “benefit from a single air …

Zil Hajj moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia and Hajj rituals will be performed on June 27 and Eidul Azha will be celebrated on June 28. The annual Hajj pilgrimage will start on June 26 after the crescent sighting for the Islamic month of Zil Hajj today. Eidul Azha …

The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children, 270,000 of them in the Darfur region, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) has said, warning more were at “grave risk”. Fighting has raged in Sudan since mid-April between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan …

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cybercrime Circle has raided ‘illegal call centres’ in Karachi and arrested three suspects allegedly involved in stealing data from credit cards of Pakistani and US citizens, The arrested suspects include Zaigham Javed, Saim and Owais Alamgir. Separate raids were conducted at two call centres …

Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former U.S. president and another source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback …

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia intends to offer several sports clubs for privatisation starting in the fourth quarter, state news agency SPA said on Monday, breathing new life into a plan that forms part of an ambitious economic agenda to reduce reliance on oil. The plan, launched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed …

Wrestlers’ Protest: Wrestler Bajrang Punia told NDTV that they met the Home Minister on Saturday evening and demanded impartial probe against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. New Delhi: India’s top wrestlers, who have been protesting against BJP MP and chief of the country’s wrestling federation Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, met Home …

LONDON: Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett both compiled record-breaking centuries before debutant Josh Tongue took his first wickets in Test cricket as England continued to dominate their Ashes warm-up against Ireland on Friday’s second day at Lord’s. Pope’s 205, the fastest double hundred in a Test in England, and Duckett’s …