Author: admin

Pakistan’s difficult tour of New Zealand continues, with Mitch Hay leading the home team to a series-clinching victory at Seddon Park.

Mitchell Hay’s rollicking 99 not out, backed by some feisty seam bowling, steered New Zealand to an 84-run win over Pakistan to take an unbeatable lead in their one-day international (ODI) series.

New Zealand made 292-8 and bowled Pakistan out for 208 in the 42nd over at Seddon Park, Hamilton, in the second of three ODIs on Wednesday.

Hay’s lusty hitting…

Israel’s defence minister has announced a major expansion of the Israeli ground assault on Gaza, promising to seize large areas of the Palestinian enclave and incorporate them into so-called security zones.

The announcement on Wednesday came as Israeli forces continued their relentless bombardment of Gaza, killing at least 21 Palestinians since the early hours of the morning, and the United Nations reported that tens of thousands of people were fleeing the southern city of Rafah “under…

The actor described himself in a documentary on his career as being ‘blessed’ and having ‘no regrets’.

US actor Val Kilmer, who starred in Hollywood blockbuster films such as Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died of pneumonia at the age of 65.

Kilmer died on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes Kilmer said in an email to The Associated Press news agency, after having recovered from a throat cancer diagnosis in 2014 that required two tracheotomies.

Kilmer, the youngest…

Potential sale of US fighter jets comes as tensions mount between the Philippines and China over maritime disputes in the South China Sea.

The United States has approved the potential sale of $5.58bn in F-16 fighter jets to the Philippines, describing the proposed deal as supporting the security and foreign policy concerns of the US by improving the capability of a “strategic partner”.

Describing the Philippines as “an important force for political stability” in Southeast Asia, the US…

The UN dismissed Israel’s assertion that there was enough food in Gaza to last for a long period of time as “ridiculous”, after all 25 UN-run bakeries in the enclave were forced to close due to Israel’s ongoing, month-long blockade of supplies.