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Pakistan postpones its Twenty20 league indefinitely, scrapping UAE relocation plan, as tension with India escalates.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed its Pakistan Super League T20 cricket tournament following rising military tensions between India and Pakistan.

The PCB said it acted on advice from Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“Cricket, while being a unifying force and a source of joy, must take a respectful pause,” the PCB said in a statement on Friday evening.

The PCB…

GAZA, (PIC)

In the Deir al-Balah refugee camp in the central of Gaza Strip, a soup kitchen that had been distributing simple daily meals—lentils, rice, or pasta—to starving, bombarded families ceased operations in recent days.

With its closure, hundreds of camp residents lost their only daily source of food, in a scene that is not isolated from the reality of the Gaza Strip but a direct reflection of the gradual collapse of the entire humanitarian system under siege and war.

A…

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Two Palestinian young men suffered bullet injuries at dawn Saturday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed areas in the West Bank and attacked local residents.

According to local sources, a 19-year-old young man was injured by IOF gunfire in his leg in Teqoa town, southeast of Bethlehem.

The IOF also fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at Teqoa homes, amid clashes with local youths.

In al-Khalil, another young man was injured during clashes…

Jamal Murray scored 27 points, and the host Denver Nuggets dominated in overtime to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-104 in Game 3 of their Western Conference second-round playoff series.

Nikola Jokic missed all 10 of his 3-point attempts in Friday’s matchup and finished 8-for-25 from the field but ended the night with 20 points and 16 rebounds for the Nuggets, who lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.

Game 4 is on Sunday afternoon in Denver.

Aaron Gordon scored 22 points, including a tying…

These are the key events on day 1,171 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Saturday, May 10:

Fighting

• Russia and Ukraine accused one another of violating a May 8-10 ceasefire that had been unilaterally declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
• The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday that Ukrainian troops had made four attempts to smash through the…

The trip marks the first time the leaders of four European nations have made a joint visit to Ukraine. 

The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland have arrived in Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and have put pressure on Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire as a step to end the three-year conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived together by train from neighbouring Poland on…

To prioritise the release of the captives in Gaza, or to continue fighting what critics are calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “forever war” – that is the question increasingly dividing Israel.

Israel’s government, laser-focused on the idea of a total victory against Hamas in Gaza, appears to be opting for the latter.

And that is only increasing the criticism Netanyahu has received since October 2023, firstly for his government’s failure to stop the October 7 attack, and…