Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Football: Iceland held by last-gasp Qatar
DOHA (AFP) – A last-minute equaliser from Qatars Mohammed Muntari meant Iceland warmed up for their World Cup finals debut in Russia next year winless after playing two friendly matches in Doha.The 1-1 draw on Tuesday followed their 2-1 defeat against the Czech Republic in Qatar last week.Muntari slammed home from close range to force a...
Iceland held by last-gasp Qatar
DOHA: (AFP) – A last-minute equaliser from Qatars Mohammed Muntari meant Iceland warmed up for their World Cup finals debut in Russia next year without a win in two friendly matches in Doha.The 1-1 draw on Tuesday followed up their 2-1 defeat against the Czech Republic in Qatar last week.Muntari slammed home from close distance to force a...
Russia will fail in efforts to undermine West: British PM
LONDON (AFP) – Russia will not succeed in efforts to sow discord in the West, British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday.In an annual address to the Lord Mayors Banquet, she catalogued various Russian actions — from the annexation of Crimea to seeking to weaponise information — which threaten the international...
Leaks show US commerce chief, UK queen’s offshore investments
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putins inner circle, according to a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed Britains Queen Elizabeth IIs investments in tax havens.It was also revealed that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus top fundraiser and...
Leaks show US commerce chief, UK queen’s offshore investments
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putins inner circle, according to a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed Britains Queen Elizabeth IIs investments in tax havens.It was also revealed that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus top fundraiser and...
Pakistan wins seat on UN rights council
UNITED NATIONS (Dunya News) – Pakistan was elected to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday. Pakistan will serve on the 47-member council from January 2018 through the end of 2020.Pakistan was among the 15 countries who won seats on the council during a vote at the UN General Assembly. They will serve on the 47-member council from January...
Tennis: Pliskova, Halep lead five-woman fight for No. 1
CINCINNATI (AFP) – With sidelined Serena Williams about to have a baby, five players have a chance to grab the world number one ranking at this weeks US Open tuneup event in Cincinnati.Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion who announced her pregnancy and the end of her season in April, owned the top spot for 186 consecutive weeks through...
Tennis: Wimbledon champ Muguruza storms into Stanford semis
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza swept into the semi-finals of the WTA hardcourt tournament at Stanford on Friday with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Ana Konjuh.Spanish top seed Muguruza needed just 62 minutes to get past the fifth-seeded Croatian, breaking Konjuhs serve five times and never trailing in their first career...
Russia blasts US sanctions as ‘economic war’
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lashed new US sanctions as a full-fledged economic war on Moscow, saying they crushed hopes for repairing ties and demonstrated President Donald Trump’s total weakness … in the most humiliating way.Trump reluctantly signed off on the new sanctions Wednesday, bowing to...
Tennis: Sharapova withdraws from Stanford with left arm injury
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova withdrew from the WTA Bank of the West Classic just before her scheduled second-round match Wednesday with a left arm injury, tournament officials announced.Were sad to announce that @mariasharapova has withdrawn after doctors advice regarding her left arm, a post on the...
