Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Boxing: Klitschko hopes to box for Olympic gold in Rio
BERLIN (AFP) – Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko hopes to box for a second Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro, if the timing of his rematch against Tyson Fury allows.Hamburg-based Klitschko turns 40 on Friday and would relish the chance to box for more Olympic medals having won the Super heavyweight gold for Ukraine at the...
Kerry to meet Putin to push peace in Syria, Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Moscow this week for talks with President Vladimir Putin, hoping to build momentum for peace in Syria after a partial Russian withdrawal and to restore a fragmenting ceasefire in Ukraine.But few experts expect Washingtons top diplomat to make much headway with a Kremlin that has...
Tennis: Djokovic backs off money remarks after Serena, Murray fire
MIAMI (AFP) – World number one Novak Djokovic backed off comments that mens tennis players should make more than women on Tuesday as Serena Williams and Andy Murray led a stinging chorus of criticism at the remarks.A furious row over the gender pay gap in tennis erupted at the weekend, when Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore...
Tennis: Serena, Murray blast Djokovic on level prize money
MIAMI (AFP) – World number one Serena Williams and second-ranked Andy Murray hit back Tuesday at comments by Novak Djokovic that a pay disparity between women and men players is justified. As the ATP and WTA Miami Open began, the worlds top players welcomed the resignation of Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore after the official...
Pakistan hosts Nuclear-Security Training Conference
Dunya News Report (Madiha Fareed)According to a press release issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The annual Meeting of the International Network for Nuclear Security Training and Support Centres (NSSC) was held from 14 -18 March in Islamabad in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Meeting was held for the...
Pakistan hosts first-ever Nuclear-Security Workshop outside IAEA headquarters
Dunya News Report (Madiha Fareed)According to a press release issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The annual Meeting of the International Network for Nuclear Security Training and Support Centres (NSSC) was held from 14 -18 March in Islamabad in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Meeting was held for the...
Football: Rashford ends Man City bid as United rise again
MANCHESTER (AFP) – Teenage sensation Marcus Rashford struck again as Manchester United won 1-0 at Manchester City on Sunday to rekindle their top-four challenge and fatally compromise their derby rivals Premier League title hopes.Rashford embarrassed hapless City defender Martin Demichelis to score the games only goal in the 16th minute,...
Coach carrying foreign students crashes in Spain, killing 13
TORTOSA (AFP) – Thirteen foreign students were killed and dozens more injured in Spain Sunday when a bus carrying them back from a popular traditional festival crashed into an incoming car.The students, who were on a European exchange programme in the northeastern region of Catalonia, came from 16 different countries including Britain, the...
Southern Russian city grieves as plane crash kills 62
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia, March 20, 2016 (AFP) – Tearful residents in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Sunday laid flowers and lit candles at the airport where a flydubai passenger jet crashed a day earlier killing all 62 people on board.A constant stream of mourners flocked to near the site where the Boeing 737 ploughed into the...
Investigators probe south Russia flydubai crash that killed 62
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AFP) – Investigators in southern Russia on Sunday were probing the causes of a flydubai passenger jet crash that killed all 62 people on board, as emergency workers at the site wrapped up the salvage operation.The Boeing 737, which flew from Dubai to the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, exploded into a fireball...
