Dubai, Mar 12 (UNI) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday revealed the ICC Men’s and Women’s Players of the Month for February 2025 as Shubman Gill of India and Alana King of Australia. Fresh from India’s ICC Men’s Champions Trophy triumph, Gill claims the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award after a string…
Birmingham, Mar 12 (UNI) India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu suffered a first-round exit at the All England Open 2025 after going down to South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun in a hard-fought three-game encounter here on Tuesday. Sindhu, who had a 1-0 head-to-head record against Kim before the match, started on a strong note but failed…
Dhaka, Mar 12 (UNI) Bangladesh’s seasoned campaigner Mahmud Ullah has called it quits from international cricket after 239 ODIs – drawing curtains with 5,689 runs and 82 wickets to his name. Having already called time on his T20I and Test career, the 39-year-old has now bid farewell to his ODI career. His final appearance for…
Sydney, Mar 12 (UNI) Having been appointed India’s captain back in 2021 at the age of 34, Rohit Sharma on Sunday clinched his second ICC title – following the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup win last year – as India closed an invincible Champions Trophy campaign in Dubai. Now approaching 38, there were talks around…
Mexico City, Mar 12 (UNI) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that she will send a diplomatic note to the United States after a U.S. envoy criticised her at a UN conference for holding a political rally Sunday in Mexico’s capital. The rally was meant to inform the public about the latest U.S.-Mexico negotiations that…
Washington, Mar 12 (UNI) The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill proposed by Republican lawmakers to fund the federal government until September 30 and to avoid a shutdown. The GOP legislation was passed by a majority vote. According to the Republicans, the bill will provide funding for core federal services without…
Gaza, Mar 12 (UNI) Israeli forces have killed at least 137 Palestinians since the ceasefire agreement with Hamas took effect in Gaza, Salama Maarouf, head of the Hamas-run government media office, said on Tuesday. Maarouf said in a press statement that “in the past ten days, Israeli forces have intensified their violations of the ceasefire,…
Lisbon, Mar 12 (UNI) Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro lost a confidence vote on Tuesday, forcing his government to resign after less than a year in office. Of the 224 lawmakers who participated, only Montenegro’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), the People’s Party (CDS-PP), and the Liberal Initiative backed him. The Socialist Party (PS), the far-right…
Cairo, Mar 12 (UNI) Egypt on Tuesday condemned Israel’s decision to cut electricity supplies to Gaza, denouncing it as “collective punishment” and a violation of international law. In a statement, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry criticised Israel’s move as a breach of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention. The ministry expressed Egypt’s complete rejection of…
Washington, Mar 12 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is invited back to the White House following a US-Ukraine meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. “Sure, absolutely,” Trump told reporters when asked if Zelenskyy is invited back to the White House. On Tuesday, senior officials from the United States…
