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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has finalised the salary structure for local and overseas cricketers ahead of the inaugural Women’s Bangladesh Premier League (WBPL). The player…
Two sheriffâ€s deputies were killed in a shootout with a suspect in a county in the state of Missouri in the central United States.Christian County Sheriff Brad Cole said in a press statement that the incident occurred during a traffic stop south of Highlandville in southwestern Missouri. The suspectâ€s truck was later found several kilometers to the south near the city of Reeds Spring.Cole noted that the suspect opened fire, killing the county sheriff’s deputy at the scene, while the other deputy died in hospital from gunshot wounds sustained during an exchange of fire with the suspect. Three other individuals were also injured.Law enforcement officers returned fire, killing the suspect, he added.Shooting incidents are among the most prominent security and social crises in the United States, which experiences high rates of violent crime involving firearms. Source link
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that Israel’s Ofer Prison is experiencing an intensification of repression, with Palestinian detainees subjected to starvation and deteriorating health conditions.The PPS also stated that Israeli forces have employed new types of weaponry during crackdowns, including devices capable of causing burns to the body.The PPS published a special briefing outlining the most significant findings documented by its legal teams during visits conducted to dozens of detainees at Ofer Prison in January and February 2026, which once again confirmed the details of the current reality faced by the prisoners since the start of the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.According to the PPS, the testimonies once again reflected a sustained escalation of systematic repression, including ongoing starvation, denial of medical treatment, and daily acts of humiliation and abuse. The accounts also highlighted severe overcrowding and the persistent spread of skin diseases,Based on the testimonies obtained, it was affirmed that the prison system constitutes one of the primary institutions enforcing the conditions of extermination within the prisons, turning them into a central arena for the physical and psychological destruction of detainees.PPS noted that thousands of detainees are currently suffering from varying degrees of physical and psychological health problems as a result of the continuous abuse they endure. Source link
Madrid: Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe will miss the Champions League play-off second leg against Benfica on Wednesday because of a knee injury, AFP reported yesterday. The French superstar, Madrid’s top scorer this season, has been playing through knee pain over the past few weeks but will not be involved at the Santiago Bernabeu according to the source, confirming a report in French newspaper L’Equipe. Madrid hold a 1-0 lead over Benfica from the first leg in Lisbon last week, in a match which was disrupted by alleged racial abuse aimed at Los Blancos winger Vinicius Junior. Mbappe’s coach Alvaro Arbeloa said earlier that the player was “prepared to play” in the second leg and that he “valued his commitment” in playing through pain, but it was later decided that the forward would not feature against Benfica. Source link
Test cricket is returning to Australia’s tropical north, with Cricket Australia confirming that Bangladesh will play a two-match series in Darwin and Mackay this August. The…
A Turkish military pilot was killed on Wednesday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed shortly after take-off during a mission flight, local authorities said. Governor Ismail Ustaoglu said the aircraft went down shortly after takeoff during a mission flight. Turkish media reported that the crash site was in the Naipli area of Balikesir’s Karesi district, and traffic on part of the Istanbul-Izmir highway was temporarily halted as emergency teams worked at the scene. In a statement, Turkey’s defence ministry said a technical investigation had been launched to determine the cause of the accident, adding that search teams were dispatched to the site immediately after contact was lost. The Turkish Interior Ministry said it was monitoring the investigation in coordination with relevant authorities. Source link
A woman looks at a stall displaying dried fruits and nuts at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on February 24, 2026. Iran warned the United States on February…
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said there are “all the guarantees” for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in the country, after the capture and death of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader triggered roadblocks, arson and security clashes, notably in Jalisco state. Asked if the top international football tournament, which is expected to draw crowds of fans from around the world to matches in Mexico City, Monterrey and Jalisco’s capital Guadalajara, would pose a risk to visitors, Sheinbaum said there was “no risk.” A spokesperson for FIFA told Reuters that the organisation was closely monitoring the situation and was in close contact with the authorities. “We will continue to follow the actions and directions from the different government agencies, aimed at maintaining public safety and restoring normalcy, and we reiterate our close collaboration with federal, state, and local authorities,” they said. Local Mexican leagues postponed some matches that had been scheduled for Sunday, the day cartel members coordinated a series of violent attacks across the country in the aftermath of an operation to capture cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” which resulted in his death. Sheinbaum told a morning press conference that the situation was continuing to normalise, noting that several new roadblocks appeared overnight but said security forces were working to safeguard public security. Sheinbaum has largely followed the political map of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who prioritised alleviating poverty and other root causes of violence, adopting a slogan of “hugs not bullets.”Asked whether the killing of Oseguera marked a break from that policy, Sheinbaum said this would never be the case. “The detention of a suspected criminal with an arrest warrant can generate this type of circumstance, but we are looking for peace, not war,” she said. The arrests of other top cartel figures in Sinaloa state have in recent years also triggered cartel retaliation, including shootouts and vehicles set on fire. Mexico is set to host 13 of 104 World Cup matches. Four of these are set to be held in Guadalajara. It will also host some preliminary warm-up matches before the tournament opens on June 11. Source link
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan received eye treatment yesterday, according to a hospital statement, although a spokesman for the ex-cricket star complained that he was not allowed to see his personal doctor. Khan has been in jail since 2023 and was sentenced late last year along with his wife to 17 years on corruption charges they both deny. The 73-year-old’s family and lawyer say that he has lost most of the vision in his right eye. Khan was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad for a second dose of eye injections, the hospital said. “Khan was found to be clinically stable,” it added. However, Khan’s press adviser Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari said that “access should be granted to his personal physician and family”. Last week, more than a dozen international cricket captains concerned for Khan’s health urged the Islamabad government to give him “adequate” medical treatment.Khan was prime minister from 2018 to 2022 before being removed in a no-confidence vote during a crisis over tensions between his government and Pakistan’s military establishment. He has since faced multiple legal cases on corruption and other charges. Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, maintain that the cases against him are politically motivated. Khan’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, told a news conference on February 12 that “one of Khan’s eyes has only 15% vision”, following a jail visit. Source link
India's drug regulator has inspected nearly 90% of the country's cough syrup makers and found compliance lapses in some, its chief said on Monday, amid heightened scrutiny after India-made syrups were linked to the deaths of children in the country and abroad.The inspections follow the discovery of a brand of cough syrup contaminated with diethylene glycol that was linked to the deaths of 24 children in October last year. The product, named Coldrif, was made by Sresan Pharmaceutical, based in Tamil Nadu.’We took serious actions on serious non-compliances, and our belief is that the rot of cough syrup manufacturing will be removed,’ Drugs Controller General of India Rajeev Raghuvanshi said at the IPA 11th Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit in Mumbai.The regulator is looking to fix issues around cough syrup products, he said, without providing a timeline.The agency is under pressure to tighten oversight of the $42bn pharma industry, dominated by small manufacturers, after India-made cough syrups have been tied to the deaths of more than 140 children in Africa and Central Asia since 2022, denting its reputation as the ‘pharmacy of the world’.About 90% of all cough syrup makers, around 1,100, had been inspected, Raghuvanshi said, and pointed to breaches of good manufacturing practices, failure to test incoming raw materials and use of invalid methods or processes. He did not share the number of companies found non-compliant or name them.The regulator has also inspected an additional 1,250 drug manufacturing units protectively to evaluate risks, a practice begun in 2022, he said, but declined to say how many had compliance issues or were forced to halt operations temporarily.India's drug regulator aims to bring its operations on par with the US Food and Drug Administration by addressing staffing shortages, speeding up approvals, and boosting resources, Raghuvanshi said.The agency plans to create 1,500 positions, with about 40% of them flexible, contract roles, and may bring in global industry experts as advisers. It is also piloting the use of artificial intelligence to review applications, according to Raghuvanshi.Separately, the regulator has streamlined export clearances by removing the need for so-called no-objection certificates for drugs shipped to the US, Europe, Australia, Japan, the UK and Canada, a move he said will save time and resources. Source link