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ESPNCricinfo, the panel includes interior minister Rana Sanaullah and Law and justice minister Azam Nazeer Tarar. The heads of intelligence agencies and representatives of all political parties have also found a place in the committee, making the scope for wide consultations. The report adds that the reason behind keeping such a large panel is likely to be a buffer against a change in government as the country will be soon headed towards the general elections.

Bangladesh's one-day captain Tamim Iqbal reversed his decision to retire from international cricket a day after his emotional announcement, saying on Friday he was instructed to continue playing by the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The 34-year-old was in tears on Thursday while announcing his decision to end his 16-year international career only three months before the team's 50-overs World Cup campaign in India.

Miami Herald on 7 July. As per the report, the Swedish Söderberg expedition was led by University of Gothenburg's archaeology professor Peter Fischer, who had began exploring the area on the south coast of Cyprus in 2010. Among the latest discoveries include the two ancient chamber tombs and their contents, the daily quoted university 6 July release.

The Taliban says beauty salons have been banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families

Taliban has stated that women's beauty salons in Afghanistan were prohibited due to offering services that are forbidden according to Islamic teachings. They claim that such salons have caused economic difficulties for families of grooms during wedding celebrations. This explanation follows the Taliban's announcement that all salons in the country must cease operations and close within one month.

Confirming it, the officials said Thursday that Jos Butler will return to Paarl Royal to steer them for the second time. Paarl Royals is owned by the owner of the Indian Premier League franchisee Rajasthan Royals. Mumbai Indians Cape Town have signed deals with Sam Curran, Liam Livingston and Tom Banton. But Jofra Archer is out of the reckoning due to his injuries. Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan will captain Mumbai Indians Cape Town. The IPL franchisee Mumbai Indians own this team. MI Cape Town have also signed a deal with fast bowler Kagiso Rabada for the second year.Joburg Super Kings have retained Moeen Ali and signed seamer Sam Cook. The owners of IPL franchisee Chennai Super Kings own this team. Durban Super Giants have signed Reece Topley while Sunrisers Eastern Cape have signed Liam Dawson and Dawid Malan.Cricket South Africa launched the SA20 League last year and it has received an extremely good response, surpassing its expectation in terms of broadcast rights, commercial benefits, and huge crowds of fans. Buoyed by its success, League Commissioner and fore South Africa captain Graeme Smith has expressed confidence that it will go from strength to strength from year to year.

Bangladesh ODI captain and opening batsman Tamim Iqbal announced his shock retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. The 34-year-old left-hander had quit T20I cricket last year. An emotional Iqbal announced his decision at a press conference in Chattogram, a day after his team lost the opening ODI against Afghanistan in the three-match series.

equality and social justice, the Assembly Judiciary Committee of California recently conducted a hearing for Senate Bill 403 (SB403), which aims to prohibit caste discrimination, according to a report published by ABC10.  If passed, California would become the first state in the United States to explicitly ban caste-based discrimination by including caste as a protected category under the state's Unruh Civil Rights Act, as well as fair housing and employment laws. The bill has been passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, and now it will move to the Appropriations Committee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the members of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation can work towards maximizing the utilization of the Chabahar Port following Iran's membership of the world's largest regional organization. "The International North-South Transport Corridor can serve as a secure and efficient route for landlocked countries in Central Asia to access the Indian Ocean. We should strive to realize its full potential," the prime minister said.

A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry says the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons

Taliban has now in a new verbal decree, banned women's beauty salons in Kabul and other provinces across the country, TOLO news has reported citing a spokesman for Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue, Mohammad Akif Mahajar. TOLO News is an Afghan news channel broadcasting from Kabul.

Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russia counterpart Vladimir Putin, Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders of the SCO nations at a virtual summit of the bloc on Tuesday that is expected to focus on regional security situation and ways to boost connectivity and trade. It will be Putin's first participation in a multilateral summit after a mercenary group launched a short-lived armed rebellion last week that rocked Moscow. The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) under India's presidency is also set to welcome Iran as the new permanent member of the grouping. The situation in Afghanistan, the Ukraine conflict and enhancing cooperation among the SCO member countries are expected to figure in the summit, people familiar with the matter said, adding boosting connectivity and trade is also likely to be discussed. The summit is also taking place against the backdrop of the over three-year eastern Ladakh border standoff between Indian and Chinese troops, and two weeks after Prime Minister Modi's high-profile visit to the US. The SCO, comprising India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is an influential economic and security bloc and has emerged as one of the largest transregional international organisations.

Taliban has reacted to the 'Global Peace Index 2022' of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and called the findings related to Afghanistan «unjust,» Afghanistan-based TOLO News reported. The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in the 'Global Peace Index 2022' said that Afghanistan is the «least peaceful country in the world for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Yemen, Syria, Russia and South Sudan.» All these countries have remained among the ten least peaceful nations for the past three years.

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has issued a mobile money-service license to Safaricom M-Pesa Mobile Financial Service, it announced May 11. Previously, only Telebirr, part of the state-owned Ethio Telecom network, operated in that market.

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A Somali migrant serving life in prison for people smuggling appeared in court on Monday to appeal his sentence, in a case backed by a group of European Parliament members who say he was wrongfully convicted.

Pope Francis has rebuked those “ravenous” for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a homily decrying war, poverty and consumerism.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for the murders of Western backpackers.

There has been an international outcry following the order by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to introduce an indefinite ban on university education for the country’s women.

There were protests in southeastern Iran on Friday, according to images shared by human rights groups. 

The Taliban authorities on Wednesday publically executed an Afghan convicted of murder -- the first time this has happened since the former insurgents took over Afghanistan last year, a spokesman said.