Trump declares North Korea state sponsor of terror
US President Donald Trump on Monday declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, returning Kim Jong-Un's nuclear-armed pariah regime to a short blacklist of targeted US foes...
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WorldA look at the four countries the US says sponsor terrorism
The US has declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, returning the country to a short blacklist of targeted US foes...
A State Department report in July called Iran the world's foremost sponsor of terrorism and said it has supported Shia militias in Iraq and attempted to smuggle weapons to Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza...
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ArchiveVisa becomes first FIFA sponsor to warn it could jump ship
LONDON: Worried that their reputations will be tarnished by their links to FIFA, major sponsors are demanding that football’s global governing body clean up its act, with Visa even warning it is prepared to jump ship...
Coca-Cola also made it clear it is unhappy with the scandals rocking the organisation a day after seven officials were arrested in a dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich as part of an American investigation into football... -
ArchivePSL formally announces title sponsor
LAHORE: HBL joined hands with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as title sponsor, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday during a news conference held in connection with the unveiling of the PSL logo...
“HBL will be the title sponsor of the first-ever Pakistan’s cricket league,” said the PCB in a statement...
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SportBetting company to sponsor Davis Cup and Fed Cup
LONDON: A leading online betting company has become an international sponsor of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup tennis competitions...
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) says Betway will sponsor the men's and women's team events for three years through 2018...
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SportIndian cricket sponsor associate arrested for allegedly raping woman in Zimbabwe: reports
NEW DELHI: An Indian national associated with the sponsor of India's three-match ODI and T20 series in Zimbabwe's Harare was arrested for the alleged rape of a woman, Times of India reported on Sunday...
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ArchiveRussia’s Alfa-Bank signs with FIFA as 2018 World Cup sponsor
MOSCOW: FIFA has filled the first of 20 sponsor slots for the 2018 World Cup in a new programme that stalled during its corruption crisis...
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ArchiveFIFA discusses reforms amid new sponsor attacks
ZURICH: FIFA’s leadership held talks on reforms on Wednesday as sponsors who provide hundreds of millions of dollars demanded independent leadership of changes to football’s scandal-tainted governing body...
The FIFA executive committee — with president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini both suspended — is holding two days of talks to discuss reforms proposed by top sporting official Francois Carrard who was named by the... -
WorldScandal-hit IPL loses main sponsor Pepsi, hunt on for new teams
NEW DELHI: India's cricket officials on Sunday announced a new sponsor for the scandal-hit Indian Premier League (IPL) after Pepsi pulled out of the glitzy Twenty20 tournament...
Chinese mobile company Vivo is set to take over as sponsor of the eight-team franchised competition, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said after a meeting...
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PakistanUS lawmakers move bill to declare Pakistan 'state sponsor of terrorism'
WASHINGTON: Two United States lawmakers moved a bill in Congress seeking designation of Pakistan as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' on Wednesday...
The bill titled the Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act was introduced by Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism Ted Poe and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher at a time when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in the US to address the United Nations General Assembly...
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ArchiveUS bill seeks to designate Pakistan state sponsor of terrorism
WASHINGTON: Two US lawmakers, known on Capitol Hill for their obsessive dislike for Pakistan, have moved a bill in Congress seeking to designate Pakistan a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’...
The bill, titled the Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act, was introduced on Tuesday afternoon...
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WorldIran 'biggest state sponsor of terrorism': US defence secretary
US Defence Secretary James Mattis said Saturday that Iran was the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism, as President Donald Trump slapped fresh sanctions on the country's weapons procurement network...
“As far as Iran goes, this is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world,” Mattis said at a press conference in Tokyo, but added that the US had no plans to increase troop numbers in the Middle East in response... ...
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ArchiveNo desire in US to declare Pakistan terror sponsor: envoy
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s new envoy in Washington, Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary, has said there’s no desire in the United States to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism as both countries want to continue their longstanding relationship...
Responding to a question at his briefing, Mr Chaudhary said there’s “a tiny minority” in Washington, which keeps raising this issue of declaring Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism “but the bulk of...
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PakistanDeclaring Pakistan state sponsor of terrorism will not help: scholars
WASHINGTON: Declaring Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism will create a situation that will be difficult to reverse, will fail in forcing Islamabad to change its policies and will not help the US cause in Afghanistan...
Labelling a country “a state sponsor of terrorism, is not a surgical instrument, that’s a really, really heavy hammer”, argued Stephen Tankel, an assistant professor at School of Public Affairs, American University,...
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World'Pakistan is both the victim and sponsor of terrorism,' says Pentagon spokesperson
White, while briefing the media on Thursday, said that Pakistan being both a "victim as well as a sponsor of terrorism" can do more about regional security...
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