KARACHI, March 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Pakistan's Twenty20 league will be held on schedule from March 26 but without crowds and only at two venues to save resources due to the Gulf crisis, the country's cricket chief announced Sunday. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi said the decisions on the Pakistan Super League (PSL) were taken after consultation with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. To stop fans travelling, the eight-team league has also been reduced to two venues, and not the original six, meaning Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan and Peshawar miss out. "I feel for the Peshawar crowds who were due to watch a match for the first time," said Naqvi. Naqvi said the PCB would compensate the franchise owners for the loss of revenue because of no crowds.

Illustration by Kevin Jeffers/The Colorado SunStory first appeared in:Here is just a sampling of things happening right now in Colorado that we can’t attribute solely to climate change, but that we know will be happening more and more often precisely because of climate change. Human-caused climate change pushed up average Colorado temperatures 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit from 1980 to 2022, according to Colorado State University’s 2024 climate update. Gent knows one year’s unfavorable weather is not climate change, but is also ready with the statistics showing that climate change is making this year’s drought the norm rather than the exception. There are equal chances climate change will make Colorado precipitation increase as it might decrease, Colorado Climate Center chief Russ Schumacher said. Amateur climatologists love to point out that one season’s anomalous weather does not equate to an era of climate change.

ARAD, Israel, March 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to pursue senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards "personally", during a visit to an Israeli town struck by an Iranian missile the previous day. "We're going after the regime. We're going after the IRGC, this criminal gang," Netanyahu said, as he inspected the damage in the southern town of Arad. "We're going after them personally, their leaders, their installations, their economic assets. We're going after them personally."

Photo: BSSBy Delwar Hossain AkaidCUMILLA, March 22, 2026 (BSS) - Bus driver Pintu Mia has been left devastated after losing his wife and two daughters in a bus-train collision in Padua, Cumilla. Pintu Mia, a resident of Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah district, lived with his family in the Manikdi area of Dhaka Cantonment. According to the plan, they boarded a Noakhali–Lakshmipur-bound bus of “Mamun Special.”However, Pintu Mia was not on that bus. Pintu Mia said he remained in regular contact with his colleague during the journey and frequently checked on his family. Pintu Mia said that although he is alive, everything in his life is now over.

TEHRAN, March 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Iran's powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened on Sunday to irreversibly destroy vital infrastructure across the region if the United States and Israel attacked its own. "Immediately after power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, vital infrastructure as well as energy and oil infrastructure across the entire region will be considered legitimate targets and will be irreversibly destroyed," Ghalibaf said in a post on X. He warned that oil prices would then "rise for a long time".

No negligence will be tolerated, stern action is a must: state minister HabiburState minister for railways Habibur Rashid today spoke to journalists after inspecting the place of occurrence at Paduar Bazar area of Sadar Dakshin upazila in Cumilla. Photo: BSSCUMILLA, Mar 22, 2026(BSS)-After visiting the site of a deadly bus-train collision here, state minister for railways Habibur Rashid today said no form of negligence of duty in the railway sector will be tolerated. The state minister announced two key decisions following the tragic accident. The state minister also noted that the Prime Minister has already issued directives on the matter and relevant authorities will begin implement promptly. Regarding the cause of the accident, the state minister said preliminary investigations indicate negligence.

Duplantis' return to the venue where he set his first world record (of 6.17m) back in 2020 proved a fortuitous one. It was Duplantis' fourth world title, equalling Sergey Bubka's record. "The arena in Torun has a special place in my heart - it changed my life as this is where I set my first world record," said Duplantis. - Ehammer betters Eaton -It was the unlikely figure of Ehammer who took centre stage earlier in the evening, the 26-year-old Swiss bettering American Ashton Eaton's 14-year-old world record. "I badly wanted to improve my European record here but it was difficult to imagine that the world record would be possible as well," Ehammer said.

Saturday night marked the fifth straight loss for the Phoenix Suns, and you can feel the frustration starting to seep in. Those are the possessions that define games, and right now, they are not going Phoenix’s way. But the decisions are what swing games, and too often, Phoenix is making the wrong one at the wrong time. Because even with everything working against them, the Suns have been in these games. I sit here writing about different players and how the Suns could best utilize them, and then they hear it.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Belgium marks on Sunday 10 years since the 2016 jihadist bombings in Brussels, a trauma that still scars the country and that authorities say sharpened focus on intelligence and counterterrorism. The March 22 attacks claimed by the Islamic State group left 32 people dead and more than 300 wounded -- Belgium's worst peacetime massacre. Christelle Giovannetti, who was injured and "scarred for life" by the scenes she witnessed that morning, has attended every commemoration held since the attacks. Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are also due to attend ceremonies that will culminate at a monument erected in memory of the victims in central Brussels. The Brussels attacks were the work of the same jihadist cell that struck Paris just months earlier on November 13, 2015, killing 130 people.

Middle East war at 'perilous stage' with strikes around nuclear sites: WHOGENEVA, March 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The Middle East war has reached a "perilous stage" with strikes around nuclear sites in Iran and Israel, the World Health Organization warned Sunday, as it called for maximum restraint. "Attacks targeting nuclear sites create an escalating threat to public health and environmental safety," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. "I urgently call on all parties to exercise maximum military restraint and avoid any actions that could trigger nuclear incidents."

DOHA, March 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Qatar on Sunday confirmed four of its military personnel and three Turkish nationals, including one serviceman, were killed on board a helicopter that crashed in Qatar's territorial waters. The defence ministry also identified Major Sinan Tastekin from the Qatar-Turkey Joint Forces and two Turkish civilians, Suleiman Cemra Kahraman and Ismail Anas, as having been killed in the crash. The Turkish defence ministry said: "A Qatari armed forces helicopter, which was carrying out a training exercise as part of the Qatar-Turkey Joint Forces Command, crashed into the sea." "A member of the Turkish armed forces and two Aselsan technicians" were killed in the crash, the ministry said, referring to the Turkish defence giant. The Qatari defence ministry had earlier said that the helicopter crashed due to a "technical malfunction" during a routine flight.

The tit-for-tat threats came as the war entered its fourth week and continued to reverberate across the Middle East, with alarm mounting over strikes around nuclear sites. Iran said it would respond to any such attacks by targeting US energy, IT and desalination infrastructure across the region. Iran's energy minister said US-Israeli strikes had already inflicted heavy damage on the country's water and energy infrastructure, with "dozens" of facilities hit. Iran's attacks on Israel indicated that its arsenal still poses a threat across the region, even after Trump and Netanyahu claimed to have decimated Tehran's forces. "The war in the Middle East has reached a perilous stage" with the strikes on Natanz and Dimona, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.

Govt trying to keep economy stable despite global pressure: Amir KhasruFinance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury spoke to journalists after exchanging Eid greetings with leaders and activists from various sectors at his residence in Chattogram. Photo: BSSCHATTOGRAM, March 22, 2026 (BSS)- Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury stated that the government is working to maintain the stability of the country's economy amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and global pressures. Amir Khasru emphasized that the government is working to sustain this situation. Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury emphasized the need for cooperation, sympathy, and restraint from the people to address this issue collectively. Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, a ruling BNP Standing Committee Member, noted that this year's Eid celebrations are happening in a festive and fear-free environment, attributing it to the people's regained sense of ownership.

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