DUBAI: After six consecutive defeats and being knocked out of the race to play-offs of the Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars finally appear to have wakened up as they won two matches back to back. But, it’s too late for them. However, for Brendon McCullum, the captain of Lahore, it …

DUBAI: Karachi Kings coach Mickey Arthur has turned down the possibility of a serious injury to skipper Imad Wasim but confirmed that he will undergo a CT scan test and will be put under observation. Wasim was stretchered off after he took a catch on the ball of fast bowler …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday elected unopposed Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif as its permanent party president. While the Central General Council was in session at Islamabad, it reached a decision to elect the unchallenged nomination of Shehbaz Shairf as PML-N’s president. The announcement is …

ISLAMABAD: After suffering a humiliating defeat in the Senate the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is investigating what had happened during the election of chairman and deputy chairman. The ruling coalition was defeated in the Senate election on Monday, as the joint opposition’s Sadiq Sanjrani was elected as Chairman Senate and …

OTTAWA — The federal government will offer new payouts to about 240 residential school survivors who were unfairly compensated for alleged student-on-student abuse, the Star has learned. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett was set to announce the move Tuesday, which will see the government pursue negotiated settlements with former students …

MONTREAL—U.S. President Donald Trump urged the quick completion of the NAFTA negotiations in a phone call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, amid indications the U.S. wants a deal wrapped up this spring. Trudeau called his American counterpart during a tour of aluminum facilities in Quebec, on a day …

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising diplomatic eyebrows for not meeting with Belgian royalty and business leaders during their week-long visit to Canada. Trudeau has no plans to meet with the Belgian royal couple, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, or their delegation of 150 business leaders, academics and political leaders, …

LADYSMITH, B.C. — Transport Canada has announced funding to help coastal communities clear out abandoned boats and vessels that pose both as an eyesore and safety concern. The department says $1.3 million is being made available to assess and remove abandoned boats from ports and harbours in British Columbia and …

WASHINGTON — Despite unrelenting criticism from the White House on the course of the investigation into Russia’s election interference, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Monday offered unqualified support for special counsel Robert Mueller. “The special counsel is not an unguided missile,” Rosenstein said in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY. …

WASHINGTON: Elements of the Taliban are open to talks with the Afghan government, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday as he arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit. Mattis’ remarks came as he flew into the war-torn city, weeks after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled a plan to open …