PARIS: Novak Djokovic won the 101st title of his career when he came from behind to beat Lorenzo Musetti 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the ATP event in Athens on Saturday.&nbsp;The Serb is one of just three men to have racked up a century of titles - he still needs two to equal Roger Federer&#39;s 103 while Jimmy Connors heads the list with 109.&nbsp;At 38 years and five months old, the 24-time Grand Slam winner is the oldest tournament winner since Australia&#39;s Ken Rosewall, who was 43 when he won in Hong Kong in 1977.&nbsp;It was Djokovic&#39;s second title of 2025, having won on the clay of Geneva in May.&nbsp;Musetti needed to win the title to secure the eighth and final place at next week&#39;s ATP Finals. His defeat means that the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime will feature in Turin instead.&nbsp;Djokovic had long since qualified for Turin,but kept everyone guessing until earlier this week about his participation in the prestigious end-of-season tournament.

Tennis

Novak Djokovic clinched his 101st career title by defeating Lorenzo Musetti 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the Athens final, becoming the oldest ATP winner since 1977. Musetti’s loss qualified Felix Auger-Aliassime for Turin.

Djokovic wins 101st career title in Athens

PARMA: AC Milan are level with Napoli at the top of Serie A after throwing away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 on Saturday in an entertaining match at lowly Parma.&nbsp;Two ahead in the 25th minute thanks to Alexis Saelemaekers&#39; early strike and a Rafael Leao penalty, Milan looked set to go two points in front of Napoli ahead of the champions&#39; tricky away fixture at Bologna on Sunday.&nbsp;But Adrian Bernabe curled in a magnificent goal for the hosts on the stroke of half-time to halve the deficit and Enrico Delprato&#39;s glancing header gave Parma a deserved draw which put them two points above the relegation zone.&nbsp;Mateo Pellegrino hit the post seconds before captain Delprato&#39;s first goal since January as Milan had to deal with an attacking onslaught from Parma after half-time.&nbsp;Milan can be overtaken on Sunday by Roma and local rivals Inter Milan, who take on Lazio at the San Siro, with both teams a point behind the leading pair.&nbsp;The away side could have escaped with a win as substitute Christian Pulisic and Saelemaekers wasted golden opportunities to score.&nbsp;Pulisic rolled wide when one-on-one with Parma goalkeeper Zion Suzuki in the 76th minute, and six minutes later Saelemaekers blasted over in front of an open goal having already skipped round Suzuki.&nbsp;Three points behind Milan and Napoli are Juventus, who were held to a goalless draw by local rivals Torino on a day which had featured no goals until Saelemaekers opened the scoring in Parma.&nbsp;Juve sit fifth on 19 points after a scrappy but engaging derby at their Allianz Stadium in which both teams had chances to win.&nbsp;Che Adams was denied in the 63rd minute when the Scotland forward charged forward and unleashed a low drive which was brilliantly kept out by Juve goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio.&nbsp;And moments later Di Gregorio&#39;s Torino counterpart Alberto Paleari pulled off an even more impressive stop to claw away Weston McKennie&#39;s close-range header.

Football

Milan can be overtaken on Sunday by Roma and local rivals Inter Milan, who take on Lazio at the San Siro, with both teams a point behind the leading pair.


Wasteful Milan draw at Parma but level with Serie A leaders Napoli

PORT SUDAN: Residents of the southern Sudanese city of El-Obeid have said they are living in fear as paramilitaries appear to prepare for an assault, with the army reporting shooting down a drone targeting the city on Saturday. The North Kordofan state capital, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southwest of the national capital Khartoum, is a regional hub and a strategic prize for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with Sudan&rsquo;s army since April 2023. While the RSF announced Thursday it had accepted a truce proposal put forward by mediators, the UN subsequently said it saw &ldquo;preparations for intensified hostilities,&rdquo; issuing a warning about the deteriorarting situation in the Kordofan region in particular. &ldquo;We are especially worried after what happened in El-Fasher,&rdquo; Soaad Ali, from El-Obeid&rsquo;s Karima neighborhood, told AFP, referring to the RSF&rsquo;s capture of the last army stronghold in western Darfur after an 18-month siege. That takeover was followed by reports of mass killings, sexual violence, abductions and looting, triggering fears the conflict could spread into oil-rich Kordofan. El-Obeid, which hosts an airport, sits on a key supply route linking Darfur and Khartoum. Last month, the RSF captured Bara, north of El-Obeid, forcing more than 36,000 people to flee that town and four others in North Kordofan in less than a week, according to the UN. The group said last week it had massed forces in Bara to retake El-Obeid, &ldquo;advising civilians to steer clear of military targets.&rdquo; &ldquo;We are living in fear,&rdquo; said a resident of El-Obeid&rsquo;s Qubba neighborhood, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons. &ldquo;Officials try to reassure us, but... after what happened in Bara, our fears are growing.&rdquo; A military source &mdash; speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to brief the media &mdash; told AFP on Saturday that air defenses &ldquo;shot down a drone launched by the RSF militia toward&rdquo; El-Obeid. &lsquo;Lost their parents&rsquo;The fall of El-Fasher two weeks ago gave the RSF control of all five state capitals in the vast western region, in addition to parts of the south.The army controls most of Sudan&rsquo;s north, east and center, including Khartoum. Since El-Fasher&rsquo;s fall, more than 80,000 people have fled the city and surrounding areas, according to the UN. The General Coordination for Displaced People and Refugees in Darfur, an NGO, said Saturday that more than 16,000 people had arrived in Tawila and were in dire need of food, water and medical care. El-Fasher had a population of around 260,000 before the RSF takeover. Little is known about the fate of thousands still trapped in the city, which has been largely cut off from communications. Mathilde Vu, advocacy manager for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Sudan, told AFP that many families arriving in Tawila came with &ldquo;children who are not their own.&rdquo; The children, she said, &ldquo;have lost their parents on the way, either because they&rsquo;ve... disappeared in a chaos, or they&rsquo;ve been detained, or they&rsquo;ve been killed.&rdquo; Survivors have told AFP that women and men were separated on the way out of El-Fasher, and that hundreds of men were detained in nearby towns. Army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday visited displaced people from El-Fasher in Al-Dabba city, about 1,000 kilometers north. The army-aligned government said that since the RSF siege on El-Fasher began in April 2024, more than 50,000 people had fled to Al-Dabba. Truce uncertainThe details of the ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have not yet been made public. A senior Saudi official told AFP that it laid out a three-month truce, during which both sides would be encouraged to hold talks in Jeddah on a permanent peace deal. The UAE has been accused by the UN of supplying arms to the RSF, allegations it has repeatedly denied. The Sudanese army, meanwhile, has received support from fellow mediators Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as from Turkiye, Iran and Russia, according to observers. The army-aligned government has yet to publicly respond to the truce plan. Darfur&rsquo;s army-aligned governor, Minni Arko Minnawi &mdash; who is based in the government forces&rsquo; temporary capital of Port Sudan &mdash; said on Saturday that a ceasefire could not take effect until paramilitaries pulled back. &ldquo;The truce must be preceded by the withdrawal of the Janjaweed and mercenaries from residential areas, hospitals and cities, and the release of those abducted, including children and women, and securing the return of the displaced,&rdquo; Minnawi said on X, referring to the RSF. &ldquo;Any truce without this means the division of Sudan.&rdquo; Since erupting more than two years ago, the war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced nearly 12 million and triggered a hunger crisis.

Africa

Residents in El-Obeid say they are living in fear as RSF forces appear to prepare an assault. The army says it shot down a drone, while the UN warns of escalating hostilities across Kordofan.

Sudanese city ‘living in fear’ as paramilitary threat looms

Faraz Saeed

LAHORE: The Lahore Digital Arts Festival (LDF) transformed Pakistan&rsquo;s cultural capital into a living laboratory of creativity and technology, showcasing how digital innovation can inspire empathy, care, and environmental awareness.&nbsp;The fourth edition of the festival, titled &ldquo;Breathing Algorithms,&rdquo; ran from November 6 to 9 across multiple venues, including the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise de Lahore, Aangun Cultural Center, R Space, and Beaconhouse National University, reaffirming Lahore&rsquo;s position as a hub for emerging digital culture.&nbsp;Co-curated by Najam-ul-Assar and Sarah Rajper, and presented in collaboration with Novembre Num&eacute;rique, the French Embassy in Pakistan, and UNESCO, the festival reimagined algorithms not as cold codes but as living systems capable of connecting people and ideas.&nbsp;&ldquo;Airborne Memory is both a record and a reflection,&rdquo; Fajr Faisal and Huzaifa Ahmad, the Lahore-based artists behind the immersive project that visualizes air quality data from 2020 to 2025, told Pakistan TV Digital. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a reminder of how the air we breathe holds traces of our choices and shared responsibilities.&rdquo;&nbsp;International participants included artists from France, Canada, the UK, Iran, and Denmark, with installations, video works, digital performances, and interactive experiences exploring how artificial intelligence, climate change, and cultural identity intersect.&nbsp;French artist Mikhail Margolis praised the festival&rsquo;s scale and organization, telling Pakistan TV Digital:&nbsp;&ldquo;It was unexpected to be invited to Lahore, and I&rsquo;m delighted to see a digital arts festival at such a good level. The organization is amazing, much better than many festivals I&rsquo;ve attended elsewhere.&rdquo;&nbsp;Christina Menegazzi, UNESCO Culture and Heritage Expert, emphasized the wider significance:&nbsp;&ldquo;Access to culture is a human right. It&rsquo;s particularly important here in Pakistan, not just for artists but for every human being to remember that art nourishes the soul and connects us to each other,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;Throughout its four-day run, the LDF invited audiences to experience interactive works that blur the boundaries between art, science, and society, illustrating how technology can foster dialogue rather than division.&nbsp;As the festival concluded, Lahore emerged not just as a host city but as a living canvas where art, imagination, and digital innovation breathe together, reminding audiences that even in a world shaped by algorithms, there is still room to be human.

Culture

At Lahore Digital Arts Festival, artists and technologists showcased interactive digital works, blending art, technology, and environmental awareness, engaging audiences in immersive experiences across Pakistan’s cultural capital.

Pakistan’s cultural capital showcases interactive digital arts

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&rsquo;s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan on Saturday, during which he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Baku, pledging to deepen Pakistan-T&uuml;rkiye fraternal ties into an expanded partnership, said a statement from the Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office.&nbsp;Accompanied by Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, the prime minister met President Erdoğan on the sidelines of Azerbaijan&rsquo;s Victory Day Parade.&nbsp;&ldquo;Pakistan remains committed to transforming our longstanding fraternal ties with T&uuml;rkiye into an expanded partnership encompassing political, defense, economic, trade, investment, and people-to-people linkages,&rdquo; the statement quoted PM Sharif as saying.&nbsp;The two leaders reviewed the full spectrum of bilateral relations and reaffirmed their resolve to further deepen cooperation in areas of mutual interest. It was also agreed that a ministerial delegation from T&uuml;rkiye would visit Pakistan soon, the statement added.&nbsp;Both leaders pledged to maintain close coordination on regional and international issues and expressed their shared desire to promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the region and the wider Muslim world, according to the statement.&nbsp;During his visit, PM Sharif attended the fifth anniversary celebration of Azerbaijan&rsquo;s Victory Day and held bilateral meetings with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and the Turkish president, reinforcing the strong ties among the three countries.&nbsp;The prime minister departed Baku for Islamabad after completing the visit. At Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Azerbaijan&rsquo;s First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyubov, Pakistan&rsquo;s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Qasim Mohiuddin, and diplomatic staff bid farewell to the prime minister.

Foreign Affairs

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded his official Azerbaijan visit, meeting Turkish and Azeri presidents, attending Victory Day celebrations, and reaffirming Pakistan-Türkiye-Azerbaijan friendship, pledging expanded cooperation across political, defence, economic, trade, and people-to-people ties.

PM Sharif, President Erdoğan pledge stronger Pakistan-Türkiye partnership in Baku

ISLAMABAD: Over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in two years of Israeli military aggression, Gaza health officials reported Saturday, as the latest body exchanges took place under a fragile ceasefire.&nbsp;Ahmed Dheir, director of forensic medicine at Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, said 300 bodies have been returned so far, with only 89 identified.&nbsp;&ldquo;We do not have sufficient resources or the DNA to match them with the martyrs&rsquo; families,&rdquo; Dheir said, adding that unidentified bodies will be buried in batches.&nbsp;Families continue to search among the remains. One mother said, &ldquo;I always come here. I have not lost hope. I am still waiting for him,&rdquo; highlighting the enduring anguish across Gaza.&nbsp;Gaza&rsquo;s Health Ministry confirmed that 241 Palestinians were killed since the ceasefire began on October 10, with a total of 69,169 killed since the war started. The ministry noted that additional bodies continue to be recovered from rubble.&nbsp;Meanwhile, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers, medics, journalists, and activists in the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest. Eleven people were injured in Beita alone.&nbsp;Jonathan Pollak, an activist caught in the attack, described the violence:&nbsp;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a pattern we see every day. This is just one finger in the iron fist of Israeli policy aiming to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their land,&rdquo; he told the Associated Press.&nbsp;Palestinian paramedics also reported another settler assault in Burin, injuring four international activists and a 57-year-old man. Rights groups say arrests for settler violence are rare, with prosecutions even rarer.&nbsp;The ongoing violence underscores the fragile state of the ceasefire, as countless Palestinians remain missing, families search for loved ones, and settler aggression continues unchecked. With additional inputs from AFP

Middle East

Gaza Health Ministry says over 69,000 Palestinians killed in two years of Israeli military aggression, with 241 killed since October 10 ceasefire, amid ongoing settler attacks in West Bank.

Over 69,000 Palestinians killed in two years of Israeli aggression in Gaza

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities said Saturday they were investigating a student over their alleged involvement in explosions that wounded nearly 100 people at a school in the capital Jakarta. The blasts hit a school mosque in North Jakarta just as people were gathering for Friday prayers, sparking panic among worshippers.The national police chief said investigators had gathered &quot;several pieces of evidence&quot; as part of their probe. &quot;There&#39;s writing, and there is also evidence of powder that could potentially have caused an explosion,&quot; Listyo Sigit Prabowo said in comments broadcast by Kompas TV. Authorities so far have identified one suspect, a student who was wounded in the explosions, but Listyo did not rule out the involvement of others. Investigators are also examining the suspect&#39;s family and social media, the police chief added. Ninety-six people were wounded in the incident, Listyo said, revising the police&#39;s earlier casualty figure of 54. Twenty-nine victims remain hospitalised including at least two in intensive care, he said. Mayndra Eka Wardhana, spokesman for the counter-terrorism police unit Densus 88, told AFP that investigators had searched the suspect&#39;s home. He added that they were still probing the motive behind the incident. A witness told AFP there was confusion over what happened. &quot;At first we thought it came from some electronic equipment, maybe the sound system... but it turned out the explosion came from under the prayer mat,&quot; Kinza Ghaisan Rayyan, a 17-year-old student, said Friday.

Asia

Indonesia is investigating a student over explosions at a North Jakarta school mosque that wounded 96 people. Police say evidence included explosive powder. The suspect, also injured, is being questioned as motives and possible accomplices are probed.

Indonesia probes student after nearly 100 hurt in school blasts

WASHINGTON: Freight carriers UPS and FedEx said they have grounded their fleets of MD-11 cargo planes after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky this week. A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft operated by UPS exploded into flames when it crashed shortly after departing on Tuesday from the airport in the US city of Louisville, killing at least 14 people. A three-person crew was aboard. Both carriers said they were acting on a recommendation from the plane&rsquo;s manufacturer to halt use of these planes. McDonnell Douglas originally made the MD-11 but was acquired by Boeing in 1997. &ldquo;Out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of safety, we have made the decision to temporarily ground our MD-11 fleet,&rdquo; UPS said Friday. &ldquo;The grounding is effective immediately. We made this decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft manufacturer,&rdquo; the courier added. It said around nine percent of UPS&rsquo;s fleet are MD-11s. FedEx said Saturday it, too, had grounded its 28 MD-11s out of a total fleet of around 700 aircraft as it conducts a safety review. &ldquo;With safety as our top priority, we recommended to the three operators of the MD-11 Freighter that they suspend flight operations while additional engineering analysis is performed,&rdquo; Boeing said in a statement. Besides UPS and FedEx, the only other carrier using the MD-11 is Western Global Airlines. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said another crash victim had been located, bringing the total number to 14. &ldquo;Please pray for these families, the Louisville community, and everyone affected by this terrible event,&rdquo; he said on X. Trail of debrisThe plane, filled with around 38,000 gallons (144,000 liters) of fuel for the long-haul flight to Hawaii, narrowly missed a major Ford vehicle assembly plant that employs about 3,000 people. Aerial footage of the crash site showed a long trail of debris as firefighters poured water on the flames, with smoke billowing from the area. Investigators have said the accident was caused by one of the engines catching fire and detaching during takeoff. Todd Inman, a member of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said this week that investigators had identified the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder&mdash;known as a plane&rsquo;s black boxes&mdash;and would send them to Washington for analysis. The crash was reportedly the deadliest in UPS history. Its main hub, Worldport, is in Louisville, where it employs thousands of people. According to the NTSB, the plane was built in 1991 and was modified into a cargo aircraft. McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in 1997. The crash comes amid the longest government shutdown in US history, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warning this week of &ldquo;mass chaos&rdquo; in the skies due to a lack of air traffic control staff. Inman said the NTSB was not aware of any staff shortages at Louisville&rsquo;s airport at the time of the crash.

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Freight carriers UPS and FedEx said they have grounded their fleets of MD-11 cargo planes, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky

UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 cargo planes after deadly crash

FAISALABAD: Spinner Abrar Ahmed took a career-best four wicket haul as Pakistan dismissed South Africa for a paltry 143 in the third and final one-day international in Faisalabad on Saturday.&nbsp;The 27-year-old grabbed 4-27 while fellow spinner Salman Agha (2-18) and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-18) shared wickets as only four batters crossed double figures after South Africa won the toss and batted.&nbsp;Pakistan won the three-match ODI series 2-1 against South Africa, clinching the final game in Faisalabad.&nbsp;Quinton de Kock followed his hundred in the second match with a top score of 53 off 70 balls with a six and six boundaries while Lhuan-dre Pretorius knocked a 45-ball 39 with a six and four boundaries.&nbsp;De Kock and Pretorius set the platform with a 72-run opening stand before the spinners hit back for Pakistan as the visitors lost their nine wickets for 56 runs.&nbsp;Agha dismissed Pretorius and Tony de Zorzi for two in the space of 15 runs before left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz ended all hopes of a big total with the wicket of De Kock in the 25th over.&nbsp;Abrar jolted the innings by dismissing Rubin Hermann (one), Donovan Ferreira (seven) and Corbin Bosch (nought) in successive overs.&nbsp;He then ended skipper Matthew Breetzke&#39;s resistence-filled 16 to improve on his previous best of 4-33 which came against Zimbabwe in Harare last year.&nbsp;Shaheen had Nqabayomzi Peter (16) and Lungi Ngidi (nought) to wrap the innings in the 38th over.&nbsp;

Cricket

Pakistan won the three-match ODI series 2-1 against South Africa, with Abrar Ahmed taking a career-best 4-27 to help dismiss the visitors for 143 in the final Faisalabad match, supported by Agha and Shaheen Afridi.


Abrar's four wicket haul helps Pakistan skittle South Africa for 143

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Embassy College Beijing (PECB) transformed into a vibrant panorama of music, flavor and tradition on Saturday as students, teachers and diplomats gathered to celebrate International Culture Day 2025.&nbsp;According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, the annual festival, inaugurated by Pakistan&rsquo;s Ambassador to China, Khalil Hashmi, turned the campus into a &ldquo;living mosaic of global harmony,&rdquo; with cultural representations from more than 50 countries, including Pakistan and China.&nbsp;From the aroma of traditional cuisines drifting across the courtyard to the sound of folk melodies and the colorful display of national costumes, the day offered a vivid experience of unity in diversity.&nbsp;Welcoming the participants, Principal Shazia Amjad praised the collaborative effort behind the event. She lauded students and faculty for their creativity in transforming the campus into &ldquo;a miniature world of cultures,&rdquo; where learning extended beyond classrooms and into shared experiences. <div class="fr-embed youtube-embed"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3z0nhD8iCwg?feature=share" title="YouTube Short" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" style="width: 100%; height: auto; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; max-width: 100%; display: block;"> </iframe>&nbsp;</div><div class="fr-embed youtube-embed"> </div> Stalls representing various nations were lined with handmade crafts, traditional dishes and decorative displays, attracting visitors eager to &ldquo;experience the world in a single walk.&rdquo; Conversations buzzed, cameras clicked, and exchanges of stories and smiles formed new connections among the community.&nbsp;After visiting the cultural exhibits, Ambassador Hashmi commended PECB for its unique role in strengthening global linkages.&nbsp;He described the institution as &ldquo;a bridge of friendship and understanding&rdquo; between Pakistan, China and the international community, recalling the school&rsquo;s legacy as Beijing&rsquo;s first international institution fostering cross-cultural engagement.&nbsp;The celebration drew a lively crowd of diplomats, Chinese guests, Pakistani families and students, who filled the campus grounds with applause and cheerful energy as performances unfolded, from graceful Chinese dragon dances to lively Pakistani folk songs, each met with enthusiastic response.&nbsp;As the sun set and the flags of dozens of nations fluttered side by side, International Culture Day 2025 concluded with a resonant message: in celebrating each other&rsquo;s heritage, we discover the connections that unite us<figure class="fr-media"><img src="https://paktv-assets-7d41fab8.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/555728a1-1d1b-40a2-9499-fdaa165a8266-ip 1.jpg" alt="ip 1.jpg" class="fr-fil fr-dib"><figcaption class="caption-cover-image text-sm text-gray-600 italic">Source- Pakistan Embassy Beijing</figcaption></figure>

The Pakistan Embassy College Beijing celebrated International Culture Day 2025 with vibrant performances, cultural stalls, and cuisines from over 50 countries, promoting global harmony and friendship between Pakistan, China, and the international community.

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