TEHRAN (Reuters) : Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday that his country would not start a...
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Syrian military says Israel targeted south Damascus from Golan...
SANA (Reuters): The Syrian military said it downed a number of Israeli missiles launched from the...
‘No place for Islamophobia’ in Canada, says Trudeau after mosque...
OTTAWA (Reuters): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday condemned an attack against a...
Top UN court to rule on jurisdiction over Ukraine...
North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles off west...
Ex-CIA software engineer who leaked to WikiLeaks...
US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria...
Biden sanctions four Israeli settlers who attacked...
New jail term for Tunisian opposition chief Ghannouchi
Global
Iran gears up for elections dominated by conservatives
TEHRAN (AFP): Iranians will cast ballots in legislative and key assembly elections on Friday, with...
China broadens law on state secrets to include ‘work...
BEIJING (Reuters): Chinese lawmakers have expanded Beijing’s state secrets law for the first...
Greeks strike to mark train crash anniversary, protest low wages
ATHENS (Reuters): Rail services will be halted and ships will remain docked at ports near the...
Noncommunicable diseases in emergencies, aid plan for...
DOD Takes Steps to Restore Stability in Red Sea Area
Austin calls South Korean Minister of National Defense
Chinese navy’s presence in South China Sea is...
At least 31 killed in Mali bus accident, transport...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah will halt fire if Hamas OKs Gaza...
Business
Gold rates decline by Rs1,200 to Rs214,800 per tola
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The per tola price of 24 karat gold decreased by Rs1,200 and was sold at...
French bank Societe Generale to cut 900 jobs
PARIS (AFP): French banking group Societe Generale announced plans on Monday to slash around 900...
Cost-cutting Vodafone reports sliding revenues
LONDON (AFP): British mobile phone giant Vodafone, which is slashing thousands of jobs, revealed...
US public debt is ‘unsustainable’: Fed...
Pakistan’s exports to China up by 46% during ongoing...
China bets on open-source chips as US export controls...
Yandex owner to exit Russia in $5.2 billion deal
Gemstones is a valuable sector, need development...
Pakistan’s economic prospects look promising : Meher
Editorial
A looming energy crisis ahead
The global energy market is facing recession fears, and expecting a potential downtrend in the...
Natural disaster and Pak-US ties
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed satisfaction at the upward trajectory in the Pakistan...
KP’s Climate Change Policy, Pros and Cons
The Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan has formally approved the KP Climate Change...
Pakistan
Khaliq Achakzai, Ghazala Gola elected speaker, deputy speaker of...
F.P. Report QUETTA: Captain (retd) Abdul Khaliq Achakzai and Ghazala Gola have been elected...
Unknown gunmen kill Rescue officer in Peshawar
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Unidentified assailants shot dead a Rescue 1122 officer in Peshawar’s...
MNAs-elect take oath in NA session
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The inaugural session of the newly elected National Assembly commenced with...
Afghanistan
Nakamura’s unfinished work to be resumed
JALALABAD CITY (TOLOnews): Four years after the killing of Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese aid worker...
The hidden dimensions of insecurity in Afghanistan
KABUL (Khaama Press): The Taliban administration in Afghanistan considers one of its achievements...
Uplift projects requested in Juwand and Badghis
KABUL (BNA): Some scholars and Mujahideen from the Juwand district in Badghis province met with...
Entertainment
Zero waste theatre in London to tackle climate change
LONDON (Reuters): Surrounded by the glass and steel towers of London’s financial district, a...
‘Black Panther’ actor quits Mexico film over sex...
MEXICO CITY (AFP): “Black Panther” star Tenoch Huerta has withdrawn from his latest...
Pharrell Williams stages Louis Vuitton debut on Pont Neuf
PARIS (Reuters): For his debut collection at Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams drew his global...
Dwayne The Rock Johnson reveales name of his favorite...
Pakistani actress Sara Khan shows off her Eid dress
Disney to shock Netflix as Ryan Murphy deal nears:...
Bushra Ansari expresses reservations about Eidul Azha...
Singer Bebe Rexha says she’s OK after being hit in the...
Pakistani actress Zhalay Sarhadi’s lip-syncing...
Articles
China-Pakistan Health Corridor on bilateral healthcare
Muhammad Shahbaz The China-Pakistan Health Corridor (CPHC), an integral component of the CPEC...
Hamas and American crossing
Ghassan Charbel Horrors are not new to the sick Middle East. Its blood has been shed in many wars...
Israel’s psychological operation in Gaza
Belén Fernández In 2014, nine years prior to Israel’s current annihilative efforts in the Gaza...
Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the...
Gaza war exposes an EU devoid of unity and values
Israel has succeeded in turning the world against it
How to tackle sub-Saharan Africa’s water crisis
There’s only one man who can stop a Donald Trump...
Across UK, from prisons to classrooms, I asked people...
Arts & Literature
Ottoman cups found in Agora of Smyrna in Izmir
IZMIR, Türkiye (AA): During the ongoing excavations in the ancient Agora of Smyrna, an ancient site...
Newly launched website gives Islamic art global exposure
Web Desk DUBAI: A Lebanese patron has launched a website to give Islamic art made by creatives...
Milkweed, Cypress Spurge, and Other Native Plants Soar into the...
Web Desk Towering far above their real-life counterparts, the wild specimens that populate Mona...
NYUAD Art Gallery reopens with exhibitions by emerging...
Sharjah exhibition to showcase works by Iraqi-Kurdish...
From Andy Warhol to Egyptian jewels, Sotheby’s Dubai...
Art of words: Türkiye opens 1st ‘Museum of...
7th International Arabic Book Fair to start in Istanbul
Naila Art Gallery’s ‘Saudi Crafts’...
Sports
China’s Asian Cup coach dodges talk of domestic graft...
Doha (AFP): China coach Aleksandar Jankovic dodged questions Friday about a graft scandal that has...
Korda crushed in Adelaide, Ostapenko into women’s final
Adelaide (AFP): Third seed Sebastian Korda was dismantled 6-2, 6-1 on Friday as Jiri Lehecka...
Wanindu Hasaranga’s heroics power Sri Lanka to series...
Monitoring Desk COLOMBO: Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga staged a remarkable comeback to...
India draw first blood against Afghanistan in T20I...
Williamson labels Babar ‘big threat’ ahead of T20I...
Ireland rugby coach Andy Farrell to lead British and...
Soccer player Stones, F1 driver Albon invest in team...
Mbappé’s future still unclear as PSG resumes...
World Cup stars Morocco seek end to 48-year African...
Technology
China’s Mars rover finds signs of recent water in sand dunes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP): Water may be more widespread and recent on Mars than previously thought...
Canada to compel web titans to boost domestic content
TORONTO (AFP): The Canadian Senate passed a long-debated law Thursday that will require streaming...
ChatGPT accessible again in Italy
Shiona McCallum Access to the ChatGPT chatbot has been restored in Italy. It was banned by the...
UAE astronaut exits ISS for first Arab space walk
AI discovers new planet outside our solar system
Google launches first-ever App growth Lab in Pakistan
Digital divide hits women harder in poor countries: UN
UK block leaves Microsoft’s $69-bn Activision...
Sweden launches research rocket, accidentally hits...
Health
WHO warns of worse secondary health crisis in quake zone
GENEVA (AFP): The WHO warned Wednesday of a secondary health crisis threatening to strike Turkey...
Tip to keep your eyes safe while using digital devices
Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD: Nowadays life is going digital as people mostly spend their time on...
Crews release toxic chemicals from derailed tankers in Ohio
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP): Crews released toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed tanker...
Ohio officials declare measles outbreak over
Concerning bird flu spreads through mammals but low...
British workers stage largest strike in history of...
Palestinians appeal for help to save cancer patients...
Indian pharma halts eye drops production after health...
Polio campaign in Punjab to be started from Feb 13
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Travel
Pakistan’s lost city of 40,000 people
Samantha Shea A slight breeze cut through the balmy heat as I surveyed the ancient city around me...
Indonesia’s 100-island Widi Reserve to be auctioned off
Selina Denman Indonesia is auctioning off one of its best-preserved atolls, in an attempt to boost...
After 7,000 years, Turkish wines are hitting the big time
(CNN) : As one of the world’s oldest wine producers, with history that goes back around 7,000...
NDMA issues travel advisory after snowfall season...
Kazakhstan: Experience ‘four seasons in four days’ in...
UAE flights: Emirates issues alert as peak travel...
Saudi Arabia building $5 billion turtle-shaped...
Abu Dhabi airport expects 1.5 million Etihad Airways...
World’s oldest market bridge:...
Kids Corner
E-learning still a struggle for Schools in Germany
Monitoring Desk Germany is notorious for lagging behind in digitalization. Now, students have...
Face-to-face school learning not expected anytime soon in Germany
Monitoring Desk Lars Klingbeil of Germany’s Social Democratic Party has suggested that...
Here are the best iPad games in 2021
Monitoring Desk Searching for a new game to while away the hours during the coronavirus pandemic...
Food
Exploring the traditional flavors of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH (Arabnews): Ramadan is a special time for Muslims to get together with family and loved ones...
Why is good coffee in Gulf so expensive?
DUBAI (Arabnews): Buying a cup of coffee in the Gulf can be quite expensive. Coffee lovers often...
French prisoner posting food videos from jail cell
PARIS (AFP): The chocolate sauce bubbling in a bain-marie is a staple of cookery programmes, but...
Cyclone Ilsa: Western Australia braces for category five storm
SYDNEY, LONDON (bbc): A powerful storm that is charging towards Western Australia (WA) has...
4.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Cobb in California’s Bay...
Monitoring Desk CALIFORNIA: An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 jolted parts of the Bay Area on Tuesday...
As summer heat looms, Japan urged to curb impact, emissions
TOKYO (AP): Temperatures are rising in Japan and summer is coming fast. Cherry blossoms are...