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Denmark parliament debates bill to ban Holy Quran burnings
DENMARK (AFP) : Denmark’s parliament on Tuesday will debate a bill to ban Holy Quran...
US continues fostering anti-Russia sanctions, Moscow adjusting...
MOSCOW (TASS): The US continues fostering sanctions against Russia, though Moscow is adjusting to...
IHC halts Imran Khan’s cipher case trial in jail
Myanmar rebels seek to control border with India after...
Indonesian president urges Biden to help end Gaza...
Austin: UN states concerned China and Russia helping...
Brazil’s Lula says Israel response ‘as grave’ as Hamas...
Senate passes resolution backing military trials of...
Global
Myanmar ethnic minority fighters say capture town near...
Yangon (AFP): An armed ethnic minority group in Myanmar has said it captured a town and several...
Pacific nation Nauru cuts ties to Taiwan, switches to China
BEIJING (AFP): The South Pacific nation of Nauru announced on Monday it was severing diplomatic...
West Bank Palestinians decry Israel’s raids as...
TULKARM (Palestinian Territories) (AFP): Amid the warren of Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, in...
Zelensky headed to Switzerland to shore up...
UK police arrest six pro-Palestinian activists in...
US denies Houthi reports of fresh strikes in Yemen
Hezbollah leader says security of all shipping harmed...
22 miners killed in Tanzania landslide
Israel detains two sisters of killed Hamas leader Aruri
Business
Apple suffers setback in fight against EU’s $14 billion tax order
CALIFORNIA (Reuters): An EU tribunal made legal errors when it ruled in favour of Apple over a 13...
Most Asian markets see fresh gains
HONG KONG (AFP/APP): Most Asian stocks crept back up Thursday after another positive day on Wall...
Honda, Nissan hike full-year forecasts
Monitoring Desk TOKYO: Japanese car giants Honda and Nissan on Thursday lifted their full-year...
Editorial
Political Pyrexia
Patience calm and forbearance used to be the dominant attributes of the temperament of the Prime...
Currency depreciation
The first round of talks between the visiting team of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and high...
Hinting foreign policy shift
Addressing a seminar hosted by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Foreign Minister...
Pakistan
Another resolution seeking poll postponement lands in Senate...
ISLAMABAD: Yet another controversial resolution has landed in the Senate Secretariat, second in a...
Every citizen has fundamental right to vote: CJP
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Friday observed that...
Forces able to respond to any threat: COAS
F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), witnessed...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan floods: 31 killed, 74 injured and 41 missing
KABUL (Agencies): The State Ministry for Disaster Management says at least 31 people have died, 74...
Plans being worked on to allow women to return to work: IEA
KABUL (Agencies): Deputy Minister of Economy Abdul Latif Nazari says a plan is being drawn up for...
Admin corruption eliminated, transparency restored: Hanafi
KABUL (BNA) Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Mawlavi Abdul Salam Hanafi, in a...
Taliban rejects Iran claim leaders of ISIL sent to...
152 Schools lack buildings in Paktika: Education...
US made u-turn in fundamental position toward...
Yaqoob blames US for IEA’s lack of recognition
EU sanctions on Islamic Emirate not beneficial to any...
Minister: Time will come for IEA to ‘impose sanctions...
Entertainment
Katie Price and Carl Woods spark split rumours with their latest...
Monitoring Desk LOS ANGELES: Katie Price and Carl Woods have sparked split rumours as the former...
Who votes for the Oscars, and how does it work?
HOLLYWOOD (AFP): The ballots are all in! Millions of television viewers around the globe will tune...
Actress Mariyam Nafees ties knot with Amaan Ahmed
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistani actress Mariyam Nafees has officially tied the knot with her fiancé...
Articles
NATO’s 30 years of conflict and provocations
Jan Oberg, Benyamin Poghosyan & Xiang Haoyu NATO’s summit will be held in Vilnius...
Books are losing value in Kabul – this scares me
Hujjatullah Zia It has been almost two years since the Taliban took over Kabul. I, like many...
I’m not known for being tough on immigration – but we must...
Ken Clarke Iam a liberal Conservative. I have not always agreed with my party in recent years...
Arts & Literature
Sports
Shubman Gill earns ICC player of the month honour
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared Shubman Gill, the young...
Bangladesh batsman Liton gets first ball duck for birthday
CHENNAI (AFP): Bangladesh batsman Liton Das endured a nightmare 29th birthday on Friday when he was...
Holders Senegal draw Cameroon in Africa Cup of Nations group
ABIDJAN (Reuters): African champions Senegal have been drawn with Cameroon at next year’s...
Technology
Europe wants social media giants to do more to stop...
BRUSSELS (NPR): The European Commission wants to hold Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter...
1.7 million affected by hack of top Japan dating app
TOKYO (AFP): The personal data of more than a million users of one of Japan’s most popular...
Iraqis find escape, success on PUBG’s virtual battleground
BAGHDAD (AFP): Bashar Abo Khalil’s PUBG character dashes around a wall in a pink dress and samurai...
India asks social media firms to remove reference to...
Google plans to open first physical store in New York
Snapchat claims 500 mn monthly active users amid...
Argentina orders Facebook to stop WhatsApp data sharing
WhatsApp to launch ‘chat migration’...
NASA spacecraft begins trip back to Earth after...
Health
Australia advances vaccination start to February
Monitoring Desk CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is moving up the start of its coronavirus...
China province faces heightened virus restrictions
Monitoring Desk BEIJING (AP) — Lockdown measures were being imposed in a northern Chinese province...
COVID-19 claims 24 more lives in Punjab
F.P. ReportLAHORE: The coronavirus claimed another 24 lives during the last 24 hours whereas 665...
