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PM directs swift action against tax defaulters
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed initiation of...
Hamas welcomes UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza...
CAIRO (Reuters): Hamas said on Monday it welcomed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a...
US ‘very disappointed’ after Netanyahu...
Macron says IS behind Russia attack, also targeted...
Trump could learn Monday how NY wants to collect $457M...
Israel says fighting Hamas around two Gaza hospitals
North Korea says Japan’s Kishida proposed summit with...
Philippines says Chinese envoy summoned over...
Global
Janet Yellen to press China on ‘unfair’ trade practices during...
WASHINGTON (AFP) : US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leaves Wednesday for China, for the second...
Twelve killed in drone attack on key city in Sudan’s northeast
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AFP) : A drone attack killed 12 people and injured 30 on Tuesday in Atbara in...
Blinken meets French President
FP Report WASHINGTON DC: The U.S. and France have been friends and partners since the very founding...
Joint Statement on the U.S.-Spain Central America...
Commemorating National Arab American Heritage Month
Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as...
Gaza sea corridor aid returns to Cyprus after Israel...
NATO chief floats 100-billion-euro fund to arm Ukraine
US foils Houthi drone boat attack in Red Sea
Business
Ukraine ready to licence farm exports to assuage Poland: minister
KYIV (AFP): Ukraine is ready to introduce export licences for its agricultural products to help...
Dell reduces workforce as part of broader cost cuts
CALIFORNIA (Reuters): Dell Technologies (DELL.N) reduced its workforce as part of a broader...
Asian markets mixed as traders weigh US rate outlook
HONG KONG (AFP/ APP): Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as traders weighed the outlook for US...
Editorial
Afghanistan and the world view
The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Wang Wenbin, has recently noted that China hopes...
Electoral delimitation and leaders’ perplexity
The country is all set for a nationwide grand contest after the ECP completed a fresh delimitation...
Student unions, past and present
Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training has recently unanimously...
Pakistan
New Commissioner takes charge in Peshawar
Syed Adnan PESHAWAR: Marks the commencement of a new era in the administrative landscape of...
‘All political parties unanimously condemn terrorists attack’
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, on Tuesday...
Omar Ayub appointed Leader of Opposition in National Assembly
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister and PTI leader Omar Ayub has been elected as Leader...
Islamabad court acquits Imran Khan in vandalism case
President Zardari to address joint session of...
ECP postpones Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan condemns Israeli attack on Iranian Embassy in...
PHC adjourns hearing on oath-taking of reserved MPAs...
Asif hopeful of thaw in Islamabad-New Delhi ties
Afghanistan
200 Hindu, Sikh families return over next month
KABUL (TOLOnews): Manjeet Singh Lamba, the head of the Sikh and Hindu community in Afghanistan...
Female entrepreneurs highlight market challenges at Afghanistan...
KABUL : Female entrepreneurs voiced their concerns about the lack of a viable market for their...
Kabul hopes Afghanistan, Pakistan can address mutual concerns
KABUL (Ariana News): Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has...
Entertainment
Foreign-born Miss Japan sparks debate on what it means to be...
TOKYO (Reuters): The crowning of Ukrainian-born model Karolina Shiino as the winner of the Miss...
‘Fauda’ actor wounded in Gaza vows return to Israel...
GAZA (AFP): An Israeli actor in the hit Netflix television series “Fauda” vowed...
Italy seeks to clarify charity deals after influencer scandal
ROME (AFP): Italy’s government proposed new rules Thursday for companies and influencers who...
Articles
Egypt’s concerns regarding potential storming of Rafah
Dr. Abdellatif El-Menawy The threat of a possible Israeli military action targeting Rafah, a city...
G7 chair Italy assumes new importance in West
Andrew Hammond Prior to becoming Italian prime minister in 2022, there were widespread reservations...
Neither Russia nor the West know how this war will end
Anna Arutunyan With Switzerland due to play host to a Ukraine peace summit by the summer, Ukrainian...
Arts & Literature
Ex-film director wins France’s top literary prize
PARIS (AFP): France’s top literary prize, the Goncourt, was awarded Tuesday to former film...
Borusan presents ‘A Vision to Shape the Future’ at...
Buse Keskin ISTANBUL: To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Türkiye’s republic, the Borusan...
Ottomans to Turkish republic: Exhibit celebrates women’s...
Web Desk To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye, the Sadberk Hanım Museum in...
Ayman Baalbaki paintings withdrawn from...
‘Sufi Life in Istanbul’ presents Sufism in...
Monet painting to go on sale at Paris auction for...
Morocco unearths Roman-era second century site in Rabat
Vantage Point Sharjah returns with a more focused...
Foreign tourists to be charged Hagia Sophia entrance...
Sports
Islamabad United beat Multan Sultans to win PSL 9 title
KARACHI (Monitoring Desk): Islamabad United won their third HBL PSL title after they edged over...
Swedish midfielder Olsson in rehab after brain illness: club
Stockholm (AFP): Sweden’s Kristoffer Olsson, hospitalised last month with a rare brain...
Schultz edges Pogacar at Tour of Catalonia opener
Barcelona (AFP): Australian outsider Nick Schultz won the opening stage of the Tour of Catalonia as...
British cycling great Laura Kenny announces retirement
North Korean World Cup player says Japan qualifier...
David continues Lille scoring streak, Ito gets Reims...
Violence erupts between players and fans after match...
Desert domination: Alcaraz tops Medvedev to repeat as...
Man Utd fightback ends Liverpool’s quadruple...
Technology
Instant printer photobooth is going to be popular at your wedding
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: For those who regularly throw big events or parties, photobooths are a...
Social media to play instrumental role in Election 2024
PESHAWAR (APP) :In democratic setups, free and transparent elections provide a strong base for...
AI raises serious concerns but also promises new jobs
ZURICH (AFP) : Artificial intelligence (AI) raises serious concerns for jobs, but it will also...
Health
Nicaragua asks International Red Cross to depart the country
Nicaragua (AFP): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced Monday that it has...
Singapore sees Covid uptick, mask-in-public advisory returns
Monitoring Desk SINGAPORE: In the first week of this month, between December 3 to December 9, the...
Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital a ‘bloodbath,’ WHO says
GAZA (AFP): The emergency department at the Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, devastated by...
Scientists point to potential extended effects of...
Radioactivity detected in Fukushima worker’s nose
Los Angeles buries its unclaimed Covid-year dead
Efforts to kill off smoking stall as pandemic drove...
Poland ordered to pay woman denied abortion
Putin says abortions against state interests, but...
News in Picture
PESHAWAR: Security officials inspecting the spot of explosion.
GAZA: Displaced Palestinians take refuge in Nasser Medical...
DUBAI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar meets the...
Travel
Another 49 PIA flights cancelled due to unavailability of fuel
F.P. Report KARACHI: The restrictions on fuel supply owing to non-payment of dues continued to...
Corsica’s Trinicellu: Europe’s magnificent €50 train
Norman Miller The island of Corsica blends the rugged peaks of the Mediterranean’s most...
Off-duty US pilot tried to shut down plane’s engines in...
WASHINGTON (AFP): An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who was sitting in a cockpit jump seat on a US...
Kids Corner
South Korean advocate for school bullying survivors dies
SEOUL (AFP): Pyo Ye-rim, a hairstylist who became an advocate for the legal rights of school...
Wonder Kid stuns internet with problem solving skills
Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD: In a video that went viral in no time, a wonder kid stunned the internet...
Israel-Hamas conflict claims lives of 260 Palestinian children —...
Monitoring Desk Gaza: The Israel-Hamas conflict has devastating consequences for Palestinian...
Hong Kong man in prison for importing...
Afghan girls attend risky secret schools after Taliban...
Weather disasters caused by climate change displaced...
1,66,000 students dropped out at primary level in five...
Rising poverty forces Syrian parents to choose between...
India arrests 1,000 people in child marriage crackdown
Food
Where we are going today: ‘Takara’ a Japanese restaurant in...
Dhai Al-Mutairi Takara, a contemporary Japanese cuisine restaurant in Alkhobar, is a favorite among...
‘Mango Diplomacy’ brings US and Pak citizens under one roof
F.P. Report WASHINGTON : Ambassador Masood Khan today hosted annual BBQ Reception and Mango...
A foodie pilgrimage around Auckland, with internationally...
Anna King Shahab New Zealand’s most populous city sprawls across an isthmus between two...
Heavy rains in Australia’s east bring more pain to storm...
SYDNEY (Reuters): Heavy rains lashed parts of Australia’s east on Monday, triggering flash...
What to know about 2024 changes to the electric vehicle tax...
Zack Budryk Changes to the federal electric vehicle (EV) tax credit are set to take effect Jan. 1...
Seoul records heaviest single-day snowfall in December for 40...
SOUL (AP): The South Korean capital, Seoul, received the biggest single-day snowfall recorded in...