TEHRAN (AFP): Iran on Monday criticized a police crackdown in the United States against university...
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Hamas claims rocket barrage from Lebanon into north Israel
BEIRUT (AFP): Hamas’s armed wing said its militants in Lebanon’s south launched Monday a slew of...
Red Cross has no mandate to replace UNRWA in Gaza, chief says
GENEVA (AFP) : The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) does not have a mandate to...
Humza Yousaf resigns as Scotland’s first minister
At least 13 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on...
PM Sharif and IMF chief meet in Riyadh, discuss...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy issues fresh plea for...
Arab, Muslim officials call for ‘effective sanctions’...
Israel has agreed to listen to US concerns before any...
Global
Kenya dam burst kills at least 42
Nairobi (AFP): At least 42 people were killed when a dam burst in a town north of the Kenyan...
Ireland looking to send asylum seekers back to UK: Report
DUBLIN: The Republic of Ireland is looking to amend the law to allow the return of asylum seekers...
Two Russian journalists arrested on ‘extremism’ charges, accused...
MOSCOW (CNN): A pair of Russian journalists have been detained on “extremism” charges and face...
Thai foreign minister resigns after losing deputy PM...
Italy PM Meloni announces candidacy at EU election
Huthi attacks no threat to Saudi resorts: minister
World Economic Forum: Saudi Arabia warns of economic...
France’s foreign minister looks to prevent...
Bangladesh reopens schools despite heat alert
Business
Japan’s yen hits new 34-year low; US dollar rises
TOKYO (Reuters): The US Dollar (USD) soared to a fresh 34-year high against the yen on Friday...
Tokyo stocks close higher
TOKYO (AFP/APP): Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday after the Bank of Japan kept its key interest...
SBP to announce monetary policy on April 29
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will announce Monetary Policy on April 29...
Ahsan assumes office president and CEO of Engro...
Copper price tops $10,000 for first time in two years
Pakistan’s weekly inflation falls by 1.1 percent
Merck raises 2024 profit forecast on cancer drug sales
Turkey central bank holds key interest rate steady
German auto supplier Continental pays...
Editorial
Japan and Philippines gambling on US game
Before setting off from Manila on Wednesday for Washington for the first trilateral summit between...
Pak-Saudi ties
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with a high-level delegation has recently paid a three-day...
Urgency for climate change governance
Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a high-level committee to review...
Pakistan
PHC suspends ECP’s notice to CM Ali Amin Gandapur
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday suspended the Election Commission of...
NAB clears Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in LNG case
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday gave a clean chit to...
‘I didn’t leave PTI’: Fawad Chaudhry takes a U...
F.P. Report RAWALPINDI : Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry said that he didn’t leave the...
Afghanistan
Neighboring countries accused of helping ISIS
KABUL (Khaama Press): The Taliban Foreign Minister says three neighboring countries support ISIS...
Makers of traditional Afghan cloaks fear art will be lost
SAR-E-PUL (TOLOnews): The traditional Afghan cloak industry, which has a history of over 300 years...
‘No destructive groups present in Afghanistan’
KABUL (Ariana News): Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid has said that no...
Entertainment
Taylor Swift, tortured poet, exorcises demons with new double...
NEW YORK (AFP): Taylor Swift’s hotly anticipated “The Tortured Poets Department”...
Actress Sahiba reveals her true identity after decades
F.P. Report LAHORE: After being known as Sahiba for decades, the actress has now shocked her fans...
Princess Diana’s dresses on display in Hong Kong ahead of...
HONG KONG (AFP): Shoulder-padded, daffodil yellow and accented with gleaming gold buttons — a...
Articles
‘Decoupling’ cannot make US stronger
Harvey Dzodin While not much is expected from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit...
Jerusalem relatively quiet for now but a storm is close
Chris Doyle Very few areas of contention have not borne witness to alarming levels of tension in...
Wars cannot conceal rifts in Israeli society
Yossi Mekelberg To argue that utter malaise has spread across Israeli society would be an...
Arts & Literature
Palm poem of Abdurrahman I of al-Andalus
A. PETER DORE The most famous native-born artist son of the southern Spanish city of Cordoba is...
How a Dubai man built a $200,000 art collection in his Business...
Razmig Bedirian Yves Hage’s two-bedroom apartment in Business Bay feels like a contemporary art...
Emiratis battle to preserve dying art of embroidery
Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates) (AFP): Far from Dubai’s glitzy towers, Mariam al...
Bosnia’s 1st golden lily flag displayed at...
In a first, night tourism event spotlights Peshawar’s...
For one Emirati photographer, the country’s...
‘Act of Devotion’: Pakistani artist turns worn...
French-Iraqi artist’s calligraphic showcase enchants...
Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman dies at 90
Sports
Babar Azam points finger on batting
F.P. Report LAHORE: National team captain Babar Azam voiced his disappointment as Pakistan...
Man Utd ‘have to back’ struggling Rashford, says Ten Hag
London (AFP): Erik ten Hag said Friday he has a “lot of sympathy” for Marcus Rashford...
Sabalenka struggles through in Madrid Open
Madrid (AFP): Defending Madrid Open champion Aryna Sabalenka battled past Magda Linette 6-4, 3-6, 6...
Technology
Colorado law protects brain data captured by gadgets
COLORADO (AFP): Colorado on Wednesday expanded its privacy law to include brain data gathered by...
Meta shouldn’t force users to pay for privacy: EU watchdog
NEW YORK (AFP): The European Union’s central data regulator said Wednesday that online...
Telegram to hit 1 bln users within year: Founder
NEW YORK (Reuters): Telegram messaging app, one of the most popular social media platforms in...
Intel to launch two AI chips for China with reduced...
AMD introduces AI chips for business laptops and...
Microsoft to invest $1.5 billion in AI firm in UAE...
Astronomers discover largest black hole in Milky Way
OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo
Temu likely to face tougher online content rules as EU...
Health
WHO extends travel restrictions on Pakistan over polio concerns
Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to prolong travel...
Queen bumblebees surprise scientists by surviving underwater
Paris (AFP): Bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published...
UK parliament to debate law phasing out smoking
LONDON (AFP): The UK parliament will on Tuesday kick off its first debate on Prime Minister Rishi...
News in Picture
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“Today’s Cartoon”
CHARSADDA: PPP’s Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condoles with...
Travel
Indonesia sees record holiday exodus as more than 190 million...
JAKARTA (Arabnews): The Eid Al-Fitr exodus is an annual affair for Indonesians, but this year the...
Southwest Airlines delays departure of Boeing 737 due to engine...
NEW YORK (AFP): A Southwest Airlines flight from Texas to Los Angeles was forced to abort during...
Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup
SYDNEY (AP): A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after...
Saudi-Kuwait 650km-long railway set to complete by 2028
PIA announces decrease in fares
Five standout cities making the world a better place
Beat the rush as Dubai airport expects 3.6m travellers...
Seoul probes vessel suspected of violating UN...
Temporary channels being created to aid Baltimore...
Kids Corner
Outcry after Ghana priest marries child
Accra (AFP): A traditional Ghana priest has sparked a national outcry after marrying a 13-year-old...
WHO reports sharp rise in newborn deaths in Gaza
Gaza (AFP): Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being born...
Father kills schoolgirl after starving her for a month
F.P. Report LAHORE: A heartless father killed her 13-year-old girl in doubt of her love affair with...
Dozens of Philippine schools suspend classes over heat...
Students disturbed as session begins with old books in...
Diversity programs vanishing from US campuses amid...
Calls for ‘smartphone-free’ childhood grow...
4 Canadian school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta...
Harvard library removes human skin from book binding
Food
Easter 2024: Why we eat hot cross buns on Good Friday
Panna Munyal If there is a food that Easter is synonymous with, chocolate eggs aside, it is hot...
Where we are going today: ‘Lubian’ delicious shawaya chicken
Nada Hameed Located on Qassim Zeinah Street in Jeddah, Lubian specializes in wood-smoked meats...
8 Turkish dishes are in “World’s best 100...
ISTANBUL : The TasteAtlas website, renowned for its culinary rankings, curated the...
Japanese chocolatier conquers Belgium
Mouthwatering cuisines of KP attract faithful ahead of...
Where we are going today: ‘Wokstr’ in Jeddah
At Karachi’s tea shops during Ramadan, it ‘feels like...
Ramadan 2024: International iftars in the UAE, from...
Unique pasta shape was introduced by Dan Pashman
Oil, gas drilling blocked in Alaska wilds as Biden seeks green...
ALASKA (AFP): The United States on Friday blocked oil, gas and mining operations across tracts of...
More people are evacuated after the dramatic eruption of an...
MANADO, Indonesia (AP): More people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island...
Greek wildlife groups warn against govt flood recovery plan
ATHENS (AFP): Four prominent Greek wildlife groups on Thursday warned that the government’s...
UAE struggles to recover after heaviest recorded...
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts...
Climate crisis to slash global incomes by 20% by 2050
Study finds climate change could shorten human...
Ocean summit wraps with $11.5 bn in pledges: Greek...
