JERUSALEM (AFP/AP): Israel’s war cabinet has discussed the next steps for negotiations toward a...
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PPP’s Owais Qadir Shah elected Sindh Assembly speaker with 111...
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Owais Qadir Shah was elected as the 12th Sindh...
India’s Assam scraps colonial-era Muslim marriage law
GUWAHATI (AFP): India’s Assam state has scrapped an 89-year-old law that allowed marriage involving...
Trump notches easy win over Haley in march to...
Strikes kill dozens in Gaza as Israel, Hamas seek deal
PML-N gets Speaker’s slot in Punjab Assembly
Dead horses, scraps, leaves: Gaza’s hungry get...
Moscow will seek ‘revenge’ for Western sanctions: ex...
An attack on a cargo ship in the Red Sea has caused a...
Global
North Korea’s Kim rides car given by Putin, oversees drills
SEOUL (Reuters) :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly rode in a car given to him by Russian...
Joint Statement on US-Ecuador High-Level Dialogue
FP Report WASHINGTON DC: The United States and Ecuador conducted a High-Level Dialogue at the...
Assistant Secretary of State Satterfield to Travel to Nigeria
FP Report WASHINGTON DC: From March 17-22, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and...
Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Ethiopia and Chad
President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora...
Secretary Blinken’s Meets with Austrian President Van...
Targeting Entity and Vessel Shipping Commodities for...
Nicaragua ‘genocide’ case against Germany for...
IMF Investigates Cyber Incident: 11 Email Accounts...
Business
Activists allege ‘heavy-handed’ UAE restrictions at...
DUBAI (AFP): A coalition of civil society groups on Wednesday accused the Emirati hosts of a World...
Aston Martin delays first electric car
LONDON (Reuters): Aston Martin is delaying the launch of its first electric car because of a lack...
Lower auto prices are finally giving Americans a break after...
DETROIT (AP): Price increases for cars and trucks in the United States, which helped fuel inflation...
Editorial
May 9 violence, victims await justice
The Islamabad High Court has directed former Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan to join the...
Pakistan in the global prism
Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department, Vedant Patel assured that the US wants to see a...
IMF program and Dar’s misdemeanour
Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar asserted that Pakistan would not default, even if a...
Pakistan
Writer Anwar Maqsood rubbishes rumours of torture
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan’s renowned scriptwriter Anwar Maqsood has dismissed rumours...
PTI term today’s constitutional amendments unconstitutional
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has said...
National Assembly extends duration of seven ordinances
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Amidst an uproar created by the opposition, the National Assembly (NA) on...
Afghanistan
Historical and natural sites in Bamyan attract 20 foreign...
KABUL (BNA): Twenty international tourists, all hailing from Albania, have arrived in Bamyan...
Afghan women’s online violence experiences: withdrawing from...
Zahra Rashidi More than two years have passed since the re-emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan...
World Education Day spurs wide reactions amid girls’ exclusion
Tabasum Nasiry The ongoing ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan has raised global alarm for the...
Afghanistan’s collapse blamed on US ‘deep state’:...
FBI recovers slain American aid worker’s remains in...
Afghans expelled from Turkey, Iran report mistreatment
UN launches initiative; Community Kitchens for Afghan...
Afghanistan calls for regional peace talks to enhance...
Deputy PM advocates for enhanced public-official...
Entertainment
Taylor Swift’s concert film to get early-access screenings...
NEW YORK (Reuters): Taylor Swift, the cultural juggernaut known for shattering records, said on...
Nigeria art-house movie challenges Nollywood’s glitz
Abuja (AFP): A Nigerian black-and-white art-house movie that won a Sundance award is quietly...
Jada Pinkett Smith says separated from Will Smith since 2016
LOS ANGELES (AFP): Actor Jada Pinkett Smith has been separated from husband Will Smith since 2016...
Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas agree to co-parent their kids...
Guitars owned by Clapton, Cobain hit auction block
Aamir Khan sets to perform in Sitare Zameen Par:...
Voyage into a world of dreams: Egyptian film hits...
Amitabh Bachchan enjoys birthday with family
Talal Qureshi graces NY Times Square with his album...
Articles
Serbia’s election crisis threatens EU aspirations, regional...
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim In the heart of the Balkans, Serbia finds itself at a critical juncture following...
Taiwan paying a big price for DPP’s wrong policies
Zhong Houtao In her recent “new year address”, Taiwan’s current leader, Tsai Ing...
America’s support of Israel will ultimately backfire
Ramzy Baroud A famous quote by Franz Kafka says: “Every thing you love is very likely to be...
Arts & Literature
LACMA features works of female Turkish artists in latest...
ISTANBUL: The largest art museum in the western U.S., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is...
Winfrey teams with Arthur C. Brooks on book about happiness
NEW YORK (AP): Oprah Winfrey’s latest book project is one she helped write. Winfrey has teamed with...
Pulitzer Prize winners honoured for courageous journalism on...
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: The Pulitzer Prizes for 2023 were announced in New York on Monday. It is...
Sports
Record-setting West Indies beat Australia in third T20
Adelaide (Agencies): Andre Russell and Sherfane Rutherford put on the biggest sixth-wicket...
Quetta Gladiators appoint Rilee Rossouw as captain
F.P. Report LAHORE: South African cricketer, Rilee Rossouw has been appointed as the new captain of...
Michael Clarke set to join star-studded HBL PSL 9 commentary team
F.P. Report LAHORE: Former Australian captain Michael Clarke is all set to make his HBL PSL debut...
Peshawar Zalmi unveils Cutting-Edge ‘Khyber Edition’...
PSL 9 trophy unveiled at Lahore’s Polo Ground
Young tennis player Zainab Ali Naqvi passes away
India’s Kuldeep says fit-again Jadeja available...
England confident Ahmed’s visa issues will be...
Alcaraz says he would pick Paris Olympics gold over...
Technology
OpenAI chief granted Indonesia’s first golden visa
JAKARTA (AFP): OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has been granted Indonesia’s first golden...
China to launch new $40 bln state fund to boost chip industry...
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters): China is set to launch a new state-backed investment fund that aims to...
Baidu CEO says more than 70 large AI language models released in...
BEIJING (Reuters): More than 70 large artificial intelligence language models with over 1 billion...
TECH, the best online university in the world...
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy reschedules moon rocket...
Munich car show shines spotlight on China competition...
AI project imagines adult faces of children who...
Towards responsible tech: AI’s carbon footprint...
Mission accomplished, India puts moon rover to...
Health
Bangladesh fears record high death toll from dengue outbreak
DHAKA (Reuters): Dengue is spreading rapidly through densely populated Bangladesh this rainy...
Launch of arthritis drug biosimilars ramps up US pressure on...
AMERICA (Reuters) – Cheaper versions of one of the most costly and widely used arthritis...
India suspends another drugmaker’s licence over tainted...
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India has suspended a drugmaker’s manufacturing licence after the World...
Vietnam approves commercial use of first African swine...
India-made eyedrops cause deaths, blindness in US...
Could Ayurvedic skincare be next rage among beauty...
Dengue ‘epidemic’ claims 176 lives in...
GSK’s HIV prevention drug gets European...
Roche enters partnership with Alnylam for hypertension...
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PESHAWAR: Candidates giving written test for various posts...
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Travel
Pakistan announces Hajj flight operation from May 21
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Religious Affairs announced the schedule of Hajj flights of the...
UAE introduces five-year multiple-entry tourist visa
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has introduced a five-year multiple-entry...
US border crossings down by half since rule change: security...
WASHINGTON (AFP): US border authorities have seen a 50 per cent drop in “encounters”...
Kids Corner
Yemen war has killed or maimed over 11,000 children: UN
NEW YORK (AFP): More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen’s...
Punjab releases Rs810m for free books in schools
F.P. Report LAHORE: The Punjab Finance Department has released Rs810 million to provide free books...
Modi govt stops scholarships for Indian madrassa students
F.P. Report NEW DELHI: India’s BJP government has stopped granting scholarships to madrassa...
Food
Saudi Arabia declares jareesh and maqshush national dishes
Mariam Nihal The Saudi Culinary Arts Commission announced on Wednesday that it has chosen jareesh...
Food minister dispels impression of wheat shortage in Pakistan
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security Tariq Bashir Cheema Friday dispelled the...
All about mantı and erişte: Türkiye’s dumplings and pasta
Leyla Yvonne Ergil Two of the most beloved dishes by almost any Turk are manti and eriste. Both...
Global warming predicted to cost Australia billions
SYDNEY (AFP): Global warming could cost Australia’s economy hundreds of billions of dollars in the...
Brazil experiencing winter heat wave
Sao Paulo (AFP): Brazil is enduring a heat wave in the middle of the southern hemisphere’s...
El Nino could doom Indonesia’s rare tropical glaciers by...
JAKARTA (Reuters): Two of the world’s few tropical glaciers in Indonesia are melting, their...