BEIJING (AFP): China’s public security minister called on the US homeland security secretary to...
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Israel sets Ramadan deadline for assault on Gazan city Rafah
GAZA STRIP (AFP) : Israel has threatened to invade Gaza’s Rafah by the start of Ramadan if...
ICJ to hold hearings on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian...
THE HAGUE : The United Nations’s highest court is set to open historic hearings into the legality...
Global
EU to mull measures against Iran over possible missile transfers...
BRUSSELS (Reuters): European Union leaders are ready to respond with new and significant measures...
Biden, Trump poised to clinch nominations and set up bruising...
WASHINGTON (Reuters): President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to win...
Bangladesh releases Islamist leader after 15 months
DHAKA (AFP): Bangladesh has freed the head of the largest Islamist party, officials said Tuesday...
Gazans break fast without ‘joy of Ramadan’...
US sanctions 16 financiers of Al-Shabaab militants
Russia detains South Korean man on espionage charges
Fresh US-UK airstrikes target Houthi sites in Yemen
UN chief calls for ‘silencing the guns’ in Gaza for...
TikTok dragged into US election as Trump opposes ban
Business
Australia supermarket boss resigns after ‘car crash’...
SYDNEY (AFP): The CEO of Australia’s largest supermarket chain announced Wednesday that he...
German economy buffeted by ‘perfect storm’
BERLIN (AFP): Weaker exports, costly energy and a stuttering green transition have combined to form...
The Body Shop to shut nearly half of UK shops
LONDON (AFP): The UK arm of The Body Shop cosmetics group will shut nearly half its 198 outlets...
Editorial
Haiti’s unending violence
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the world’s nations for the deployment of...
Power shutdown, a cyclic ignominy
A massive electricity breakdown hit the country Monday morning disrupting life in all major cities...
Africa, next battlefield for competitors
Accoridng to the media, the US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield has kicked off her 10...
Pakistan
Nine killed as residential building collapses in Multan
F.P. Report MULTAN: At least nine persons, including a child, were killed and three other persons...
CM KP decides to include seminaries in solarization
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has decided to...
Case against Asad Toor: FIA used SC’s name to launch action...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa Monday lamented that the...
Afghanistan
Infrastructure projects to start in 2024: IEA
KABUL (TOLOnews): The Islamic Emirate said that efforts are being made to start the work of some...
UNHCR, IDB sign three agreements on Afghanistan
KABUL (Ariana News): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have...
Afghan people’s fund accumulated $155m: Mehrabi
KABUL (Agencies): Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, Central Bank supreme council member and board member of...
Islamic Emirate brings new appointments
12 Afghans among those killed by blasts in Iran
Iran announces plans for Afghanistan, Pakistan borders
Envoys to Afghanistan to meet: UN chief’s associate...
US supports UN’ appointment of Special Representative
1000s of Afghan women, girls join online study programs
Entertainment
Actor Adam Driver takes on Netflix, Amazon over strike inaction
VENICE (Reuters): U.S. actor Adam Driver, in Venice to promote his new film “Ferrari”...
Pinochet, Thatcher reborn as bloodthirsty vampires in Venice
VENICE (AFP): Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher were...
Taylor Swift announces film of massive ‘Eras’ tour
LOS ANGELES (AFP): Didn’t score tickets for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour...
Articles
Criticized over blogger arrests, Uzbekistan denies it’s a free...
Navbahor Imamova In 2017, when Uzbekistan’s newly installed President Shavkat Mirziyoyev...
Fact or fiction: Is Israel really rounding up ‘Hamas fighters’?
Marc Owen Jones Over the past few days, photos and videos of Palestinian men and boys stripped...
Collapse of Gaza truce comes with a heavy price
Yossi Mekelberg The collapse of the truce in Gaza was as regrettable as it was expected, and one of...
Arts & Literature
Exploring the architecture of the UAE’s Abrahamic Family House —...
Rawaa Talass ABU DHABI: For the first time in the UAE, a mosque, church and synagogue are standing...
“I Am In Between”: A Q&A with Sorayya Khan
by Longreads Sorayya Khan is a Pakistani-Dutch writer. Her new book, We Take Our Cities with Us, is...
Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Göbeklitepe survive massive quakes
ISTANBUL (Web Desk) : Many buildings in southern Türkiye tumbled to the ground as two major...
Famous travelers to Türkiye: Hadrian, emperor with...
Rare pre-Islamic artefacts discovered in southern...
Türkiye’s historical monuments largely remain...
The End Is At Hand: A dark yet humorous look at the...
Legendary Japanese manga artist Matsumoto dies at age...
Exhibit visitor accidentally breaks $42B Koons...
Sports
PHF chief Khalid Sajjad Khokhar resigns
F.P. Report LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation President Khalid Sajjad Khokhar has resigned from...
India’s Ramkumar beats Aisam in Davis Cup clash
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq lost his first match of Davis Cup to...
Unheralded Proteas out to prove a point in New Zealand Tests
AUCKLAND (AFP): Stand-in South African captain Neil Brand said Saturday the two-Test series against...
Technology
Chip giant AMD says AI to be ‘mega-trend’ for...
CALIFORNIA (AFP): AI will be the “defining mega-trend” for the global computing...
Google explores AI tools for journalists, in talks with...
CALIFORNIA (Reuters): Google is exploring using artificial intelligence tools to write news...
Huawei to launch 5.5G network equipment next year
F.P. Report BEIJING: Huawei Technologies Co will launch a complete set of commercial 5.5G network...
Microsoft and Activision add time to seal gaming deal
Microsoft to charge more for AI in office, secure Bing...
Norway threatens $100,000 daily fine on Meta over data
Webb telescope captures tantalizing evidence for...
Facebook rolls out new updates for video section
Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare...
Health
Britain moves to curb teen vaping epidemic
Monitoring Desk LONDON: In a decisive move to tackle the rising issue of teen vaping, the British...
Essential steps of skincare for hot summer months
Neslihan Koçak As our largest organ, our skin is consistently subjected to external elements, and...
Hunger set to worsen in 18 ‘hotspots’ worldwide:...
GENEVA (AA) : Hunger is projected to worsen in 18 “hotspots” throughout the world...
Obesity fighting success encourage Novo to try gene...
Oncologists use AI to predict spread of aggressive...
America aged rapidly in the last decade as baby...
Study: Women have more chances to die after heart...
Paralysed man walks again thanks to thought-controlled...
Indian labs to give ‘top priority’ to tests on cough...
News in Picture
“Today’s Cartoon”
LONDON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shaking hands with UK...
GOA: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari along with Minister...
Travel
US set to lift COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers from...
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to end on...
The progressive city that few know
Ellie Seymour In the east of the Netherlands, just 10km from the German border, is Nijmegen, a...
US man accused of stabbing flight attendant, trying to open exit...
BOSTON (AFP): A US passenger on a United Airlines flight has been arrested for allegedly trying to...
These are the world’s best airports for customer...
Blue Zones: 5 world spots holding secret keys to...
Drivers strike over plan to remove aging Philippine...
KP to use AI for highways monitoring
PIA announces fares, flight operation for Haj 2023
Close call, turbulent flight add to aviation safety...
Kids Corner
Afghanistan pupils in fear after spate of attacks
KABUL (BBC): Milad is packing his rucksack for the first time since his school in the west of Kabul...
Punjab Education Deptt refutes rumours of early summer vacations
F.P. Report LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department has refuted the reports regarding summer...
KP becomes first province to introduce STEM education
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has officially become the first province in the country to...
Food
Bahraini culinary star Tala Bashmi celebrates The Best Chef...
DUBAI (Arabnews): Bahraini chef Tala Bashmi appeared in Madrid over the weekend to celebrate her...
Copala serves a range of authentic and varied mocktails
Maan Jalal Located in Index Mall in DIFC, es authentic Mexican dishes made with fresh ingredients...
Nigel Slater’s recipes for pork chops and juniper salt, and for...
Web Desk No culinary marriage rolls off the tongue quite so comfortably as blackberry ’n’ apple...
The Anthropocene heralds disaster. Can humans change course?
NEW YORK (AFP): Her distant ancestors paddled canoes across the Pacific Ocean to settle what became...
Evacuations as US state of Vermont hit by catastrophic floods
VERMONT (AFP): President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in the northeastern US state of...
UK water crisis pollutes privatisation legacy
LONDON (AFP): Britain’s biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by...