TEHRAN (AFP): An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said Saturday that Israel is panicking over a...
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Iran Guards seize container ship ‘related’ to Israel in Gulf:...
TEHRAN/DUBAI (Agencies): Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday seized a container ship “related...
Ukraine says situation in east has ‘deteriorated...
KYIV (AFP): Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Saturday the situation on the...
US House okays renewal of controversial surveillance...
Death toll rises to six in Sydney shopping center...
Biden says his message to Iran is...
US says China is boosting Russia’s war machine...
Ireland says moving closer to recognizing Palestinian...
Beijing slams US-Japan-Philippines summit, says South...
Global
US House Speaker Leaves Ukraine in Limbo, Prioritizing Israel Aid
WASHINGTON: House Speaker Mike Johnson has jumped at the opportunity to push ahead with a...
Israelis rattled by Iranian attack, fear escalation
JERUSALEM (Reuters): The first direct attack on Israel by Iran has shaken Israelis and left them...
Top Syrian officer faces war crimes charges in Swedish court
Stockholm (AFP): The highest-ranking Syrian military official to be tried in Europe on Monday...
Netanyahu rival Lapid says Israel lost ‘deterrence’...
Myanmar rocket attack kills four, wounds military...
Singapore PM Lee to step down, deputy to take over May...
Four wounded in Sydney church stabbing
China officials reject criticism of new Hong Kong...
Judge finds staffer committed rape in Australian...
Business
Debt and climate back on IMF, WB spring meetings agenda
WASHINGTON (AFP): The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are due...
Dollar rally supercharged by US rate outlook, could complicate...
NEW YORK (Reuters): A rally in the US dollar is accelerating, as stubborn inflation sows doubts...
Record debt costs mean climate spending could push nations to...
LONDON (Reuters): Emerging countries will pay a record $400 billion to service external debt this...
Economic growth forecast to rise 2.8%
PIAF stresses need for large scale structural changes...
Asia consequential position in world: Meher
BMP proposes central bank to review credit policies in...
Economic growth linked to durable regional peace
CAA tightens monitoring of airspace due to ME tensions
Editorial
Evil of drug addiction
Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation, Transport & Mass Transit...
International Day to combat Islamophobia
Pakistan, the Muslim Ummah, and nations around the world solemnly observed the ‘International...
Political icebreaking, a sane idea
President Asif Ali Zardari hailed the recent meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and...
Pakistan
Torrential rains affect wheat crop, fruits orchards in KP
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Damaged fruits orchards in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat, Shangla and Dir...
Situation in Kachcha area in Sindh is better than before
F.P. Report KARACHI: Senior Minister of Sindh and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport...
Saudis offered PIA, airports, joint ventures to build five-star...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has offered the visiting high-level Saudi delegation privatization...
Bushra Bibi meets PTI founder at Adiala Jail
PTI finalizes plan of holding public rallies across...
President, Saudi FM discuss challenges being faced by...
Faizabad inquiry commission gives clean chit to Faiz...
NA-130: Nawaz Sharif’s victory challenged in...
ATC cancels Khadija Shah’s arrest warrants
Afghanistan
Special representative for Afghanistan to be appointed
KABUL (Khaama Press): The spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General says that the process of...
Eid security assured by Ministry of Interior
KABUL (TOLOnews): The Ministry of Interior told citizens that security will be ensured during the...
Anti-locust campaign starts in farmlands
KABUL (TOLOnews): The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock reported the start...
Afghan Minister, Chinese envoy discuss Wakhan Road
Countries to not allow their airspace to be used...
Girls demand schools, universities reopening as Eid...
Azizi says efforts ongoing to find alternative trade...
Handicraft companies: Job applicants outnumber buyers
250 prisoners in Herat released on Eid occasion
Entertainment
A-bomb saga ‘Oppenheimer’ finally opens in Japan
TOKYO (AFP): Oscars best picture winner “Oppenheimer” was finally released on Friday in...
Comedian Bharti Singh says no to ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: The anticipation surrounding The Great Indian Kapil Show has been...
Fans stunned by Sanam Saeed’s demonstration of multiple accents
F.P. Report KARACHI: Acclaimed Pakistani actress Sanam Saeed has spellbound everyone through her...
Pakistani actress Sahiba meets her father for the...
Beyonce goes cowboycore with new album heavy on Texas...
Titanic ‘door’ prop that saved Rose sells...
Zara Noor Abbas, Asad Siddiqui welcome baby girl
Rumy Alqahtani to represent Saudi Arabia at Miss...
Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris apartment sold for 10...
Articles
HK legislation balances rule of law and development
Tian Feilong The recent implementation of the Safeguarding National Security Bill in Hong Kong, 26...
Why Judge Aileen Cannon is onthin ice in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago case
Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry & Joshua Kolb On Tuesday, special counsel Jack Smith threw down...
Ousting Boris was a huge mistake
Daniel Hannan Everything has gone wrong for the Tories since they toppled Boris Johnson. When...
Arts & Literature
Afghan museum features items from Taliban’s ongoing reign
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFP) : Alongside antique Qurans and ancient Afghan coins, rocket launchers and...
Highlights from this year’s Diriyah Biennale
Rawaa Talass RIYADH: You know that distinctive scent in the air after it rains? When droplets of...
Van Gogh, Kandinsky stars of the show at Dutch art fair
MAASTRICHT (Netherlands) (AFP): A rare early work by Vincent van Gogh and a record-selling...
Chinese artist Cai Wanlin’s sculptures displayed in...
New Garcia Marquez novel launched 10 years after his...
How Palestinian resistance art developed between the...
Culture Beat: Hong Kong Palace Museum unveils 2024...
Art Dubai spotlights the Global South and art as...
UK unveils King Charles III banknotes in ‘Future...
Sports
Vinales crushes lap record to grab MotoGP pole in Texas
Austin (AFP): Maverick Vinales obliterated the lap record at the Circuit of the Americas in...
Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over
Muscat (AFP): Nepal batsman Dipendra Singh Airee became just the third man to hit six sixes in one...
Nadal to make long-awaited ATP return next week in Barcelona
Paris (AFP): Rafael Nadal will make his return to ATP competition for the first time since January...
Osaka wants to play at Paris Olympics ‘if they...
Emerging teen powers Australia past Mexico into BJK...
Pakistan players win gold, bronze medals in Australia...
Meet the (almost) invincibles: Three undefeated...
US stars duel Hojgaard for Masters lead as Tiger...
Rizwan better than me, says Sarfaraz
Technology
Apple to hold Worldwide Developers Conference from June 10
CALIFORNIA (Reuters): Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 10 to...
Israel’s war budget leaves top scientists in limbo
BEIT DAGAN (AFP): Israeli scientist Ellen Graber has spent years researching ways to save chocolate...
Chinese TikTok sellers complain of under-fire platform...
SHENZHEN (Reuters) : Chinese e-commerce vendors that want to sell products on TikTok Shop in the US...
Vodafone Germany to cut 2,000 jobs as part of savings...
China slams US, UK, NZ over hacking accusations
Mysterious preserved human brains found after...
EU launches probes into Apple, Google, Meta under new...
Ericsson to cut 1,200 jobs in Sweden amid...
Geomagnetic storm strikes earth: Global auroras...
Health
Polio vaccination campaign to start in 11 districts of...
QUETTA (APP): Following the recent emergence of two polio cases in Balochistan after a three-year...
Global AIDS program survives, but backers ‘not satisfied’
Joseph Choi America’s global AIDS relief program has been authorized for another year in the...
DR Congo faces ‘worst’ cholera outbreak since 2017:...
GENEVA (AA) : The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the Democratic Republic of...
EU regulator delays decision on Eisai-Biogen...
Nine cases of Corona reported in province
German health ministry says Ozempic exports not a...
Musk’s Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient...
US surgeons have transplanted a pig kidney into a...
Crispr-cas study shows promise in eliminating HIV from...
News in Picture
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari laying floral wreath at...
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Travel
PIA cancels 12 flights due to inclement weather
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday cancelled 12 flights due to...
Boeing staff confused on safety reporting: US study
New York (AFP): Boeing employees are confused and distrustful of changes to safety reporting...
Treat for snow enthusiasts: Best ski resorts of Balkans
ÖZGE ŞENGELEN ISTANBUL: The Balkans and their beautiful cities have destinations that we never give...
Kids Corner
Barbie turns 65 in a world of vast doll diversity
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): At 65 years of age, Barbie shows no signs of retiring from her 250 different...
Children starving to death in Northern Gaza Hospitals: WHO Chief
GENEVA (AFP): An aid mission to two hospitals in northern Gaza found horrifying scenes of children...
A 4-year-old Gaza boy lost his arm – and his family. Half a...
NEW YORK (AP): Omar Abu Kuwaik is far from his home in Gaza. The 4-year-old’s parents and sister...
‘Who will call me mother?’: Gazan woman...
Autism, an overlooked neuro-developmental disorder...
Gaza officials report 4 more child malnutrition deaths
Student takes his own life after being reach late to...
New York medical school scraps fees after $1b donation
Al-Shifa saves 1,500 premature babies from blindness...
Food
Scientists grow meaty rice hybrid food for protein kick
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Scientists have created a new type of hybrid food – a “meaty” rice that...
Celebrity Filipino chef elevates native cuisine for Dubai food...
MANILA (Arabnews): The hospitality of Filipinos is well recognized across the Middle East, which...
20 delicious reasons to visit Pakistan
Halima Ali Bordered by China, Afghanistan, Iran and India – and with a population of more than 200...
A tropical cyclone makes landfall in northern Madagascar...
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP): A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people...
Humanitarian organisations raise alarm on heat as summer nears
NEW YORK (AFP): Extreme heat is one of the most deadly problems from climate change even though it...
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 5.4% in 2023: data
LONDON (AFP): UK greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.4 percent in 2023, largely due to a reduction...