WASHINGTON (AFP): US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke...
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India’s top court asks SBI for data to link political fund...
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India’s Supreme Court ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday to...
UNRWA chief says Israel blocked him from entering Gaza
CAIRO (AFP): The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Monday Israel had blocked him...
Famine imminent in north Gaza...
Blinken says fighting disinfo ‘vital US national...
EU’s Borrell says Israel is provoking famine in Gaza
Israel spy chief to discuss Gaza truce with Qatar PM:...
China considers taking part in Swiss Ukraine peace...
Putin warns of potential World War III amid rising...
Global
US urges both Pakistan & Afghanistan
Jalil Afridi Washington DC: The US State Department has asked Pakistan to show restraint...
Guterres urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest...
FP Report NEW YORK: Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and...
Israel Responds to South Africa’s Legal Plea: A Critical...
FP Report THE HAGUE: Israel has formally responded to South Africa’s urgent plea submitted on...
Business
SBP keeps policy rate unchanged at 22 per cent
F.P. Report KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the policy rate...
SNGPL seeks hike in gas price
F.P. Report LAHORE: After Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited...
China’s employment situation generally stable in Jan-Feb
F.P. Report BEIJING: The surveyed urban unemployment rate on average in China stood at 5.3 percent...
Editorial
Illegal migration versus poor governance
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has blacklisted and banned 87 officers from being posted in...
US diplomacy and Niger’s Junta
Niger’s ruling military junta has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows...
Flourishing peril of terrorism
Five brave sons of the soil embraced martyrdom on Saturday, including two officers, while valiantly...
Pakistan
Entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with army: Ayaz Sadiq
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, and Deputy Speaker Syed Ghulam...
Frontier Corps North facilitates educational tour for Bajaur...
F.P. Report Bajaur: Under the “Education for All” initiative, Frontier Corps North...
1965 War Hero MM Alam remembered on death anniversary
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The 11th death anniversary of 1965 War Hero Muhammad Mahmood Alam, popularly...
President calls for enhancing trade relations with US...
Shaukat to pay Rs150m in defamation suit to Asfandyar
SC to form larger bench in sugar price fixation case
Six family members killed as roof collapses
Terrorist leader killed in military action: ISPR
PHC stops FIA from adverse action against Shandana
Afghanistan
Kazai repeats calls for schools and universities to be reopened...
KABUL (TOLOnews): On the eve of the start of the new academic year, Afghanistan’s former president...
Spokesman highlights role of journalists
KABUL (BNA) In a message released on the occasion of National Journalists’ Day, Mawlavi Zabihullah...
3-year-old kidnapped girl rescued in Nangarhar
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Security forces have rescued a three-year-old girl from kidnappers in eastern...
Six of a family killed in Badghis roof collapse
Bayat Foundation steps in to help needy families over...
The pain and money behind the Afghan game of buzkashi
IEA Condemns Pakistan’s Airstrikes: Calls for...
US Intelligence report: Low threat of uprising in...
Islamic Emirate appoints Military Attaché in Moscow
Entertainment
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan back home after successful...
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been discharged from...
Revived TV drama breaks Iraq’s taboos
BAGHDAD (AFP): After a 27-year hiatus, an Iraqi TV programme banned by Saddam Hussein for its...
Controversial ‘Civil War’ movie prompts debate over...
LOS ANGELES (AFP): A major film that imagines a second civil war in the near-future United States...
Sidhu Moose Wala’s parents welcome baby boy
Despite illness, Celine Dion still keen to get back...
Celine Dion shares rare pic with sons to mark...
Eric Nam: the outsider who became a K-Pop star
Cara Delevingne’s Los Angeles home destroyed in...
France probes racist backlash against Nakamura over...
Articles
Schrödinger’s genocide
Adnan Mahmutovi Bosnians have experience with genocide. Not just the signs of it coming. Not just...
How will the Ukraine war end?
Simon Tisdall Pope Francis’s suggestion that Ukraine’s leaders should admit defeat...
Experts’ take on democracy
Muhammad Asif Noor Seoul will host the third Summit for Democracy, themed “Democracy for...
Arts & Literature
FBI returns looted artifacts found in Massachusetts attic to...
(CNN): The FBI has returned a trove of looted Japanese art to its country of origin after a family...
Vibrant, elegant and refined: How the UAE inspired Paola...
Sarah Maisey Gazing at the works of self-taught Italian ceramic artist Paola Paronetto, the words...
Crafting tradition: Artistry of wooden products attract customers
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has the richest tapestry of centuries-old crafting...
Museum documents 150-year history of Pakistan...
Brushes of empowerment: German Consulate hosts...
First Bassam Freiha Art Foundation show reexamines...
Turkish Community Art Exhibition opens in London
Indonesian artist explores Bali’s connection with...
Saudi artist presents visual exhibition of pre-Vision...
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
Turkey moves against Meta over Threads-Instagram data sharing
ISTANBUL (Reuters): Turkey’s competition authority imposed on Monday an interim measure on...
Monsters, asteroids, vampires: AI conspiracies flood TikTok
NEW YORK (AFP): From vampires and wendigos to killer asteroids, TikTok users are pumping out...
Gemini’s flawed AI racial images seen as warning of tech...
NEW YORK (AFP): For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after...
Xpeng to launch cheaper EV brand amid fierce China...
Meta investigated over illicit sale of drugs: Report
Apple with no AI lacks sheen, looks more like Coca...
OpenAI unveils its innovative ‘figure 1’...
Mercedes-Benz with Apptronik to roll out humanoid...
Cognition develops world’s first AI software...
Health
How genetic therapies transformed the lives of sickle cell...
WASHINGTON (AFP): Their stories are divided into before and after. First, those long years of pain...
Study offers alternatives to sleeping pills for sleep disorders
Monitoring Desk SYDNEY: A recent study led by Dr. Alexander Sweetman, a researcher at Flinders...
Rural clinic offers respite for priced out Zimbabwean patients
HARARE (AFP): Outside a hospital in rural Zimbabwe, scores of people wait patiently under trees or...
EU parliament to extend new medicine data protection...
Marriages in the US are back to pre-pandemic levels...
South Korean senior doctors to resign in support of...
Pakistan reports second polio case of 2024
South Korea scientists tout ‘beef rice’ as...
Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in...
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Travel
Bratislava, capital of Slovakia boasts rich history, culture
ÖZGE ŞENGELEN ISTANBUL : In my previous two articles, I introduced you to destinations where you...
Australian taxi drivers win $178 million payout from Uber
Sydney (AFP): Australian taxi drivers impacted by the rise of ridesharing giant Uber have won...
Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night
CALIFORNIA (Reuters): Amazon’s self-driving car unit, Zoox, is seeking to stay abreast of rival...
Boeing tells airlines to check 787 flight deck seat...
Women bus drivers, a first for Uzbekistan
Delta Air to resume flights to Israel starting June 7
12 hospitalised after technical problem on Boeing-made...
Dubai RTA announces service hours during Ramadan 2024
Three killed in military helicopter crash near US...
Kids Corner
South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme...
JUBA, South Sudan (AP): South Sudan is closing all schools starting on Monday in preparation for an...
World’s youngest vlogger: A new star in galaxy
F.P. Report GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan is famous for its natural beautiful scenery worldwide. It is...
Children of IS left to rot in Syria camp
DAMASCUS (AFP): Ali is 12 and has survived things no child should see, spending half his life in...
In Gaza, there are no more ‘normal-sized babies’: UN...
French pupils protest crumbling school on TikTok
Famine: UNICEF warns of catastrophic loss of lives in...
True Italians: the children left waiting for...
Today marks the international day to combat...
Sindh to include seven religions for minorities...
Food
In Karachi, spicy deep-fried kachoris enliven Ramadan iftar meals
Naimat Khan KARACHI: The sight and aroma of kachoris being fried in scalding oil in large woks at...
Top iftar spots in Riyadh this Ramadan
Ghadi Joudah RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s capital city has a diverse range of local and international...
Omani food journey gave me a taste of belonging at last
Dina Macki In 1964, following the revolution in Zanzibar, Omani families were given the opportunity...
Sweet traditions: How these special post-fast desserts...
Manda pastry business thrives in old Karachi as...
Where we are going today: Mamo Michelangelo offers...
Pakistan’s largest dates market thrives despite...
Popular Saudi restaurant in London readies for Ramadan...
French baker hailed chocolate croissant world champion
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Understanding impact of methane on climate change
PARIS (AFP) : While climate discussions typically focus on mitigating the prominent greenhouse gas...
Vietnam faces $3bn annual crop losses from rising saltwater...
HANOI (AFP): Vietnam faces nearly $3 billion a year in crop losses as more saltwater seeps into...
Methane: a powerful gas heating the planet
GENEVA (AFP): Climate talks often revolve around reducing the most dangerous greenhouse gas CO2...