NEW DELHI (AFP) : India’s top court on Monday ordered the state-run bank to publish details of...
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Al-Qaeda in Yemen announces death of leader Khalid Batarfi
SANAA (AFP) : Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen has announced the death of its leader Khalid Batarfi...
Russian embassy in US in contact with State Department ahead of...
MOSCOW (Reuters) : The Russian embassy in Washington is in “close contact” with the U.S...
Israel’s Netanyahu says Biden ‘wrong’ in critique of...
King Salman calls on international community to stop...
Turkish police arrest 33 Daesh/ISIS terror suspects
PTI leaders Latif Khosa, Salman Akram Raja arrested in...
Asif Ali Zardari takes oath as 14th president of...
Gaza war death toll climbs to 31,045 while aid efforts...
Global
US envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to take tough decisions to...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP): A senior U.S. official on Wednesday reassured top officials in Kosovo that...
Palestinian stabs 2 at checkpoint near Jerusalem, Israeli police...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli police say a Palestinian stabbed and wounded two people at a checkpoint...
Spanish ship en route to Gaza with desperately needed aid
Gaza (AFP): A Spanish aid boat was en route to Gaza on Wednesday, opening a new maritime corridor...
France, Germany, Poland to hold talks on Ukraine:...
New Zealand ex-lawmaker pleads guilty to shoplifting
Russia’s nuclear arsenal: how big is it, and who...
Honduran ex-first lady seeks presidency after...
Search on for missing Indonesia boat crew after 11...
Three Coptic Orthodox monks killed in S.African church
Business
Moody’s downgrades major Chinese property developer Vanke
BEIJING (AFP): Moody’s has downgraded one of China’s largest housing developers’...
Xiaomi announces release date for first EV, shares surge
BEIJING (AFP): Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi will start deliveries of its first electric vehicle...
Ford to pay $365 mn in US tariff fraud case
NEW YORK (AFP): American auto giant Ford has agreed to pay $365 million to settle a civil suit...
Editorial
Pakistan cricket’s new chairman
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has recently informed the nation that the Interim Punjab Chief...
Kashmir Dispute and the World Peace
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said that India was a terrorist state, which had been...
Use of internet and online safety
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has declared that the PTA is committed to...
Pakistan
KP CM vows to initiate Billion Trees Plus project
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: To enhance forest cover in the province, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Crack down on drug dealers starting next week across Sindh
F.P. Report Karachi: The Sindh government has decided to fully activate the Narcotics Control Unit...
PHC seeks reply in plea against artificial price hike
Humayun Khan PESHAWAR: A divisional bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC) comprised Justice Sahibzada...
PHC directs to remove of Noor ul Haq from ECL
Qamar Zaman Kaira all set to become governor Punjab
PM lauds Qatar’s contribution to peace efforts...
Parvez Elahi to contest for by-election on PP-32
US Navy ship arrives Pakistan to conduct sea exercise...
PM made strategy for Rural, Urban centers: Musadiq...
Afghanistan
UN envoy calls again for removal of restrictions on Afghan women
FP Report NEW YORK: Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Roza Otunbayeva, Special...
Afghanistan to witness economic growth: Kabir
KABUL (TOLOnews): The deputy prime minister for political affairs, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said that...
Chinese company to send Afghan engineers to China for training
KABUL (Ariana News): In a meeting with the acting minister of mines and petroleum in Kabul, the...
Entertainment
Barbie’s Greta Gerwig breaks silence on Oscars snub
Monitoring Desk Los Angeles: After actor-producer Margot Robbie, director Greta Gerwig of ‘Barbie’...
Beyonce becomes first Black woman to helm top country songs chart
NEW YORK (AFP): Ahead of the release of her album that’s set to take the country music scene...
Second actress accuses French director Jacquot of abuse
PARIS (AFP): A second French actress accused film director Benoit Jacquot Thursday of having a...
UK midlifers turn back time with embrace of day...
Rakul Preet ties the knot with Jackky Bhagnani
Adam Sandler recommends space travel as therapy
Pregnancy rumors: Deepika Padukone’s latest...
Singapore lures Taylor Swift with grant for sold-out...
Young creators face cost dilemma at London Fashion Week
Articles
Netanyahu’s day after plan is the same as the day before, but...
Yossi Mekelberg Finally, after more than four months of devastating war, Israeli Prime Minister...
Foreign policy is shaping US politics in this presidential...
Andrew Hammond The 2024 US presidential election increasingly looks likely to be a repeat of the...
Political tremors in Chad are felt much further afield
Hafed Al-Ghwell The Sahel, a region stretching 4,000 miles along the southern fringe of the Sahara...
Starvation: Israel’s criminal weapon of war
Real solutions to climate change in Africa
Settler violence: Israel’s ethnic cleansing plan for...
Pro-Russian narratives rise among Latin American X...
Navalny’s difficult relationship with indigenous...
It is time to articulate a Muslim approach to justice...
Arts & Literature
Mona Lisa: Protesters throw soup at da Vinci painting
PARIS: Protesters have thrown soup at the glass-protected Mona Lisa painting in Paris. The 16th...
Klimt portrait missing for nearly a century could sell for $54...
VIENNA (CNN): A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century is expected to fetch...
Gaza-born artist Hazem Harb’s ‘Gauze’ explores resistance and...
Pebecca Anne Proctor DUBAI: “Me, my family and my city are experiencing a genocide right now,” Gaza...
A pair of UK museums return gold and silver artifacts...
Mercer Labs: Pinnacle of art, technology integration...
Belgian police find stolen Picasso and Chagall...
Saudi artist captures emotions with striking...
Turkish artists harness sustainable art to propel...
US authorities to return artworks stolen by Nazis
Sports
NZ hold slender lead over Australia after day two in Christchurch
Christchurch (Reuters): Australia skipper Pat Cummins bowled Kane Williamson in the final hour of...
England’s Anderson becomes third bowler to take 700 Test...
Dharamsala (AFP): England’s James Anderson on Saturday took his 700th Test wicket, becoming...
Frustrated Murray bored with repeated retirement questions
Indian Wells, California (AFP): Andy Murray has expressed frustration at repeatedly being asked...
Woods not listed in field for next week’s...
Superb Yamal strike hands Barcelona 1-0 win over...
Guirassy scores again as Stuttgart close in on Bayern
Care glad he didn’t give up as 100th England...
England defence coach Jones unfazed at facing native...
Hasaranga return boosts Sri Lanka for Bangladesh T20...
Technology
Cyber threats increased by 17% in 2023 as compared to 2022:...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Kaspersky experts discussed the evolution of the cyber threat landscape in...
Nintendo shares slide on reports of delayed Switch successor...
TOKYO (Reuters): Nintendo (7974.T), opens new tab shares fell 6% on Monday after reports by...
OpenAI, Meta and other tech giants sign effort to fight AI...
NEW YORK (Reuters): A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work...
Health
US officials confirm rare human case of bubonic plague
NEW YORK (AFP): Officials in the US state of Oregon have said they are dealing with a rare human...
Thailand set to crack down on legal market with ban on...
BANGKOK (AP): Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its...
Proteins may predict who will get dementia
LONDON (Reuters): A study of frozen blood samples has turned up a trove of proteins that may...
News in Picture
ISLAMABAD: An attractive view of thick clouds hovering over the...
ISLAMABAD: Cyclists take part in a cycle rally in connection...
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Human Rights...
Travel
Winter weather snarls air, train travel across Germany
DUESSELDORF (Reuters): Freezing rain in central and southern Germany grounded hundreds of flights...
Hawaii’s Kona airport to reopen today after cracks on...
Monitoring Desk Hawaii: The Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport in Keahole is set to reopen...
Boeing to add further quality inspections for 737 MAX
Washington (Reuters): Boeing will add further quality inspections for the 737 MAX after an accident...
Persistent fog disrupts train services across Pakistan
US regulator keeps Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes grounded
Passport ranking 2024: The countries with most and...
UK issues travel warning for parts of Pakistan
Uber, Kia sign electric vehicle partnership
Islamabad: A nostalgic trip to Pakistan’s capital
Kids Corner
Italy to treat 100 wounded Palestinian children
GAZA (AFP): One hundred Palestinian children wounded in war-torn Gaza are to receive medical...
25mln children out of schools in Pakistan, reveals Madad Ali
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The count of children in Pakistan who are not enrolled in school has surged...
H&M pulls ad accused of sexualising kids
MELBOURNE (AFP): Swedish fast fashion giant H&M on Tuesday said it had pulled an advert for...
PBCC extend deadline for intermediate admissions
Nearly 20,000 babies born into Gaza war...
UN experts urge France to protect children from incest
Ukraine schools roll out shooting training for students
US minority children get poorer healthcare, analysis...
China records population decline for second straight...
Food
Taste Atlas’ ‘World’s Best 100 Dishes’...
Taste Atlas has unveiled its prestigious “World’s Best 100 Dishes” list for 2023...
At Rawalpindi’s iconic Dilbar Hotel, a true taste of Kashmir in...
Kashaf Rehman RAWALPINDI: Nestled in a labyrinth of narrow streets, an eatery called Dilbar Hotel...
At this Karachi restaurant, foodies love to savor chapli kebabs...
Naimat Khan KARACHI: Abdul Wahid drops a round mixture of minced meat, maize flour, and spices into...
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Why fashion’s ‘recycling’ is not saving the...
PARIS (AFP): In H&M’s flagship Paris store it is hard to find clothes that do not claim...
Second critically endangered gorilla born at London Zoo in a...
London (AFP): A critically endangered western lowland gorilla has been born at London Zoo, the...
Back from the brink: the migratory species on the road to...
Paris (AFP): While a landmark new report on the world’s threatened migratory species is a...