JERUSALEM: Relatives of Israelis being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas have stormed a parliamentary...
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Pakistan schools, universities close over security threats in...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Schools and universities in Islamabad abruptly closed on Monday over safety...
Iran is ‘directly involved’ in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks...
JERUSALEM (AP): Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have...
Saudi Arabia won’t recognize Israel without a path to...
Iran FM to visit Pakistan on Jan 29 to rebuild ties
EU presses Israel on two-state solution after war in...
Modi opens flashpoint Ayodhya temple built after...
190 more Palestinians killed in last 24 hours...
Dozens buried in landslide in southwestern China
Global
Spanish police suspect bullet-riddled body may be Russian who...
MADRID (AP): Police said Tuesday they suspect the bullet-riddled body of a man found in Spain is...
UK’s Prince William says ‘too many’ have been killed in Gaza...
LONDON (AFP): Britain’s Prince William called for an end to the fighting in Gaza, where he said too...
India seeks private nuclear power investments
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India will invite private firms to invest about $26 billion in its nuclear...
Greek farmers head for Athens protest
UK court to hear final Assange appeal against...
Parole for Thailand’s Thaksin reflects rise of...
Sudanese refugees face gruelling wait in overcrowded...
Polish farmers to step up protests with total blockade...
Russia arrests woman with dual US-Russian citizenship...
Business
US growth likely slowed last quarter but still pointed to a...
WASHINGTON (AP): The nation’s economy was supposed to have sunk into recession by now, dragged down...
Bruised by stock market, Chinese rush into banned bitcoin
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters): Dylan Run, a Shanghai-based finance sector executive, started moving...
iPhone shipments drop as Huawei grows market share
BEIJING (Reuters): Apple iPhone shipments in China shrank 2.1% in the final quarter of 2023 from...
Editorial
Palestinian cause and Zionists’ atrocities
Pakistan has strongly condemned recent air strikes by Israel on Gaza that resulted in multiple...
Political maneuvers and moral reduction
Minister for Defence, Khawaja Muhammad Asif has condemned the malicious campaign against...
Youm-e-Istehsaal and Kashmir cause
Pakistan has called on India to reverse its illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019, along...
Pakistan
PTI-backed independent candidates formally join Sunni Ittehad...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has formally joined Sunni Ittehad Council...
IHC suspends victory notifications from Islamabad’s all NA...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended victory notifications of...
Punjab Assembly likely to meet on February 29
F.P. Report LAHORE: Punjab Assembly is likely to meet on February 29 for swearing-in of newly...
Afghanistan
Union of oil, gas companies organized meeting
KABUL (TOLOnews): A meeting on the development and progress of oil and gas companies was held by...
Booksellers concerned about lack of book markets
KABUL (TOLOnews): Bookstore owners and publishing houses said that they have lost fifty percent of...
Herat earthquake victims seek protection against winter
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The victims of deadliest and devastating earthquake in western Herat province...
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week marked
Afghan families struggle: women face work ban, social...
Refugees’ expulsion serious HR violation
Kandahar traders urge reopening of Chaman-Quetta...
Afghanistan tops global list for highest landmine...
Women’s tailoring banned in Herat— specialized women’s...
Entertainment
Acclaimed composer Kaija Saariaho dies at age 70 of brain tumor
PARIS (AP): Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent...
Taylor Swift announces international dates for ‘Eras Tour’
Monitoring Desk LOS ANGELES: The Grammy-winning artist announced her first round of international...
Brad Pitt blames Angelina Jolie of forcing ‘stranger’ into his...
Monitoring Desk LOS ANGELES: Brad Pitt has accused Angelina Jolie of selling her shares in their...
Articles
Russian morale has broken against the steel hearts of Ukraine
Robert Clark The war in Ukraine has been shocking and distressing to a collective Western audience...
Israel’s Gaza war rooted in dehumanizing, genocidal language
Ramzy Baroud Tutsis “are cockroaches. We will kill you.” Arabs are like “drugged...
WHO regional election sparks nepotism concerns in Bangladesh
Shaikh Azizur Rahman The coming election to choose the World Health Organization’s next chief...
Arts & Literature
Leonardo da Vinci: Maestro in studio, chef in kitchen
Dilek Yalçın ISTANBUL: Leonardo da Vinci was an anatomist, an architect, an inventor, a musician...
Spotlight: Cuban-Born Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya Conjures...
Monitoring Desk Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of...
Holland’s Greenbox Museum brings Saudi art to northern Europe
Monitoring Desk AMSTERDAM: It all started with a yellow cow and a leap of faith. In 2008, Aarnout...
The Vulnerable Painterly Worlds of Katherine Bradford
Excavations in Georgia reveal 1.8 million-year-old...
Israel acquires ancient papyrus with Hebrew...
Mohamed Al Astad on why he buried canvases and iron...
Ancient skeleton reveals amputation surgery 31,000...
AI-generated art takes off – who really owns it?
Sports
Australia win Women’s ODI series against India
Mumbai (Agencies): Australia have absorbed Deepti Sharma’s historic five-wicket haul and Richa...
Man City beat Blades to close gap at the top
Manchester (Agencies): Manchester City ended a stellar year on a high note by beating a battling...
Farooqi, Naveen back in Afghanistan squad after ACB sanctions
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: Fast bowlers Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi have made it to the...
Hasaranga named Sri Lanka’s T20 skipper, Mendis...
Coetzee out of the attack for South Africa
Norrie beats teammate Boulter’s boyfriend as...
Burger emerges as latest South African quick bowling...
Positive Masood rues giving ruthless Australia a sniff
Klopp expects Liverpool to maintain title bid without...
Technology
Cash App creator Bob Lee killed in San Francisco stabbing
SAN FRANCISCO (Agencies) : Bob Lee, a former chief technology officer of Square and founder of Cash...
Australia cancels Binance’s financial services license...
(Reuters) : Cryptocurrency exchange operator Binance will close its Australian derivatives business...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole in the...
Monitoring Desk CALIFORNIA: The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest known black...
Italy probes Meta over music copyright negotiations
German antitrust regulator opens door for curbs on...
Take your eyes off your mobile phone, says inventor...
ChatGPT makes up fake data about cancer, doctors warn
Dogecoin jumps as Musk’s Twitter flips logo to...
Australia bans TikTok on government devices
Health
Another year of COVID-19 studies: Here’s what we learned...
WASHINGTON (DPA) : After another year of living with COVID-19, the world is now almost three years...
90% of people in China province infected with Covid: official
BEIJING (AFP): Almost 90 percent of people in China s third most populous province have now been...
What we know about the XBB.1.5 COVID variant sweeping the...
Joseph Choi The XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant is raising concerns of a potential surge in COVID...
News in Picture
Travel
Tempelhof: The single site that embodies Berlin
Krystin Arneson There are few places where your morning jog or Sunday lunch plans take you to the...
International crises are impending air travel recovery in Europe
Kanchan Nath The top European Commission official, Henrik Hololei, has said that international...
US airport websites hit by suspected pro-Russian cyberattacks
WASHINGTON (AFP): The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly knocked offline...
Male guardians are no longer required to accompany...
Season of yellow: 5 fascinating autumn destinations in...
Tourists flock to Japan after COVID restrictions lifted
Citizenship for the rich: Demand rises for...
Air France, Airbus trial opens over 2009 Rio-Paris...
Japan to reopen visa-free travel as Covid recedes
Kids Corner
Food
Albania’s ‘wild river’ granted national park...
Albania (AFP): Environmental campaigners scored a rare victory in Albania on Wednesday after...
New standards to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in...
WASHINGTON (AFP): The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new standards on Tuesday to...
‘Lahore is most polluted city in the world’
LAHORE (Reuters): Lahore jumped more than 10 places to become the city with the worst air in the...