GAZA (Agencies): Militant group Hamas released two more Israeli women hostages on Thursday with...
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New York appeals court reinstates gag order against Donald Trump...
NEW YORK (CNN): A New York appellate court has reinstated a gag order prohibiting former President...
EU should recognize Palestinian state: Spanish PM
MADRID (AP): The European Union should recognize a Palestinian state since this would help end the...
Russian missile strikes kill two, wound 10 in east...
PM for utilizing loss & damage fund on merit to...
Seven missing after US Osprey crashes off Japan
US asks Israel to narrow zone of combat in any...
Israel and Hamas agree to extend truce for seventh day
COP28 summit opens with hopes for early deal on...
Global
Iraq, U.S. agree set up talks on future of U.S.-led coalition
BAGHDAD (Reuters): Baghdad and Washington have agreed to set up a committee to start talks on the...
Israeli tanks pound hospital districts in south Gaza, displaced...
GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israeli tanks battered areas around two hospitals in Gaza’s...
Trump on deck to testify as E. Jean Carroll trial resumes
NEW YORK (Reuters): Donald Trump may go face-to-face with the writer E. Jean Carroll in open court...
Muslim shopfronts torn down in Mumbai after religious...
A separatist rebel leader in Ukraine who called Putin...
Myanmar ethnic minority fighters claim control of port...
Philippines, Vietnam to sign coast guard deal risking...
Ukraine opens criminal probe into downing of Russian...
Child on boat drifting in Mediterranean for days dies...
Business
Saudi Arabia beats Italy, South Korea to host World Expo 2030
PARIS (Reuters): Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh won the right to host the World Expo 2030, vote...
Pakistan’s economy stuck in ‘low-growth trap’: WB
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Martin Raiser, the World Bank’s Regional Vice-President for South Asia, has...
ADB approves $180m loan to help Pakistan improve waste management
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $180 million loan to improve...
Gold rates up by Rs 800 to Rs 218,400 per tola
Rupee gains 12 paisa against Dollar
Saudi trade balance achieves over SAR43 billion surplus
3rd International Conference on Iqbal 2023 held at...
Markets mixed as traders await US data, Fed speakers
WTO agrees dispute panel to review EU import duties on...
Editorial
Donor agencies’ forecast
The World Bank forecast tells that economic growth rate of Pakistan will remain sluggish at 2.9...
Diplomatic realization
In an interview with a group of foreign journalists, Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed optimism...
Dream of equal education
Achieving an equally high education standard in all the federating units has become an illusive...
Pakistan
President for blacklisting bank fraudsters, directs banks to...
ISLAMABAD (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi has asked the Banking Mohtasib to take up the matter of...
225 candidates appear in PHP promotional test
MULTAN (APP): Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) promotional examination ‘list A’ was held in which as...
Others parties waiting for Khalayi Makhlooq: PPP
F.P. Report KOT ADDU: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a public...
Afghanistan
Afghan embassy in Ankara hosts cultural exhibition
KABUL (Agencies): The Afghan Embassy in Ankara celebrated the country’s 104th independence...
Malnutrition cases rising among children in Afghanistan’s...
KABUL (Agenices): Malnutrition cases among children are on the rise in the remote northeastern...
UNDP: Over 6.5m people in Afghanistan internally displaced
KABUL (TOLOnews): The UN Development Program said in its recent report that Afghanistan currently...
Entertainment
Thirteen years later, ‘Avatar’ to return with a...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): The first sequel to blockbuster movie “Avatar” will focus on a...
Khloe Kardashian shares the first glimpse of her baby boy
Monitoring Desk LOS ANGELES: Fans caught the first glimpse of Khloe Kardashian’s baby boy during...
Sohail Ahmed starrer “Babe Bhangra Paunde Ne” to hit cinema on...
F.P. Report LAHORE: Veteran Actor Sohail Ahmed Thursday confirmed the release of the Pakistan-India...
Singer Rabi Pirzada speaks against Transgender Bill
Milan Fashion Week opens with a spring in its step
Indian comedian Raju Srivastav passes away at 58
Pete Davidson to diss Kanye West by launching fashion...
Taylor Swift starts new series on TikTok ahead of...
Covid curbs leave Hong Kong musicians on their...
Articles
Time to talk openly about Israeli terrorism
Osama Al-Sharif Israel has a terrorism problem and it is not Palestinian terrorism, a term that the...
Ukraine is winning a crucial part of the land war. It’s...
David Axe Dmitry Medvedev is afraid. He’s afraid because his boss, Vladimir Putin, is also...
Are smartphones dumbing down education?
Yossi Mekelberg A recent report by UNESCO, titled “Technology in Education,” has warned...
Arts & Literature
Sports
Pollution forces India to ban firework
Mumbai (AFP): India’s cricket board on Wednesday said fireworks at Cricket World Cup matches...
RMI Media Cricket League: Wins for PPC Panthers, Fighters &...
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: PPC Panthers, Fighters and PPC Cobras recorded victories in the ongoing 7th...
Australia’s Maxwell out of England game with concussion...
BENGALURU (Reuters): Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will miss their World Cup match with...
Shaheen Shah Afridi soars to no. 1 in ICC ODI bowling...
Pegula upsets Sabalenka to reach WTA Finals semis
Van der Dussen says South Africa have no World Cup...
Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup
World Cup not over for Pakistan, says skipper Azam
Shaheen, Fakhar star as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by...
Technology
Why National Security Is a Shared Burden Between the State and...
Klon Kitchen Technology’s role in our daily lives is amazing. In many ways, we’re experiencing a...
Russia set to launch Rossgram as an alternative to Instagram
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: Russia is set to launch a local picture-sharing application as an...
Space telescope’s image of star gets photobombed by galaxies
CALIFORNIA (AP): NASA’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect...
Russians need more access to internet content, not...
There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data, NIST Report...
Tesla raises prices for second time in days on rising...
Russians’ demand for VPNs skyrockets after Meta...
Musk says Tesla, SpaceX see significant inflation risks
Russia curbs Instagram over ‘death to...
Health
Russians flock to Serbia for Western-made COVID-19 vaccines
BELGRADE (AP): When Russian regulators approved the country’s own coronavirus vaccine, it was...
UN: Unequal Covid-19 jabs roll-out immoral, stupid
NEW YORK (AFP): UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday branded rich nations’ vaccine hogging...
Pfizer applies to FDA for COVID-19 vaccine authorization in...
WASHINGTON (The Hill): Pfizer said Thursday that it had submitted an application to the Food and...
WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk...
Blood and Saliva tests to detect colon, prostate...
J&J Seeks US Clearance for COVID-19 Vaccine...
Covid vaccines a shoo-in, Medicine opens Nobel season
SKMT launches Breast Cancer awareness drive
Syria hospitals hit hard as Covid-19 cases spike
News in Picture
WUHAN(China): A sanitation worker crosses the street in the...
DAMASCUS: Internally displaced children stand on snow near tents...
WUHAN: Aerial view of buildings illuminated with cheer-up...
QUETTA: Police officials arresting students of Bolan...
ISLAMABAD: Ahmet Kursad Ertin, General Manager Coca...
KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar...
PESHAWAR : Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shah Farman...
WUHAN (China): Medical staff receive a patient...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan visits various...
Travel
Indonesian officials consider banning tourists from Komodo...
Monitoring Desk JAKARTA: Once again, the interaction between man and nature is causing an issue...
US tourist kidnapped in Uganda for $500,000 ransom
Monitoring Desk UGANDA: Ugandan security forces are hunting gunmen who abducted an American tourist...
Guernsey fails to achieve tourism targets
Monitoring Desk A report has found Guernsey is not reaching its tourism targets and that numbers...
Kids Corner
Food
Brazil mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 38
PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AP): The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a...
Study finds US corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than...
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into...
Study: Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet’s safe...
NEW YORK (AFP): The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded...