JERUSALEM (AFP) : Israel said a four-day Gaza truce and hostage release will not start until at...
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Ex-Obama adviser says more Palestinian kids should die in...
NEW YORK : A former senior US official is facing a backlash after harassing a halal food vendor in...
2 dead in vehicle explosion at Rainbow Bridge as U.S.-Canada...
NIAGARA FALLS: Sources say two people were killed in a vehicle explosion Wednesday afternoon at...
UK foreign secretary Cameron hosts Arab, Islamic...
State Department affirms US neutrality in Pakistani...
Putin: we must think how to stop ‘the tragedy’ in...
Israeli army says intercepts cruise missile fired at...
US thwarts plot to kill Sikh separatist, issues...
North Korea says received images of US Guam air base...
Global
‘Silent majority’ marches against Germany’s...
BERLIN (AFP): Revelations that members of Germany’s far-right AfD discussed mass deportation...
LA Times staff walk out over job cut threats
Los Angeles (AFP): Unionized journalists at the Los Angeles Times walked off the job Friday for the...
Indicted Sierra Leone ex-president Koroma flies to Nigeria
FREETOWN (Reuters): Sierra Leone’s ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma left the West African...
UN says Palestinians detained by Israeli forces...
Czech court rules Indian man linked to Sikh murder...
Japanese craft lands on the moon, scientists await...
Russia says it pressed Hamas to free hostages during...
Russia urges Hamas to release hostages
Gangs in Haiti have attacked a community for 4 days...
Business
New York City investment chief calls on Tesla to sanction Musk...
NEW YORK (Reuters): New York City Comptroller Brad Lander told Reuters on Tuesday that...
UK car show Top Gear paused for ‘foreseeable...
LONDON (AFP): Motoring show Top Gear, one of the BBC’s most successful global exports, will...
Binance’s Zhao pleads guilty, steps down to settle US...
NEW YORK (Reuters): Binance chief Changpeng Zhao stepped down and pleaded guilty to breaking US...
Editorial
Tax profiling
In view of the growing number of cases of purchasing high value properties in someone else’s name...
Shift in energy policy
With the change of priorities in present government, power division is working to formulate a...
Unrealistic assessment
Hollow rhetoric and imaginative narrative about achieving the set target has been the glaring trait...
Pakistan
Pak-Qatar joint aerial exercise ‘Zilzal-II’ off in Qatar
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force are all geared up to...
‘PPP believes in transparent elections, sanctity of vote’
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Shazia Marri Tuesday said that elections...
Torkham border causing losses to traders: QWP
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Tuesday said...
Afghanistan
Japan’s envoy engages with IEA on women’s rights
KABUL (Agencies): Japan’s ambassador to Afghanistan says he has been raising concerns about...
Businessmen living abroad show interest in investing in...
KABUL (Agencies): Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mawlavi Sadrazam Osmani in an online meeting with...
At least 3 killed, 7 injured in blast at hotel in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters): At least three people were killed and seven injured after a blast ripped through a...
Afghan women take protests online as Taliban crush...
6 Afghans dead, 2 missing as UK-bound migrant boats...
Security, transparency facilitates investment...
Readmission of women in Afghan universities depends on...
Afghan Carpet exports surge by 30%, Ministry reports
Afghanistan participates in 49 international events in...
Entertainment
Actress Ghana Ali says I am not a home-wrecker
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistani gorgeous actress Ghana Ali frequently receives criticism for...
Model Vaneeza Ahmed unveils all her fitness secrets
F.P. Report KARACHI: Vaneeza Ahmed is a popular Pakistani (former) top model. Talking about her...
Actress Ayeza Khan trolled for her beach manoeuvres
F.P. Report KARACHI: Popular television actress Ayeza Khan has always been admired by her fans for...
Kristin Cavallari expresses joy over ‘weight...
Nina Dobrev opens up about ‘awkward relationship...
TV Actress Minal Khan gives shut-up call to trolls
Actress Sajal Aly posts ‘super power’ selfie, and...
R. Kelly still ‘poses a serious danger to the public’...
Selena Gomez ‘not happy’ with US Court’s ruling on...
Articles
Middle East’s tricky relationship with its ‘demographic dividend’
Ehtesham Shahid In demographic analyses, data speaks louder than words. Such studies on the Middle...
Meloni meets Biden as Italy poised for big decision on China
Andrew Hammond Giorgia Meloni last week made her first visit to the White House as Italian prime...
For Sri Lankan Tamils, the Black July pogroms live on, 40 years...
Ambihai Akilan & Archana Ravichandradeva The Tamil community from Sri Lanka commemorates the...
Arts & Literature
Sports
Maxwell hits fastest WC ton as Australia thrash Netherlands
Delhi (Agencies): Glenn Maxwell hit the fastest men’s World Cup century in 40 balls as...
Sri Lanka ‘fight fire with fire’ as Mathews eyes new...
Bengaluru (AFP): Former captain Angelo Mathews said Sri Lanka will “fight fire with...
Heard Babar Azam cried after loss to Afghanistan, says Mohammad...
Monitoring Desk KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf said that he heard that current...
PSL 9: Registration opened for foreign players
Bangladesh Women edge Pakistan in low-scoring first...
‘Everything is must-win now’ for faltering...
South Africa will never ‘clip wings’ of...
Brooksby banned for 18 months over whereabouts failures
Ronaldo stunners edge AFC Champions League seven-goal...
Technology
Council adopts position on a common charger for electronic...
F.P. Report BRUSSELS: The EU is working on a draft legislation that proposes a common standard port...
Study: Making smartphone data anonymous no longer enough
PARIS (AFP): Privacy measures that are meant to preserve the anonymity of smartphone users are no...
Slovak flying car receives official certification
Bratislava (AFP): Slovakia’s Transport Authority on Tuesday said it had issued a certificate...
Health
Study: Chinese Covid-19 vaccine retains effect against Delta...
BEIJING (Reuters): A COVID-19 vaccine developed by a unit of China’s Chongqing Zhifei Biological...
‘Black Fungus’ Robs some in India of their eyesight
MUMBAI (Reuters): Saheb Rao Shinde’s family thought the worst was over when the 65-year-old...
Indonesia to impose emergency measures as COVID-19 cases spike
JAKARTA (Reuters): President Joko Widodo said on Thursday that Indonesia will impose emergency...
‘Health system close to collapse’: Indonesia battling...
New study finds unhappy marriage can be deadly for men
Germany to give all willing a first coronavirus shot...
LRH establishes counseling center for Covid-19 patients
Pandemic baby bust: Births drop by fastest rate in 50...
Two million doses of SinoVac arrive in Pakistan
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Travel
Superb Egypt temple that had to be moved
Monitoring Desk Deep within the interior of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, carved into a...
These 25 cities have the worst traffic jams in Europe
Monitoring Desk Paris is the third most congested city in Europe behind only London in second and...
The world’s fastest zip wire in North Wales just got faster
Monitoring Desk It’s a good week for anyone with an interest in hurtling themselves down a wire at...
Kids Corner
Food
UN report claims five billion could struggle to access water in...
NEW YORK (AFP): More than five billion people could have difficulty accessing water in 2050, the...
Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers
ISTANBUL (AFP): Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting tomatoes...
PMD rules out chance of stormy rain in Karachi
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday has ruled out chances of...