BEIJING (AFP) : China lashed out against critics of Hong Kong’s new national security law on...
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Israel war undermining top UN court, S.Africa says
WASHINGTON (AFP) : South Africa’s top diplomat on Tuesday accused Israel of setting a...
Top former US generals say failures of Biden administration in...
WASHINGTON (AP) : The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to...
Kremlin, on NATO chief’s South Caucasus visit...
Qatar: An Israeli operation in Rafah will result in...
Israeli airstrikes kill 20 in Gaza, Palestinian...
UN rights office: Israel’s Gaza aid restrictions may...
China says US has ‘no right’ to interfere in South...
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll...
Global
Nearly 400 tonnes of food depart Cyprus for Gaza
CYPRUS: A three-ship convoy has left Cyprus’s Larnaca Port headed for the Gaza Strip with nearly...
Peruvian government blasts raid of president’s home in...
LIMA (Reuters): Peru’s government on Saturday blasted the raid on the home of President Dina...
Greece arrests member of gang that raked in $21 billion from...
ATHENS (Reuters): Greek authorities have arrested a senior member of an international gang that...
Massive fire breaks out in Indonesian ammunition...
The US welcomes the new Palestinian government...
Mayor Imamoglu’s political future may ride on Istanbul...
South Korea hopes new speed train links will help...
Caught up in concert shooting, a Russian woman said...
Sticky-fingered journalists on Air Force One put on...
Business
Most Asian markets rise as Fed decision looms
HONG KONG (AFP/ APP): Asian markets mostly rose Wednesday as traders tracked another record day on...
BankIslami’s Ehad Sukuk II listed on PSX with gong ceremony
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) organized a gong ceremony on Wednesday to...
German investor confidence soars on rate-cut optimism
BERLIN (AFP): German investor confidence surged in March, a key survey showed Tuesday, on growing...
Editorial
Sikh Yatra and Junta business
Recently, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Honourable Mohsin Naqvi inaugurated the booking portal for...
The dilemma of level playing field
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has recently presented a 24-point Charter of Demands (CoD) to...
Outright Institutional Failure
The KP Provincial Apex Committee has recently decided to continue crackdown/actions against the...
Pakistan
Gender inequality in education in rural areas
Muhammad Rasheed In this article we are going to discuss the gender inequality in education within...
Pervaiz Ashraf welcomes Aseefa to NA
F.P. Report LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party Central Punjab President and former Speaker of the...
FBR organizes seminar on tax education
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Under the auspices of the Federal Board of Revenue’s Public Relations...
May 9 riots: ATC sentences 51 accused
Punjab Assembly passes supplementary budget worth over...
Tarar: PM has decided to hold all ministries...
Senator Sherry Rehman demands exemplary punishment for...
Russia wants to build stronger ties with Pakistan:...
Five children die, several injured in rain-triggered...
Afghanistan
Snowfall kills 15, injured 30 in several provinces
KABUL (TOLOnews): As a result of heavy snowfall in some provinces of the country over the past...
Doha agreement flawed as US, Taliban accuse one another of...
WASHINGTON (VOA): Four years after the signing of the Doha agreement, the US and Taliban accuse...
Damaged in past wars, 200 schools need reconstruction
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): About 200 schools have been destroyed or partially damaged due to the past...
Woman entrepreneur hires40 female workers in Herat
Bennett’s report propaganda against IE
Challenges and recommendations for Afghan evacuees in...
Afghan girl embraces creativity: Art integral to...
Respect for human rights key to expanding engagement...
Snowfalls close most routes of districts in northern...
Entertainment
‘Oppenheimer’ tops Golden Globes on bittersweet...
Los Angeles (AFP): “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s drama about the inventor of...
List of Golden Globe winners
Los Angeles (AFP): Here are the winners of the 81st Golden Globe Awards, which were handed out on...
Fans cry after Shakira ‘rejected’ as Coachella 2024...
(Web Desk) : While the world waits for the official Coachella 2024 line-up, a few rumors have...
Articles
China must embrace new era of AI revolution
Chen Zhi The artificial intelligence leader OpenAI has unveiled a new AI model named Sora, which it...
Brazil sidelined Bolsonaro. What can America do about Trump?
Eduardo Porter Brazil had its January 6th on January 8th. In 2023, just two years after thugs...
Only strength and punishment can defeat Putin
Daniel Hannan What, you might ask, is one more dead Russian among so many? Vladimir Putin’s...
North Korea teases potential thaw in Japan relations
Don’t misread Trump’s loss in his civil trial
Navalny has entered history books, but his words will...
Lebanon’s very existence imperilled by this escalating...
Al-Sudani’s clear-eyed vision of ‘Iraq First’
Maintaining Red Sea security is a regional and...
Arts & Literature
German museum employee swaps painting for fake and sells...
(CNN): A German museum employee swapped out a painting with a fake and then sold the original to...
New statues unearthed in Türkiye’s ancient Gobeklitepe...
ANKARA (AA): The first painted statue and one of the most realistic human statues were unearthed in...
6,000-year-old shoe found in Spanish bat cave
Monitoring Desk BARCELONA: Europe’s ancient history has been enriched with a remarkable...
Russian painting exhibition opens in new culture park
Coins, stamps, 100-year-old lamp and a box camera: A...
Exhibition opens at National Library of China to...
Picasso masterpiece begins pre-auction tour in Dubai
The Story Teller: A closer look at Amrita Sher...
Brushstrokes behind bars: Karachi’s art exhibition...
Sports
‘Lucky loser’ Nardi stuns Djokovic in Indian Wells...
Indian Wells (United States) (AFP): Qualifying lucky loser Luca Nardi scored the biggest win of his...
India’s Pant fit for cricket return after 2022 car crash:...
NEW DELHI (AFP): Star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is fit to play in the Indian Premier League...
South Korea’s record-breaking archer An misses Paris...
SEOUL (AFP): Triple Olympic archery champion An San has missed out on a place at this...
Technology
Can we nuke an asteroid? Scientists recreate...
(Web Desk) – Imagine an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Nasa decides the only...
Chipmaker Nvidia raises $15 mln for Israeli non-profits helping...
JERUSALEM (Reuters): U.S. chipmaker Nvidia and its employees have donated $15 million to Israeli...
Italy fines Meta for hosting gambling advertising
ROME (AFP): Italy’s communications authority said Friday it had fined Facebook’s parent...
Health
Scientists discover new ‘drug-like’ molecule to slow...
Monitoring Desk CALIFORNIA: Scientists have discovered a new ‘drug-like’ molecule that...
Walking 100 steps backwards is ‘as good for you as 1,000...
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: We have all heard that walking can be great for your health. But the aim...
Crackdown continues against fake medicines
ISLAMABAD (APP): The crackdown is underway against illegal profiteering on drugs and fake...
Smog threat: Punjab makes wearing masks mandatory
How well-off Brits still buy Ozempic online for weight...
All the terrifying ways sugar is messing with your...
Vitrakvi: Bayer recalls one lot of cancer drug over...
WHO warns of global measles threat as Pakistan fails...
Augtyro: US approves lung cancer drug
News in Picture
PESHAWAR: Mayor Haji Zubair listening people issues at his...
PESHAWAR: An aged vendor waiting for customers at his vegetable...
ISLAMBABAD: Chairman Higher Education Commission, Dr. Mukhtar...
Travel
UK hikes visa fees for visitors, students
Monitoring Desk LONDON: The British government has announced that a proposed hike in visa fees will...
Malaysian airline announces flights to Pakistan
F.P. Report KARACHI: Malaysian airline Batik Air on Sunday announced the launch of direct flights...
5 impressive archaeological sites to visit in Türkiye’s...
Leyla Yvonne Ergil Milas is a region in Muğla that houses some of the most significant...
PIA flight operations returning to normal
Airline to use smartwatches in pilot fatigue trial
Beat traffic by air: Israel flies drone taxi over...
US judge rules against Obama-era DACA immigration...
UK to introduce X-ray age checks for asylum seekers
UK govt, British Airways face claim over Kuwait...
Kids Corner
‘Legacy admissions’ under fire at US universities
Harvard (AFP): Should you get a leg up on your university application just because Mom or Dad had...
Ukrainian children head below ground at start of new school year
KYIV (Reuters): Ukrainian children began their second straight school year in wartime on Friday...
US graduates brace for return of student loan repayments
WASHINGTON (AFP): After a three-and-a-half year pandemic-era pause, US federal student loans start...
Scores of UK school buildings to shut over collapse...
Kyrgyzstan moves to ban TikTok citing risk to children
PTB refuses to provide free textbooks for Punjab...
UK Embassy commits $125 million for Afghan children’s...
Free education provided for orphaned girls in Herat
French abaya ban in schools draws applause, criticism
Food
Eco-friendly? Perhaps not: US okays lab-grown chicken for sale
WASHINGTON (AFP): The United States has granted its first-ever approvals to two companies to sell...
How to make the perfect pissaladière – recipe
Felicity Cloake Visitors to the Côte d’Azur don’t need to set foot in a museum to clock that the...
Palestinian woman turns love for cooking into thriving catering...
Saima Shabbir ISLAMABAD: Though Basma Al-Masharqa, a Palestinian woman living in Islamabad for the...
Afghan cook pours his heart into ‘teapot’...
Hash: The barbecue dish that’s a delicious South...
Pakistan Hajj mission supervises food arrangement for...
Where we are going today: Fogo de Chao restaurant in...
Nigel Slater’s recipes for fried new potatoes and...
Caldo de gallina: An ancestral dish from award-winning...
‘Living dead’: Tunisian villages suffer drought, climate change
OULED OMAR, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian villager Ounissa Mazhoud ties two empty jerry cans to a donkey...
2023 set to be hottest year on record, says climate monitor
DUBAI (AFP): This year will be the hottest in recorded history after an “extraordinary”...
Three months after quake, Morocco villages face winter chill
OUIRGANE (Morocco) (AFP): Temporary camps set up following a deadly earthquake in southern Morocco...