CAIRO (AP): An attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on a Belize-flagged ship earlier this month caused an...
Top Stories
UK pledges £245 million to boost Ukraine artillery reserves
LONDON (AFP): The UK announced on Saturday a new £245 million ($311 million) defence package to...
Four Western leaders arrive in Kyiv to show solidarity on 2nd...
KYIV (Reuters): Four Western leaders, including the prime ministers of Italy, Canada, and Belgium...
Global
Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro...
HONG KONG (AP): Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone...
After long tussle, Sweden to become NATO member
BRUSSELS (AFP): After two centuries of non-alignment and two years of torturous diplomacy, Sweden...
India confirms citizen fighting with Russian army dead
MOSCOW (AFP): India’s embassy in Moscow has confirmed the death of a citizen recruited by the...
Sri Lanka ex-leader claims ousted over China...
At least 200 people, mostly women and children...
Two Philippine crew among dead in Huthi missile...
New push in Congress to ban TikTok or force Chinese...
China to submit UN draft resolution on AI cooperation
Growing visibility of Pakistani-Americans reflective...
Business
PSX stays bullish, gains 490 more points
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish...
LIPTON and Al-Fatah join forces: Doubling impact, elevating tea...
F.P. Report LAHORE: LIPTON Teas & Infusions (LTI) is excited to announce a transformative...
Engro Corp revenues show robust growth of 35% in 2023
F.P. Report KARACHI: On a consolidated basis, Engro Corporation’s revenue grew by 35% to PKR 482...
Editorial
National campaign against polio
Pakistan is all set for its second nationwide polio campaign from October 2, during which almost 43...
Armenia’s price for global tussle
Thousands of homeless people streamed into Armenia from the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh...
New Delhi’s aegis of terrorism
Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti has recently announced that the Indian intelligence agency...
Pakistan
Punjab cabinet approves Ramazan relief package
F.P. Report LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet on Thursday approved the Ramazan relief package. The first...
Court suspends arrest warrants of Nawaz Sharif’s sons in...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has suspended the arrest warrants of Nawaz...
SIC challenges ECP’s decision of not granting reserved...
F.P. Report LAHORE: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) on Thursday challenged the Election...
New CJ LHC Justice Shahzad Ahmad Khan to take oath on...
PHC extends injunction on ECP’s decision till 13th
KP govt releases Rs39m for rain victims
Dar, Asif, Iqbal likely to be picked for key ministries
PHC issues injunction against ECP decision on reserve...
Feb 8 elections fairness score plummets to lowest...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s embassy in Beijing starts distributing passports
KABUL (Ariana News): The Embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Beijing said Monday in a post on X that...
1.8 million people caught respiratory illness in one month:...
KABUL (Khaama Press): After the World Health Organization reported on the increase in acute...
Islamic Emirate addresses issues in all regions: Hanafi
KABUL (BNA): Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs, met...
Minister of Transport and Iranian Envoy discuss...
Acting Minister of Public Health stresses on standard...
Global climate change conference to be held next week...
Australian soldier appeals Afghan war crimes...
Muttaqi, UN envoy discuss upcoming Doha meeting on...
Swiss Federal Council signs agreement with Afghan...
Entertainment
First trailer for “Grand Theft Auto VI” on December 5
NEW YORK (AFP): Rockstar Games said it will release a trailer next Tuesday for the first...
Irish Music Icon Shane MacGowan passes away at 65
Monitoring Desk DUBLIN: In a somber announcement that reverberated through the music world, Shane...
Team behind ‘The Taste of Things’ hopes to conquer...
LOS ANGELES (AFP): Controversy has simmered around France’s entry for the Oscars, “The...
Articles
For Republicans, the art of deal only applies if Trump gets...
John Avlon Do House Republicans really want to solve the border crisis? Not if they bow to Donald...
Argentina’s foreign policy erratic, misleading
Patricio Giusto There are pillars of Argentine President Javier Milei’s foreign policy that...
Russian emigres in Georgiaspark tensions ahead of election
Tornike Chumburidze & Sofia Gavrilova A week after Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
Why a new study gives a misleading view of inequality...
Taiwan’s election and its potential impact on East...
Sudan in danger of becoming a new Rwanda
A Ukrainian call to Davos: Ban Russian fossil fuel...
Is anti-trafficking Act 2018; A toothless law?
The dangers of great power competition for resources
Arts & Literature
Textile meets Einstein’s theory in Belkıs Balpınar’s...
ISTANBUL : Renowned textile artist Belkıs Balpınar takes center stage at the Anna Laudel Gallery in...
Dubai Waterfront Market 2024 invites artists to envision a more...
Maan Jalal Dubai’s Waterfront Market is now accepting submissions for its annual Murals and Art...
New find throws light on life of slaves in Rome’s Pompeii
ROME (Reuters): Archaeologists have discovered a bedroom in a Roman villa near Pompeii that was...
Tensions rise over proposal to loan ancient Jesus...
Forum on thousand-yr-old rock carving art held in SW...
Like Anne Frank’s, Ukrainian children’s...
Top 12 museums to visit in the UAE, from Louvre Abu...
Turkish art luminary Neş’e Erdok presents...
Florida art museum sues former director over forged...
Sports
Alcaraz downs former ‘pirate’ in Buenos Aires opener
Buenos Aires (AFP): Carlos Alcaraz reached the quarter-finals of the Buenos Aires ATP tournament on...
New Zealand win South Africa Test series for first time
HAMILTON (AFP) : New Zealand won a Test series against South Africa for the first time with...
Messi’s Inter Miami and Newell’s Old Boys draw 1-1...
MIAMI (AFP) : Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi returned to the starting lineup for the MLS club...
Technology
Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang
LONDON (Reuters): Internal data from Boeing, one of the world’s largest defence and space...
Nintendo announces new live-action ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie
TOKYO (AFP): Nintendo is developing a film based on its hugely popular ‘The Legend of Zelda‘...
Scientists detect oxygen in noxious atmosphere of Venus
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Oxygen accounts for about 21% of Earth’s air, with the rest of our...
Health
EU countries fail to agree on extending glyphosate approval
BRUSSELS (Reuters): European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a...
Eye, throat ailments plague citizens in Lahore
F.P. Report LAHORE: Lahore is currently shrouded in a thick haze of smog and dust, leading to a...
Blood tests needed for widespread Alzheimer’s diagnosis on...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): Blood tests for Alzheimer’s are needed to more widely diagnose the...
A doctors group calls its ‘excited...
EU orders US biotech firms to unwind $7b merger
65+ age group to outnumber under-15s in Europe by 2024
India allows cough syrup firm linked to Uzbek deaths...
Vienna drugstores offer free period products for women...
Breast cancer rates are rising. But more women are...
News in Picture
KARACHI: People busy in selecting and purchasing old books from...
LAHORE: A person selecting local perfume (Itar) from vendor in a...
ISLAMABAD: People busy in selecting and purchasing second hand...
Travel
Emirates cancels flights to Osaka as Typhoon Lan hits Japan
Hayley Skirka Emirates has cancelled flights to Osaka as Typhoon Lan arrives in Japan. Flights...
Tourists urged to abide by traffic rules to avoid traffic...
F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Liaquat Ali Chatta has urged the tourists...
Marrakesh: Morocco’s historical jewel, Islam’s mark in North...
NESLIHAN KOÇAK Marrakesh, with its vibrant Jemaa el-Fnaa Square, stunning Bahia Palace and iconic...
Kids Corner
This school reopened quickly after COVID. Kids’ reading was...
COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP): Students spread out in their rural Kansas classroom, answering questions with...
Children lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive
BOGOTA (AFP): Missing for more than a month in the dense Amazon rainforest, four Indigenous...
Local govt to establish 100 public libraries in Mardan
F.P. Report MARDAN: City Mayor Mardan Himayat Ullah Mayar said that knowledge is obtained from...
Parents, teachers urged to stay watchful of kids’...
Heatwave in Bangladesh leads to school closures
Summer vacations in schools start across Punjab
Teacher flings pencil at first grader, damages her...
From slums to stardom: Uganda’s Ghetto Kids
Why prime and other energy drinks can be dangerous –...
Food
Nigerian chef cooks nonstop for 100 hours to set new global...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP): A Nigerian chef on Monday set a new global record for the longest hours...
Five reasons one should not eat biscuits with tea
Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD: Biscuits with tea can taste like a match made in heaven, but did you...
Bánh Xèo: Vietnamese Vegan turmeric crepes
Kristin Vukovic Chef Thuy Pham’s hair is a stunning shade of lavender, inspired by a gluten...
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Earthquakes beset Italian town as supervolcano rumbles
POZZUOLI, Italy (Reuters): The talk in shops and coffee bars in Pozzuoli, a port town outside...
Hurricane causes 27 deaths, severe damage in Mexico’s...
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP): Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and major damage as it lashed...
Bolivia forest fires shutter thousands of schools
Bolivia (AFP): Tens of thousands of Bolivian pupils had their classes suspended as schools closed...