NEW DELHI (AFP): India’s election commission announced Saturday that national polls would...
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‘Turn around immediately’: Taiwan warns off Chinese coast guard...
JAKARTA (Reuters) : Taiwan on Saturday warned off Chinese coast guard ships that entered its...
Hong Kong jails 12 people over the storming of the legislature...
HONG KONG (CNN) : A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced 12 people to between 54 and 82 months in...
Indian navy intercepts Somali pirates on cargo ship...
Former Vice President Mike Pence says he’s not...
Iran Air could be banned from Europe if Tehran sends...
Israel sends team to Doha for new Gaza peace talks
PM, US envoy discuss bilateral ties
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Global
One Year of Evan Gershkovich’s Wrongful Detention in Russia
FP Report WASHINGTON DC: Today marks one year since Russia wrongfully detained Wall Street Journal...
Inaugural Plenary Meeting for the Political Declaration on...
FP Report WASHINGTON DC: On March 19-20, 2024, the U.S. Department of State, in collaboration with...
Hong Kong Policy Act Report
FP Report HONG KONG: Over the past year, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has continued to take...
US-funded radio shuts Hong Kong bureau, citing...
U.S. Defense Chief Austin’s Strategic Dialogue...
Sudan slips into famine as warring sides starve...
EU parliament urged to probe Russian propaganda network
Kamala Harris pushes the envelope as Biden struggles
What does Russia’s veto on N. Korea sanctions...
Business
US probing Adani Group and founder over potential bribery...
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The United States has widened its investigation of India’s Adani Group...
KP CM, ADB delegation discuss mutual cooperation
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) called on Chief Minister Khyber...
FBR signs deal with Karandaaz Pakistan
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: In line with the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to transform...
Editorial
Haitians’ uprising against armed gangs
According to Western media, Haiti’s most powerful gang leader Jimmy Cherizier alias Barbecue...
After Abraham Accord, the Moses-Aaron reunion in making
A unique and highly deplorable situation surrounds the Muslim Ummah, as its most sensitive and...
NAB laws, and myth of Mahmood-o-Ayaz
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday sent back-references against politicians to...
Pakistan
KP CM directs transparency in govt affairs
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: A meeting of Science, Technology and Information Technology Department was...
HRCP takes notice of Maria murder case
F.P. Report TOBA TEK SINGH: The National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) on Saturday took notice...
Gender inequality in education in rural areas
Muhammad Rasheed In this article we are going to discuss the gender inequality in education within...
Afghanistan
More than $400 million needed for western Afghanistan to recover...
ISLAMABAD (AP): More than $400 million is needed for western Afghanistan to recover and rebuild...
Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime against humanity...
FP Report KABUL: Increasing global challenges demand that gender apartheid be recognised as a crime...
UN Chief urges end to ban on girls’s education
KABUL (Khaama Press): António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, says that the...
Entertainment
‘The Crown’ cast bid farewell to the Netflix series
LONDON (Reuters): The cast and the makers of the sixth and final season of Netflix’s royal drama...
‘May December’, ‘American Fiction’...
LOS ANGELES (AFP): “May December,” “American Fiction” and “Past...
BTS star Jungkook debuts new look ahead of military service
Monitoring Desk SEOUL: The youngest member of Grammy-nominated K-pop boy band BTS, Jeon Jungkook...
Oscar-nominated Bhutan director turns lens on...
Hollywood strikes, Beatles last song, ‘Swift effect’:...
Actors who have been punished for speaking out on...
‘All of Us Strangers’ dominates British...
‘Merging two worlds together’: British-Pakistani...
Ayeza Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi to share screen after a...
Articles
Why ‘the rest’ are rejecting the West
Fawaz A. Gerges As the war in Gaza enters its fourth month, many in the Middle East and across the...
Biden and Scholz work to bolster ties
ANDREW HAMMOND The postwar relationship between Germany and the US was broadly stable and strong...
Don’t place climate over poverty
SONG CHEN Too many rich-world politicians and climate campaigners forget that much of the world...
Sudanese people’s dire plight should not be ignored
Defunding UNRWA is worse than collective punishment
Von der Leyen seeks era-defining legacy
Jordan drone strike: Is US being pulled into another...
The assassinations at Jenin hospital should not...
Climate migration challenge needs to be urgently...
Arts & Literature
Brussels marks Art Nouveau year with Victor Horta’s...
ISTANBUL (AA) : The captivating “Art Nouveau” (“New Art”) movement, which...
Act to know: Sufi way of attaining knowledge
Sultan Adanir ISTANBUL: ‘Knowledge means to know right; it means to know your height; if you...
Arslantepe Mound – Tracing 7,000 years of history in...
ANKARA : The Arslantepe Mound, located in Malatya, eastern Türkiye and part of UNESCO’s World...
Lettering the word of God across continents in...
Families of pioneering Arab artists descend on London...
UAE projects shortlisted for World Architecture...
The museum at Shah Bobo Jan Palace in Kabul
Study solves mystery: 2,000-year-old burial reveals...
Istanbul to world: Izzet Keribar’s 2M photo...
Sports
England high on Himalayas in cricket’s most picturesque...
Dharamsala (AFP): The “stunning” Himalayan cricket ground beneath snowcapped peaks for...
Australian bowlers out to dampen Williamson’s 100th Test
Christchurch (AFP): Seamer Mitchell Starc said Australia’s bowlers aim to ensure New Zealand...
Japan’s Inoue to face Nery for super-bantamweight world...
Tokyo (AFP): Japan’s undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue on Wednesday...
Technology
Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Thousands line up for brain implant...
Elon Musk’s brain implant venture, Neuralink, is poised for its inaugural clinical trial...
China proposes cybersecurity check for auditors if national...
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters): China’s finance ministry has proposed that auditors undergo or...
Australia says ports operator cyber incident...
SYDNEY (Reuters) : The Australian government on Sunday described as “serious and...
Russia to limit only VPN services which pose a...
ICBC puts capital into US unit, seeks cyber review...
France, UK seek greater regulation of commercial...
Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang
Nintendo announces new live-action ‘Legend of Zelda’...
Scientists detect oxygen in noxious atmosphere of Venus
Health
India allows cough syrup firm linked to Uzbek deaths to re-open...
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh has permitted the resumption of...
Vienna drugstores offer free period products for women in need
VIENNA (AFP): Austria’s capital Vienna on Wednesday rolled out a programme to combat...
Breast cancer rates are rising. But more women are surviving too
Nathaniel Weixel and Julia Manchester Tammy Moyle’s annual mammogram in March was clean. But then...
Refugees, migrants face mental health crisis: WHO...
EU food safety agency recommends preventive bird flu...
EU leads more than 1 billion-euro commitment to...
19 new dengue cases reported in province
Nipah virus: NIH issues advisory for general public
Weight-loss drugs fuel boom for firms that fill...
News in Picture
DOHA: US citizens Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz are embraced...
TRIPOLI: Rescue workers busy in relief work after powerful...
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi administering oath of office...
Travel
NADRA imposes new travel restriction on passengers
KARACHI: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has imposed a new travel...
Turkish tourism revenues leap 23pc in second quarter
ISTANBUL/MILAN (Reuters): Turkiye’s tourism revenues jumped 23.1 per cent to $12.98 billion...
Pilot lands plane in sea off France after engine breakdown
PARIS (AFP): A pilot landed his tourist plane in choppy waters off southern France on Sunday after...
EASA issues risk alert for Lahore and Karachi flights
Foreign Office issues new travel warnings for Spain...
Senegal announces migration action plan
New e-visa for Indian passport holders travelling to...
UK rail workers go on strike over pay, conditions
UK flights restoration: British DfT schedules visit to...
Kids Corner
Number of child marriages falling too slowly: UNICEF
NEW YORK (AFP): Child marriages are declining — but at a rate that would not eliminate the...
Should school use ‘Warrior’ nickname? Tribe to have last say
SALAMANCA, N.Y. (AP): The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather...
We have a dream
Khwaja Wajid-u-Din According to the last census issued by the government of Pakistan, children...
Nine students commit suicide after exam results in...
Govt sets target to enroll all 70,000 out of school...
Success of education depends on dedication &...
Student secures whopping $9m in US scholarship offers
UK children receiving food aid spikes to over one...
Barbie’s latest doll represents people with...
Food
Snack options to calm the end of fast pangs while keeping off...
JEDDAH (Arabnews): It’s all too easy to reach for calorie-rich snacks after breaking fast during...
At Peshawar’s Afghan Jalebi Wala in Ramadan, sugar-soaked funnel...
Wasim Sajjad PESHAWAR: At the entrance of Board Bazar in the northwestern Pakistani city of...
Aramco, Saudi Coffee Co. ink deal to improve the brew in the...
RIYADH (Arabnews): Coffee cultivation in Saudi Arabia will soon be waking up to a concerted effort...
Traditional MENA dishes highlight of iftar tables
During iftars in Pakistan, a roadside samosa shop is...
Ramadan recipes: A delicious and decadent lamb ouzi...
At Karachi’s Paper Market, a street feast of Bohra...
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Ramadan recipes: A filling vegetarian take on Saudi...
Storm Ciaran triggers weather alert in northwestern Europe
PARIS (AFP): Much of northwestern Europe went on high alert Wednesday as a storm dubbed Ciaran...
Earthquake hits Timor region of Indonesia, no deaths or injuries...
JAKARTA (AP) : An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Indonesia’s Timor island on Thursday, causing...
Haze lingers in Beijing as fog blankets parts of north China
BEIJING (Reuters): Hazy weather hung over Beijing on Wednesday with conditions in other parts of...