WASHINGTON (AFP): A US Army intelligence analyst was arrested on Thursday for allegedly providing...
Top Stories
UN rights chief: Expanding Israeli settlements a ‘war crime’
GENEVA (AFP): Expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes “a...
Ship leaves for Gaza as test of new humanitarian corridor: Top...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP): A top European Union official is in Cyprus on Friday to inspect preparations...
Global
India court effectively bans madrasas in big state before...
NEW DELHI (Reuters): A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most...
UK targets Vietnamese with online ads to deter Channel crossings
LONDON (AFP): The UK on Monday launched a new global social media campaign, aimed at Vietnam in...
Deadliest IS attacks in Europe
BRUSSELS (AFP): Friday’s massacre at a Moscow concert hall, in which at least 137 people were...
Myanmar polls may not be held nationwide: junta chief
Hong Kong justice chief warns online criticism could...
Five Rohingya found dead after Indonesia boat capsize:...
Israel open to civilian return to north Gaza in truce...
US military command in Japan to be revamped, FT reports
11 killed in suspected Daesh attack on Syria truffle...
Business
Cereal prices down, but sugar and meat are up: FAO
LONDON (Reuters): The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in February for a...
IMF backs new programme for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will support formulating a new economic...
Weekly inflation up by 1.11 pc
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)...
Workers’ remittances record $2.2b inflow in Feb
Gold rates up by Rs 450 per tola to Rs 228,600
Pakistan exports to southern China witness 16% growth...
Asian markets join rally after Wall St, European...
Shematters event marked the celebration of...
Saudi Arabia doubles sovereign fund’s stake in Aramco
Editorial
Why do train accidents happen so often?
Another horrific accident of Pakistan Railway train occurred near Nawab Shah, Sindh perishing more...
Imran’s arrest and Pakistan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and lifelong Chairman, Imran Khan arrested by the Police on...
Youm-e-Istehsal and Kashmiris’ quest for freedom
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has once again reiterated Pakistan’s continued unstinted moral...
Pakistan
CM KP assures to address problems in metropolis
PESHAWAR (APP): Chief Minister (CM) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur met with Members of...
Barrister Saif concerned over Punjab government’s...
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Adviser on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has...
Police recovers girl, arrests kidnapper in Karachi
F.P. Report KARACHI: Karachi Police claimed to have arrested the accused, allegedly involved in the...
Amjad Aziz Malik receives greetings on award of Tamgha...
Pakistan, S Arabia has close brotherly ties
President confers civil awards on Pakistanis, foreign...
Minister pays tributes to Quaid, says PML-N to...
Police announces recruitment drive for Over 11,000...
Fahd Haroon bestowed by prestigious Sitar-i-Imtiaz
Afghanistan
Efforts ongoing to ‘divide the Muslim communities’: Muttaqi
KABUL (TOLOnews): The acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi at a gathering said...
Deputy PM to UNAMA head: Sanctions have hindered IEA’s...
KABUL (Ariana News): The Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Mawlavi Abdul Kabir met...
Women’s healthcare requires 75 percentfemale workers: Ebad
KABUL (Ariana News): Acting Minister of Public Health Qalandar Ebad has said that the country’s...
US, Uzbekistan envoys in Washington discuss...
Life amid illness: Forced marriage and a daughter’s...
Women journalists face growing challenges in Media...
Malaysian tourists explore historical and natural...
Deputy Interior Minister discusses anti-drug efforts...
Nearly 2,000 Afghan migrants expelled from Pakistan...
Entertainment
Dua Lipa launches new single with London fan event
LONDON (Reuters): Dua Lipa dropped her new single “Houdini”, celebrating the launch...
Kareena Kapoor wanted same pay as Shah Rukh Khan for ‘Kal Ho Naa...
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho‘ is one of the most loved Bollywood films and the Shah Rukh...
Indian ministry takes regulatory action after Rashmika...
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: A day after the viral deepfake video of South Indian starlet Rashmika...
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
Mysterious street artist Banksy opens 1st exhibition after 14...
LONDON (DPA): Renowned street artist Banksy has granted official authorization for an exhibition of...
Kütahya Archaeological Museum unveils ancient secrets
ISTANBUL (AA): The newly established archaeological museum at Kütahya Dumlupınar University (DPÜ)...
Beirut and the Golden Sixties – exhibition shines light on...
Myrna Ayad There’s a wistfulness in its name – Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of...
Abu Dhabi Art 2023 to be held for five days from...
Louvre Abu Dhabi unveils latest acquisition...
Iraq: displays 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by...
Interpol issues notice for Lebanese man suspected of...
German archeologists find Bronze Age sword so well...
London’s Cromwell Place hosts Lebanese art show
Sports
Murray again hints at impending retirement
Dubai (AFP): Andy Murray suggested he may retire within the next “few months” after...
Gill, Jurel help India clinch Test series against England
Ranchi (AFP): Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel guided India to a series-clinching five-wicket win over...
Messi grabs late leveller for Miami at Galaxy
LOS ANGELES (AFP): Lionel Messi scored a last-gasp stoppage time equalizer as Inter Miami escaped...
Liverpool win League Cup as Van Dijk strikes to sink...
Dussen’s ton in vain as Zalmi deny Qalandars first win...
Bank Alfalah National Open Polo C’ship for Quaid-e...
India beat Pakistan again to win Pak-India T20 Blind...
Multan Sultans end Quetta Gladiators’ winning streak...
India v England: Jurel, Ashwin and Kuldeep inspire...
Technology
NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid
FLORIDA (AFP): It’s a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants...
Biden eyes adding AI chip curbs to Chinese companies abroad
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The Biden administration is considering closing a loophole that gives Chinese...
NASA asteroid sample contains life-critical water and carbon
FLORIDA (AFP): A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant...
Health
Maskless Biden laughs off Covid guidance
WASHINGTON (AFP): When Joe Biden was criticized this week for failing to mask up after his wife...
Ozempic, weight-loss ‘wonder drug’, under scrutiny amid suicide...
NEW YORK : Ray Niscior of Toledo, Ohio, has struggled with his weight since he was a child. “I...
UK regulator approves updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
LONDON (Reuters): The UK drug regulator said on Tuesday it has approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine...
News in Picture
“Today’s Cartoon”
KARACHI: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) building is beautifully...
LAHORE: Student giving Final touches to her painting during...
Travel
Tripadvisor ranks Dubai dune-bashing safari as world’s best...
Hayley Skirka Adventure-seeking travellers in Dubai can tick off the world’s best bucket list...
The Overseas Highway: The US’ ‘floating’...
Tracey Teo Seagulls cried overhead as I glided across miles of glistening waters somewhere between...
64 flights cancelled at Geneva airport over strike
GENEVA (AFP): Some 64 flights were cancelled at Geneva’s international airport on Friday, it...
Kids Corner
Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran
DUBAI (AP): Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran...
China to tighten web video curbs to prevent kids from addiction
BEIJING (Reuters): China will step up the management of short videos as part of efforts to prevent...
Poverty fuels child labour in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ishaq Khan PESHAWAR: Asif Jan, an 11-year-old boy who dropped out of school, can be seen working...
Better hygiene at schools – a gigantic task
Crumbling Pakistan economy puts children’s...
Pupil stabs teacher to death at French school
Scientist behind gene-edited babies eyes work in Hong...
Simple hearing test could detect autism in newborns
4,627 babies born since devastating earthquake shook...
Food
Olive oil in coffee? New Starbucks line a curiosity in Italy
MILAN (AP): Putting olive oil in coffee is hardly a tradition in Italy, but that didn’t stop...
Best traditional cheese varieties to enjoy in Türkiye
Neslihan Koçak Cheese has been around for millennia, becoming a must for breakfast and lunch...
Sea food exports increase by 12.98pc to $261.6 million
ISLAMABAD (Monitoring Desk) : The exports of fish and fish preparations increased by 12.98 percent...
Nigel Slater’s recipe for chocolate espresso mousse...
Indispensable taste of Turkish cuisine: Delicious soups
Traditional, wholesome and delicious Bohra Food Fest...
About £1 a portion: one-pan chickpea curry recipes...
Americans eat long list of food banned in other...
Why skipping inflight meals could be good for the...
Canadian wildfire smoke darkens Greenland skies
TORONTO (AFP): Smoke from Canadian wildfires has darkened skies in Greenland’s west, said...
Biggest quake in 40 years shakes Italy’s volcanic Campi...
ROME (AFP): A 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook Italy’s Campi Flegrei region west of Naples in...
Extreme global warming could eventually wipe out humans...
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: Temperatures could spiral to 70C (158F) – transforming Earth into a...