WASHINGTON (Reuters): US President Joe Biden spent months wanting a “pause” in the...
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Gaza, Ukraine loom large as G20 foreign ministers meet
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP): G20 foreign ministers open a two-day meeting Wednesday in Brazil, with the...
Iran dismisses plan by U.N. nuclear watchdog head to visit next...
DUBAI (Reuters) : Iran’s nuclear chief on Wednesday dismissed a suggestion that the head of...
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll...
SC disposes of plea seeking nullification of Feb 8...
China says US veto sent wrong message over Gaza
Farmers’ protest: India police fire tear gas at...
US labels Pakistan’s new government formation as...
Shehbaz will PM, Zardari to become President as PPP...
Global
US House to vote on TikTok ban
WASHINGTON (AFP): The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill that would force...
US intelligence chiefs deliver grim warning on Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The frozen military conflict between Ukraine and Russia is starting to thaw and will...
Romanian court approves request to extradite Andrew Tate
FP Report BUCHAREST: A Romanian court has approved a request from Britain to extradite internet...
Biden to meet Poland’s leaders on NATO funding...
US preparing new weapons package for Ukraine...
India-made fighter jet Tejas crashes for first time;...
Gaza medical staff tortured by Israeli soldiers in...
Nord Stream sues insurers in London over 2022 pipeline...
French parliament to vote on Macron’s Ukraine strategy
Business
UK energy bills to fall
LONDON (Reuters): Most UK household energy bills will fall from April after regulator Ofgem cut its...
Toyota extends shutdown of two production lines
TOKYO (Reuters): Toyota Motors has extended until March 1 the shutdown of two production lines at...
UAE removed, Kenya and Namibia added to int’l money...
DUBAI (AFP): Global anti-money laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said...
Iraq reopens key oil refinery to reduce imports
Kitchen items’ prices witnesses nominal increase of 0...
Standard Chartered Pakistan posts record profit before...
Asian markets advance after record rallies
IBA Karachi and Synapse organize the last large...
China, EU hold talks on cooperation in autos
Editorial
The politico-constitutional crisis must come to calm now
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decision of...
Pak-China trade and miracle of CPEC
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his pleasure over the reopening of Khunjerab...
American arms flourish terrorism in AfPak region
According to the media, the militants who are carrying out attacks inside Pakistan have obtained US...
Pakistan
Jinnah House case: ATC extends interim bails of Imran’s sisters...
F.P. Report LAHORE: Anti-Terror Court (ATC) in Lahore has extended the interim bail plea of PTI...
Nine killed as residential building collapses in Multan
F.P. Report MULTAN: At least nine persons, including a child, were killed and three other persons...
CM KP decides to include seminaries in solarization
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has decided to...
Afghanistan
US aims to destabilize Afghanistan: Iranian Envoy
KABUL (Agencies): Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, Iran’s special representative in Kabul, believes that despite...
Over 200 Afghan migrants deported from Pakistan
KABUL (Agencies): According to reports, over 200 Afghan migrants were forcibly deported as part of...
UNICEF will establish thousands of educational classes in...
KABUL (Agencies): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it will soon...
UNICEF announces 950 community-based education classes
Kunar’s Hilgal Dara residents: No female doctor in our...
Women’s rights violations and humanitarian Crises...
Millions of Afghans go hungry as winter cold bites
Taliban changes educational curriculum to align with...
Afghanistan-Turkey trade reached $100m in 2023
Entertainment
Bigg Boss 16 fame Archana reacts to being manhandled in Delhi
NEW DELHI (Web Desk) : Bigg Boss 16 fame Archana Gautam gained popularity for her stint in this...
Turkish film festival cancelled over censorship controversy
ANKARA (AFP): An international film festival in Turkey has been cancelled after controversy over a...
Former gang leader charged in 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
NEW YORK (AFP) : Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former gang leader, has been charged with the...
Articles
Palestinian resistance
Ramzy Baroud The dramatic, earth-shattering events in Palestine starting on Oct. 7 have taken many...
The US is no country for old men
Belén Fernández Shortly prior to his death from prostate cancer in August of this year at the age...
Chinese migration up at border
Aline Barros As the US marks the 80th anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act...
Arts & Literature
Arab-American artists: Dahlia Elsayed talks color & Hermès...
Rawaa Talass DUBAI: The third in our series focusing on contemporary Arab-American artists in honor...
Prague to send repaired art damaged by IS home to Syria
PRAGUE (AFP): Twenty artefacts repaired by Czech art restorers after being damaged during the civil...
Pakistani art collector-turned-gallerist aims to take local...
Haseeb Asif LAHORE: You would find it difficult to imagine that Jawad Zia, a man who owns 300 works...
Sports
Australia recall Neser for New Zealand Test series
Sydney (AFP): Seamer Michael Neser was recalled Friday for Australia’s upcoming two-Test...
Elena Rybakina rallies in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (Reuters): No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina reached the quarterfinals at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi...
Miami sorry for Messi’s Hong Kong absence
Miami (Reuters): Inter Miami have apologised for Lionel Messi’s inability to play an...
China’s Lian, Hao win third straight 10m synchro...
Heartbreak for Pakistan as Australia seal final date...
Babar Azam retains top position in latest ODI rankings
Greece to introduce special measures to combat crowd...
Spanish runner Katir provisionally suspended for...
Mitchell misses South Africa Test
Technology
As Indonesia pushes EV dream, car shoppers stay cautious
TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters): Indonesia’s government used the Jakarta auto show to double...
Somalia orders ban on TikTok, Telegram
MOGADISHU (AFP): Somalia’s government announced Sunday a ban on social media platforms TikTok...
Elon Musk says X will strip ability to block accounts
(Reuters) : Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will remove a protective feature...
Health
Hunger haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray region after years of war
Tigary, Ethiopia (Reuters): Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, an...
UK health regulator approves GSK’s vaccine for common...
LONDON (Reuters): Britain’s health regulator approved GSK’s vaccine for the respiratory...
EU probes Novo’s weight-loss drugs on reports of suicide...
BRUSSELS (Reuters): The European Medicines Agency is looking into Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO)...
In vaccination champ Brazil, many have stopped getting...
Skin cancer cases in UK reaches all-time high: Analysis
Alzheimer’s drug approval unlikely to ease tension...
Experts advise adjusting medication dosages during...
WHO, UNICEF to deliver 18 million malaria vaccine...
Rise in psychological distress in young adults –...
News in Picture
“Today’s Cartoon”
ISLAMABAD: As a token of appreciation and to thank the people...
ISLAMABAD: Woman displaying traditional stuff on her stall...
Travel
Flydubai aircraft lands safely in Dubai after bird strike during...
DUBAI (Reuters): Flydubai flight FZ 576 has landed safely in Dubai past midnight on Tuesday after...
A dazzling tour along Mediterranean, Aegean coasts: Thasos
Özge Şengelen As the sea season approaches, let me take you to a great destination where the...
Inside Qatar’s ‘city of the future’
(CNN): There’s a party going on in Lusail. The palm-fringed Marina Walk, leading from the Arabian...
Russia advising citizens to avoid traveling to Canada
Airport cargo worth millions stolen from Toronto’s...
Millions of Indonesians travel home in annual Eid...
Dubai travel: Emirates announces flight cancellations...
Southwest Airlines temporarily halts US departures on...
Clogged toilets force Austrian Airlines flight return
Kids Corner
Egypt’s 19th century gift to France inspires new children’s book...
DUBAI (Arabnews): In 1827, the people of Paris saw the rarest of sights. The ruler of Egypt...
Backbreaking work for kids in Afghan brick kilns
KABUL (AP): Nabila works 10 hours or more a day, doing the heavy, dirty labor of packing mud into...
Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid
F.P. Report KHARTOUM: The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half...
School owners in Karachi resent hike in annual renewal...
Climate Migration: Indian kids find hope in a new...
Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect...
From Syria to Ukraine, children bear the brunt of...
School owners, students, teacher protest against...
11 schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF
Food
Why we eat mince pies at Christmas and how the Middle East...
Web Desk There’s no denying that some foods are inherently Christmas-sy. The likes of turkey, candy...
Jerusalem chef offers tourists Palestinian taste of life in Old...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) : Palestinian chef Izzeldin Bukhari initiates Jerusalem’s Old City tours...
The great supermarket Christmas canape taste test 2022
Web Desk It’s the most wonderful time of the year again, folks. Time for supermarkets to...
Festive recipe: Christmas fruitcake from Dubai Hilton...
Where we are going today: Vanilla Patisserie in...
How to create the best Christmas cheeseboard
Where We Are Going Today: Carbone restaurant in Riyadh
How to make the perfect chocolate roulade – recipe
Isfeng: a crispy doughnut from al-Andalus for Hanukkah
India succeeds in reducing emissions rate by 33pc over 14 years:...
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India’s greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33...
European scientists make it official. July was the hottest month...
BRUSSELS (AP): Now that last month’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring...
Amazon nations launch alliance to protect rainforest at key...
BELEM : Eight South American countries have agreed to launch an alliance to protect the...