WASHINGTON (NPR): The U.S. House of Representatives has once again voted on a bill to grant...
Top Stories
Russian Nakhimov to become world’s strongest warship after...
MOSCOW (TASS): The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov will turn into the...
Sergei ends large-scale drills in Russia’s south after goals...
OPUK TRAINING GROUND (TASS): Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made a decision on Thursday to...
Global
Russia says withdrawing troops from Ukrainian border
POLYGON OPUK (TASS): Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu decided to complete verification...
Hamas warns against delaying election
GAZA (AFP): The head of the Hamas slate of candidates for next month’s scheduled Palestinian...
UK spy agency, MI5 joins Instagram
LONDON (AA): As part of a transparency drive, the UK’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5...
Biden makes pledge for US greenhouse gas emissions
Israel says it struck targets in Syria after missile...
Saudi-led coalition downs rebel drone from Yemen
Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan ministers to meet on...
Climate summit: Awkward moment a baffled Putin sits in...
Kathleen Hicks discusses security issues with UK’s...
Business
Jaguar Land Rover to suspend output due to chip shortage
LONDON (BBC News): Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is shutting its two main car factories temporarily due...
ECB keeps pouring in cheap money
FRANKFURT (AFP/APP): The European Central Bank on Thursday kept its massive pandemic-fighting...
Nonresident Pakistanis now invest in Mutual Funds
F.P. Report KARACHI: Nonresident Pakistanis holding a Roshan Digital Account (RDA) can now invest...
Editorial
Istanbul Conference and Afghans
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has said on Wednesday that the much-anticipated Istanbul conference...
Pak-Iran border markets
A high-level Pakistani delegation led by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi paid an official...
PTI govt and federal employees
The Federal Cabinet, meeting was held on Tuesday, which presided over by the Prime Minister Imran...
Pakistan
Pakistan wants to give full effect to ICJ’s verdict in...
Muhammad Asad ISLAMABAD: Pakistan wants to give full effect to the International Court of Justice...
Govt working on creating Holy Buddhist Trail, PM tells monks
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that his government was currently...
Sindh High Court bars SPSC from conducting exams, announcing...
HYDERABAD (APP): The Sindh High Court on Thursday stopped Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC)...
Supreme Court seeks Tax Commissioner’s order in...
LNG reference against former PM Abbasi adjourned till...
Court orders to auction Nawaz’s property in Toshakhana...
Court extends interim bail of Jehangir Tareen, son...
‘Sindh Journalists Protection Bill to be tabled in...
Rs 500,000 given to 11 cops each injured in clashes
Afghanistan
Takhar salt extraction at standstill due to negligence
TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Extraction works at two salt mines has been stopped in northern Takhar province...
Thousands displaced from Arghandab District
KABUL (Tolo News): Eight months of war and violence have dealt major destruction to the people in...
Taliban’s ‘unwillingness’ delayed Summit: Rahmani
KABUL (Tolo News): The speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Afghanistan’s parliament...
Entertainment
Moin Akhtar remembered on his 10th death anniversary
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humourist, comedian...
Actor Naveen Waqar says respect is very important in a life...
F.P. Report KARACHI: Naveen Waqar may be single but the actor is not sitting and waiting around to...
Prince fans pay respects at Paisley Park 5 years after death
Monitoring Desk CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Paisley Park, where Prince lived and worked, welcomed back...
Articles
Iraq’s Resurgent Paramilitaries
TAMER BADAWI Iraqi paramilitary groups opposing U.S.-led coalition forces, including Iran-backed...
Riding the Tiger: Indian surrender continues
Jawad Falak On 7 April 2021, the US Navy conducted a ‘navigation operation’ within...
Is the US-China strategic competition a cold war?
Hung Tran Ever since the acrimonious meeting between senior US and Chinese officials in Anchorage...
Arts & Literature
18th-century ‘The Kiss of Death’ sculpture celebrates...
Monitoring Desk Nestled into an 18th-century cemetery in Barcelona, The Kiss of Death is...
Artist Ekow Nimako creates elaborately constructed universes...
Monitoring Desk Hundreds of thousands of sleek, black LEGO structure the utopic universes by...
Electric tattoos: the next step in body art
Monitoring Desk When Kayla Newell goes shopping for tattoo ink, she brings a UV light with her. The...
Sports
Slow day in Pallekele ends with Bangladesh holding all the aces
Kandy (Cricinfo): Bad light ate away the last 90-odd minutes of play on the second day, leaving...
Zimbabwe look to bounce back against unconvincing Pakistan
Harare (Cricinfo): Harare threw up a fun T20I contest in the first game, though both Zimbabwe and...
European Super League: Project is ‘on standby’, says Florentino...
MADRID (BBC): The European Super League is on “standby” despite nine of the 12 founding...
World Snooker Championship: Ronnie O’Sullivan level...
Jessica Korda takes LA Open lead by shooting 7-under 64
European Super League collapses as founding clubs...
Shanto hits ton as Bangladesh reach 302-2 against Sri...
Bairstow guides Sunrisers to first win of IPL season
Kent Cricket ropes in Amir for Vitality Blast stint
Technology
Panel of U.S. senators questions Apple and Alphabet about the...
Monitoring Desk A panel of U.S. senators questioned officials from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and...
NASA converts carbon dioxide from air on Mars into breathable...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to...
The governors of a dozen U.S. states urge Biden to back phasing...
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – The governors of a dozen U.S. states...
News in Picture
Health
WHO and EMA to start the next round of their review of Sputnik V...
Monitoring Desk Technical experts from the World Health Organization are due to start the next...
European Commission preparing legal proceedings against...
Monitoring Desk The European Commission is working on legal proceedings against...
World’s biggest single-day rise in coronavirus cases recorded in...
Monitoring Desk India recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 314,835 new COVID-19...
New Mexico preparing to respond to pockets of vaccine...
Study reveals too little sleep in middle age linked to...
Ramadan is the best time to shape up and gain fitness
J&J to resume COVID-19 vaccine with safety...
The second devastating coronavirus wave in India
New Zealand to consolidate its fragmented healthcare...
Travel
COVID-19: U.S. Issues More Than 115 ‘Do Not Travel’...
WASHINGTON (NPR): The U.S. State Department has vastly expanded its Do Not Travel list, issuing new...
Ukraine eyes UNESCO World Heritage tag for Chernobyl
Monitoring Desk A mothballed nuclear power station surrounded by wasteland, rubble and abandoned...
Burning Man festival organizers consider requiring COVID-19...
Monitoring Desk RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are...
Archaeologists discover the site of Harriet Tubman’s...
CAA extends its travel advisory for passengers...
One the world’s biggest floating hydro-solar...
U.S. State Department to boost ‘Do Not Travel’...
Swedish constitution allows anyone to wanderlust...
Elation marks opening of long-anticipated travel...
Kids Corner
Teachers lead talks on Floyd case with children
Monitoring Desk As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer...
Mexico has seen nine times more migrant children over the past...
Monitoring Desk PANAMA CITY, 19 April 2021 – Since the start of 2021, the number of migrant...
Hungary’s poor Roma children struggle with digital education
BODVASZILAS (AP): Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can’t...
Food
Turks, Kashmiris are known for their love of tea
ISTANBUL (Dailysabah): Tea is a very popular beverage that has gradually become a vital part of the...
Saudi restaurant where waiters are robots
MAKKAH (Arabnews): We’ve all been there … you order a meal in a restaurant, and the waiter arrives...
Whole Foods shoppers can now pay with a swipe of their palm...
Monitoring Desk Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said it is rolling out biometric technology at...
Environment
Japanese lobby says Japan’s auto industry can lead the...
Monitoring Desk Akio Toyoda, the head of a Japanese lobby group, said on Thursday Japan’s...
Europe experienced its hottest year in 2020 – EU scientists
Monitoring Desk Europe experienced its hottest year on record last year, while the Arctic suffered...
Biden administration pledges to slash U.S. greenhouse gas...
Monitoring Desk The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions...
Biden catches pace in his fight for cutting emissions...
PMD predicts another hot weather spell in Karachi from...
Europe clinches landmark climate change law that puts...
Research shows extreme melt reduced Greenland ice...
Blinken calls on American diplomats around the world...
Climate change brings the risks of rockfalls surge in...
e-Gaming
GameStop CEO to resign
Monitoring Desk GameStop Corp (GME.N) said on Monday Chief Executive Officer George...
“Lord of the Rings” announced by Amazon’s...
Monitoring Desk Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) video game division has canceled an...
Sony’s newly filed patent could forever change...
Monitoring Desk Esports have exploded in popularity in recent years with games...
Personalities
Renowned Islamic scholar Wahiduddin Khan breathes his last at 96
F.P. Report NEW DELHI: Esteemed Indian Islamic scholar and peace activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan...
Walter Mondale: former U.S. Vice President, dies at 93
Monitoring Desk Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was...
Sarah K. Benning: on her vivid floral embroidery pieces and...
Monitoring Desk This week on Top Artist Podcast we chat with embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning on...
Daniel Kaluuya: the Camden Town kid making the news...
Raúl Castro: Six decades of revolution
Laura Garcia Velez: A climate scientists who is...
Synthetic surrealism of the artist and writer Leonora...
Yuri Gagarin: The first man in space who became a...
Jiya: A Pakistani transgender finding a niche in...
