ASTANA (Reuters : Russia and its allies in Asia should expand joint military exercises as they face...
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Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over...
WASHINGTON (AP): Ukraine has sidelined US-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight...
Indian election resumes as heatwave hits voters
NEW DELHI (AFP): India’s six-week election juggernaut resumed on Friday with millions of...
Global
Ukraine probes doctors for helping men dodge military draft
KYIV (AFP): Ukraine said Friday it is investigating several doctors in the western region of Lviv...
Somalia detains US-trained commandos over ration theft
MOGADISHU (Reuters): Somalia’s government said it had suspended and detained several members of an...
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts
Burkina Faso (Reuters): Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S...
US military starts pier construction off Gaza
Hamas official says Israel ‘will not achieve’ goals in...
Another State Dept official resigns over US’...
Pakistan calls on world to take steps for ceasefire in...
Columbia University drops deadline for dismantling pro...
France threatens new sanctions against West Bank...
Business
Copper price tops $10,000 for first time in two years
LONDON (AFP): Copper prices rallied Friday above $10,000 per tonne for the first time in two years...
Pakistan’s weekly inflation falls by 1.1 percent
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)...
Merck raises 2024 profit forecast on cancer drug sales
NEW YORK (Reuters): Merck & Co on Thursday raised its annual profit and revenue forecasts on...
Editorial
Protectionist moves
In a latest sign that protectionism has reared its ugly head in Europe, the European Commission has...
What’s expected
The Chinese side’s nonchalant attitude to the Shanghai leg of US Secretary of State Antony...
A new era in Pakistan-Iran relations
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s recent visit to Pakistan marks a significant milestone in...
Pakistan
COAS Asim Munir vows to crush ‘any instability’ in way of...
F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff General Asim Munir has declared that negative...
PM Shehbaz vows to remove flaws in economy
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has declared that the government is pursuing...
Terror threats: PTI denied permission for staging rally in...
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) failed on Friday to get permission to hold a...
28 Levies Force officers, soldiers sacked
Tribesmen criticize CTD for dishonoring “Chadar and...
Gunmen storm Lucky Cement factory, kill security guard
PM launches Shuhada Package for martyred federal govt...
IHC judges’ letter: CJP Isa-led larger bench to hear...
Govt determined to eradicate terrorism: Tarar
Afghanistan
Nearly 70 schools, madrassas in Uruzgan destroyed by rains...
URUZGAN (TOLOnews): Shamsullah Kamran, the head of Education in Uruzgan, reports that recent rains...
Afghanistan now a ‘nexus for diplomatic endeavors’, says IEA
KABUL (Ariana News): In the wake of dozens of meetings between high-ranking Islamic Emirate...
EU official emphasizes support for women
KABUL (Khaama Press): Raffaella Iodice, the European Union’s representative in Afghanistan...
Entertainment
Hipgnosis drums up fresh bid in takeover battle
LONDON (AFP): A battle to buy UK music rights owner Hipgnosis Songs Fund has taken a fresh twist...
New York court overturns Harvey Weinstein sex crime conviction
NEW YORK (AFP): New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned disgraced Hollywood producer...
Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta hits back at trolls
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe, Lara Dutta opened up on trolls...
Articles
Modi wants to turn India’s election into a war
Apoorvanand Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have decided...
Prearranged attacks alter rules of Iran-Israel confrontation
Mohamed Chebaro We know the world’s governance system is splintered. We also know that the...
West stronger than Russia
Boris Bondarev Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has been tasked with securing the broadest...
Arts & Literature
French national library quarantines ‘poisonous’ books
PARIS (AFP): France’s national library said Thursday it had removed four 19th-century books...
European police smash rare book theft ring
BRUSSELS (AFP): European police said Thursday they had busted a criminal gang suspected of...
In new Dubai exhibition, both artists and animals examine a...
Razmig Bedirian How can two people who live in the same city, even in the same house, occupy two...
Foreigners Everywhere at Venice Biennale celebrates...
Book ‘Physics and Cosmology’ exploring science...
French basilica displays rediscovered Raphael painting
Exhibit celebrates 250 anniversary of Caspar David...
Digital Art Fest Istanbul to explore intersection of...
Gaza’s historic treasures saved by ‘irony...
Sports
Brazil great Marta to retire from international football at end...
Brasília (Reuters): Brazil’s all-time top scorer in both men’s and women’s...
Injured McBurnie to miss Sheffield United’s remaining games
LONDON (Reuters): Sheffield United top scorer Oli McBurnie has been sidelined with a groin injury...
Indonesian takes seven wickets for no runs in record T20 effort
Bali, Indonesia (AFP): Teenage Indonesian off-spinner Rohmalia Rohmalia created a new record on...
Technology
China’s Shenzhou-18 mission docks with space station
BEIJING (AFP): A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China’s Shenzhou-18 mission safely...
WhatsApp to launch file sharing feature without internet
Monitoring Desk CALIFORNIA: The messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Meta, is working on a cool new...
Meta profits soar but costs of AI cause worry
NEW YORK (AFP): Facebook-owner Meta on Wednesday said its quarterly profits soared last quarter...
Scientists build battery that can charge in seconds
Microsoft’s AI lead puts Amazon cloud dominance...
China to send fresh crew to Tiangong space station
Tesla could start selling Optimus robots by the end of...
China’s Huawei launches new software brand for...
Apple announces event on May 7 amid reports of launch...
Health
Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP): A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb shortly...
Smaller towns in South Korea bear brunt of doctors’...
INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters): Hospitals in South Korea’s smaller cities are struggling with...
Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and...
MIGORI, Kenya (AP): As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave...
Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as Southeast...
Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth...
Therapeutic nihilism? Alzheimer’s drug adoption...
Vaccines saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years:...
Bird flu viral fragments found in pasteurized milk: US...
Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech set for UK court clash over...
News in Picture
AUSTIN: Pro-Palestinian students protest on the campus of the...
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Travel
Japan town to block Mount Fuji view from troublesome tourists
TOKYO (AFP): A huge black barrier to block Mount Fuji from view will be installed in a popular...
Thousands of flights scrapped as French air traffic controllers...
PARIS (AFP): Thousands of flights were cancelled in France and Europe on Thursday as a strike by...
India’s IndiGo to buy 30 A350 planes: Airbus
NEW DELHI (AFP): Airbus said Thursday that Indian airline IndiGo had agreed to buy 30 A350 long...
French air traffic controller strike threatens flight...
Dubai RTA develops 360 maritime services
UK Parliament approves controversial Rwanda...
Budapest: Where Danube divides and history unfolds
All Saudi airports achieve 100% complaint resolution...
First Iran group in nine years heads to Saudi Arabia...
Kids Corner
Bangladesh children sweat at home as heatwave shuts schools
DHAKA (AFP): Classes are cancelled across Bangladesh due to searing heat, but high school student...
France’s Macron calls for online parental controls for...
PARIS (AFP): Use of social networks by children under 15 should be subject to parental controls in...
PM laptop scheme to start from next week
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) got permission to buy 1 Lac laptops...
Russia announces deal on exchange of children with...
At least 33 million children out of school as intense...
Sindh announce Matric, intermediate exams will be held...
Anger spikes at US universities as Gaza protests...
Free meal program launched in federal government...
Baby in Gaza saved from womb of mother killed in...
Food
Pakistan’s Siri Paye makes it to most delicious stews in...
LAHORE (Monitoring Desk) : In a culinary triumph, Siri Paya, the aromatic and hearty Pakistani...
Shawarma restaurant in Cairo brings taste of home for displaced...
CAIRO (Reuters) : A Palestinian businessman displaced by the war in Gaza is bringing a taste of...
Norway women bring seaweed to culinary heights in Europe
Lofoten Islands (Norway) (AFP): In the glacial waters of the Lofoten archipelago in Norway’s...
Sunday roast at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is a...
Where we are going today: ‘The Lucky Llama’ restaurant...
BBQ, Chappli Kabab among other cusines add flavour to...
On Eid in Pakistan, cakes are a unifying staple
Zuma Abu Dhabi turns 10 with indulgent tasting menu to...
Top restaurant suggestions across the Kingdom during...
COP29 host says deal on climate aid essential but offers few...
BAKU (AFP): The world must agree this year on how to raise billions of dollars to help poorer...
NGOs accuse ADB of funding Indonesia coal plants despite clean...
JAKARTA (AFP): Green NGOs have accused the Asian Development Bank of indirectly financing coal...
155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Africa
Dodoma (AFP): At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino...