F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the validity of the Afghan refugees’ Proof of...
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Erdogan’s White House talks with Biden postponed: Turkish...
ISTANBUL (AFP): A rare meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US...
Hamas ‘serious’ about captives’ release but not without Gaza...
GAZA: Palestinian group Hamas has said it remains committed to achieving an agreement with Israel...
Shoigu says Russia and allies should step up military...
Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front...
Indian election resumes as heatwave hits voters
Egypt sending ceasefire delegation to Israel
Further Trump trial delay looms as Supreme Court...
Israeli army says missile fire kills civilian near...
Global
King Charles to resume public duties after cancer diagnosis
LONDON (Reuters): Britain’s King Charles will return to public duties next week for the first...
US announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AFP): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced $6 billion in new military aid for...
Women and children linked to Islamic State group to Tajikistan
BEIRUT (AP): Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria on Thursday handed over 50 women and...
Ukraine probes doctors for helping men dodge military...
Somalia detains US-trained commandos over ration theft
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts
US military starts pier construction off Gaza
Hamas official says Israel ‘will not achieve’ goals in...
Another State Dept official resigns over US’...
Business
Japan’s yen hits new 34-year low; US dollar rises
TOKYO (Reuters): The US Dollar (USD) soared to a fresh 34-year high against the yen on Friday...
Tokyo stocks close higher
TOKYO (AFP/APP): Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday after the Bank of Japan kept its key interest...
SBP to announce monetary policy on April 29
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will announce Monetary Policy on April 29...
Ahsan assumes office president and CEO of Engro...
Copper price tops $10,000 for first time in two years
Pakistan’s weekly inflation falls by 1.1 percent
Merck raises 2024 profit forecast on cancer drug sales
Turkey central bank holds key interest rate steady
German auto supplier Continental pays...
Editorial
Economic Stability as the Bedrock of Independence
In a significant address during the Green Pakistan Initiative conference, Chief of Army Staff...
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...
Pakistan
Nation united against country’s enemies: COAS
F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI) Conference was held on Friday in which...
KP appoints Sonia as first woman AIG police
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Sonia Shamroz, known for being the only Muslim woman to win the International...
Elements involved in graft to be held accountable: PM
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the elements involved in...
Afghanistan
EU allocates 17 million euros to support Afghans on the move
KABUL (Ariana News): The European Union signed an agreement worth 17 million euros with the...
Neighboring countries accused of helping ISIS
KABUL (Khaama Press): The Taliban Foreign Minister says three neighboring countries support ISIS...
Makers of traditional Afghan cloaks fear art will be lost
SAR-E-PUL (TOLOnews): The traditional Afghan cloak industry, which has a history of over 300 years...
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
What I learned watching suspended Columbia students share a meal...
Serene Jones Last Thursday, I listened in horror as sirens blared outside my office window at Union...
A princess, a Gazan mother and I
Asha Iyer Kumar I am no Kate Middleton. Neither have I been diagnosed with the big C. Yet I have...
Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not the panacea it’s...
Yara Hawari As the genocide in Gaza rages on, various European countries, including Spain and...
Arts & Literature
Rare Münire Sultan Qur’an sets record at Sotheby’s...
LONDON (IHA) : Arare manuscript of the Qur’an, commissioned by Münire Sultan, the daughter of...
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...
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...
Sports
Ramharack spins web as West Indies beat Pakistan in last-ball...
Monitoring Desk KARACHI: Karishma Ramharack registered a four-fer and propelled West Indies to edge...
Babar Azam points finger on batting
F.P. Report LAHORE: National team captain Babar Azam voiced his disappointment as Pakistan...
Man Utd ‘have to back’ struggling Rashford, says Ten Hag
London (AFP): Erik ten Hag said Friday he has a “lot of sympathy” for Marcus Rashford...
Technology
ByteDance ‘doesn’t have any plans’ to sell...
WASHINGTON (Agencies) : Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no intentions of selling...
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
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...
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...
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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
Döner earns EU recognition: A traditional delight from Türkiye
ISTANBUL (AA): Türkiye’s application to the European Union (EU) for the registration of...
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...
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...
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...
Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows: study
UN launches fund to shield displaced people from...
UAE announces $544 mn for rain repairs, says lessons...
Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe —...
How UK’s biggest water supplier sank into crisis
