VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of...
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Gaza rocked with strikes amid truce talks’ resumption...
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (AFP): Overnight airstrikes devastated the Gaza Strip as discussions for a...
India opposition protests in capital over Kejriwal’s arrest...
NEW DELHI: Top leaders of India’s opposition coalition and thousands of supporters have rallied in...
Babar Azam appointed T20I, ODI skipper
Russia’s Putin signs decree on spring military...
Migrants fleeing Russia after concert hall attack
Another US State Department official resigns over...
4 UN military observers wounded in an explosion while...
Islamabad High Court judges’ allegations: Ex-CJP...
Global
Eight killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Monitoring Desk KYIV: Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, have...
Australia,Japan,Philippines and United States Maritime...
FP Report WASHINGTON DC: Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States uphold the right...
Blast kills 7 children in southern Syria: state media
DAMASCUS (AFP): Seven children were killed in southern Syria’s Daraa province on Saturday...
UN humanitarian chief calls Gaza war ‘betrayal...
Tajikistan rejects Russian claim that Ukraine is...
Tens of thousands march in Budapest against Orban
Teenager volunteers at hospital as the war rages
Taiwan slams Bolivia for quake solidarity with China
A life’s work destroyed: Palestinian counts cost of...
Business
Chinese tech giant Huawei says profits more than doubled in 2023
BEIJING (AFP): Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Friday its profits more than doubled in 2023, as...
Sri Lanka inflation dips to lowest level since crisis
COLOMBO (AFP): Sri Lanka’s statistics office said Friday that inflation had slowed to 0.9...
Rupee continues to gain ground against dollar
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Rupee on Friday gained 09 paisa against the US dollar in the...
Editorial
The CSTO’s terrorism perspective
A senior Russian military general said that the CSTO perceives Afghanistan’s north as a...
Biden-Xi Summit, confrontation and cooperation
President Biden and his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping met face-to-face in San Francisco...
Laadlas versus Jiyalas
Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari toasted his party workers that the nation...
Pakistan
Chairman Senate Gilani urges unity for economic relief to masses
F.P. Report MULTAN: Senate Chairman, Yusuf Raza Gilani, on Wednesday underscored the importance of...
Eid ul Fitr to be celebrated in Pakistan today as Shawwal moon...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Tuesday announced that Eidul Fitr...
PM announces to expand network of Danish School System
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced that the federal...
Afghanistan
200 Hindu, Sikh families return over next month
KABUL (TOLOnews): Manjeet Singh Lamba, the head of the Sikh and Hindu community in Afghanistan...
Female entrepreneurs highlight market challenges at Afghanistan...
KABUL : Female entrepreneurs voiced their concerns about the lack of a viable market for their...
Kabul hopes Afghanistan, Pakistan can address mutual concerns
KABUL (Ariana News): Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has...
Entertainment
Arnold Schwarzenegger held over luxury watch at Munich airport
MUNICH (AFP): Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger was held at Munich airport on Wednesday...
Singers at leading UK opera company vote to strike
LONDON (AFP): Singers and musicians at one of the UK’s leading opera companies on Tuesday...
Swifties’ enthusiasm for their idol’s tour boosts...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): Taylor Swift fans, commonly known as ‘Swifties’, are spurring...
Articles
German guiltwashing in times of genocide
Omar Sabbour On December 14, we, a group of students at Freie Universität Berlin, occupied a...
Israeli right will blame left for anything, including October 7
Yossi Mekelberg More than four months into the war in Gaza and with no end in sight, it has become...
In border visits, Biden and Trump will focus on different...
Rob Garver On Thursday, US President Joe Biden and former US President Donald Trump will separately...
Arts & Literature
Artist launches works in London to give voice to relics lost...
Hou Xiangjun BEIJING : “I believe that art has the power to change and influence things and...
A $15,000 painting is now expected to fetch millions after it...
Razmig Bedirian A painting once appraised at $15,000 is now projected to fetch up to $18 million...
American tourist arrested for smashing Israel Museum statues
JERUSALEM: An American tourist has been arrested for allegedly smashing sculptures in the Israel...
Saudi artist brings a unique perspective to the Saudi...
Libya flood disaster damaged ancient city but revealed...
Inmate gives Rs1m earned from art sale to mother for...
First Dubai Calligraphy Biennale takes the art form...
Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins Nobel literature...
Japan’s historic ‘Nara Prison’ set...
Sports
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announces seven-member selection...
F.P. Report LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday announced a...
Naqvi meets Wahab at Gaddafi Stadium
LAHORE (PPI): Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi met National Men’s Chief Selector...
World Open: Judd Trump beats Jackson Page to reach final in China
Sheffield (Agencies): Judd Trump is into the final of the World Open in China thanks to a 6-2 win...
Huetter denies Gut-Behrami in WC downhill finale
Imad Wasim takes back retirement from international...
Former PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan dies at 89: board
Trump reaches semi-finals at World Open in China
Chairman PCB emphasises importance of merit in...
T20 World Cup stars like Babar Azam, Virat Kohli can...
Technology
Face-off in Britain over controversial surveillance tech
LONDON (AFP): On a grey, cloudy morning in December, London police deployed a state-of-the-art AI...
BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: A new company called Clicks Technology has announced an iPhone case with...
SpaceX illegally fired workers critical of Elon Musk
ALBANY (Reuters): Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Wednesday was accused by a US agency of...
China’s BYD overtakes Tesla for most electric vehicles...
Google, Meta and Tiktok’s debts removed from Russian...
Apple hits seven-week low after Barclays downgrade on...
Trendyol takes place among ‘game-changing’...
X Social Network, formerly Twitter, witnesses 71%...
ASML shares dip after Netherlands pulls licence for...
Health
Tips to boost your immune system for healthier winter season
BERLIN (DPA) : As the weather gets colder and you worry about getting coughs and colds, you might...
COVID-19 shrinks life expectancy in S.Korea for first time since...
SEOUL (Reuters): Babies born in South Korea last year are expected to live 82.7 years, down from 83...
Pfizer to rethink weight loss pill after high side effect rate
NEW YORK (AFP): US drugmaker Pfizer on Friday said it would end a clinical trial of its...
Climate change could upturn world malaria fight: WHO
Health experts decry New Zealand’s scrapping of...
US FDA flags new problem with Philips machines, shares...
Disease could kill more in Gaza than bombs: WHO
Life expectancy rises in US after pandemic
China launches probe into surrogacy, fake paternity...
News in Picture
GAZA STRIP : Palestinian medics care for premature babies...
LAHORE: Youngsters playing cricket on Mall Road as Punjab...
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Justice...
Travel
N. Korea reopens borders to foreigners after 3 years: Chinese...
BEIJING (AFP): North Korea will allow foreign nationals to enter the country from Monday, Chinese...
UK airport scraps 160 flights over air traffic control shortages
LONDON (AFP): London’s Gatwick airport has said that it had been forced to cancel more than...
A guide to uncovering Europe’s Islamic heritage this autumn
Robert Bociaga As the leaves begin to fall and Europe’s landscapes are painted in autumnal hues, a...
Chinese tourists get VIP welcome in Thailand as visa...
First flight of Azerbaijan Airline lands at Lahore...
Six of the world’s most epic road trips, from...
US offers temporary residence, work permits to nearly...
Airline cuts flights as pilots quit, flags shutdown...
India warns on Canada travel after row over Sikh murder
Kids Corner
Students’ learns in open sky at rented building
F.P. Report MARDAN: The claims of educational emergency in Tehsil Rustam proved to be false, the...
Parents urged to play active role in safeguarding children online
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: In a world increasingly shaped by the digital realm, parents have a key role...
Sweden brings more books, handwriting practice back to its tech...
STOCKHOLM (AP): As young children went back to school across Sweden last month, many of their...
Food
A celebratory strawberry cake for Sweden’s Midsummer...
Laura Hall On the Thursday night that falls between 18 and 24 June each year, cities all over...
Where we are going today: Swaikh Tikka in Riyadh
Rahaf Jambi If you’re ever in Riyadh, be sure to visit Swaikh Tikka, a small Bahraini eatery that...
Taste tiff: Turks, Greeks Baklava battle reaches new heights
ATHENS (AA): Prepare for a sugar-coated showdown as a thrilling survey conducted in Greece and...
Daietna, a Palestinian restaurant keeping the food...
NYC’s largest Chinese food festival is happening this...
Afghan cook pours his heart into ‘teapot’...
Eco-friendly? Perhaps not: US okays lab-grown chicken...
How to make the perfect pissaladière – recipe
Palestinian woman turns love for cooking into thriving...
Ten dead as heavy rains hit south India
NEW DELHI (AFP) : At least 10 people were killed in floods after intense rainfall in southern...
At least 100 elephants die in drought-stricken Zimbabwe park, a...
HARARE (AP): “El Nino is making an already dire situation worse,” said Tinashe Farawo, spokesman...
Volcano erupts in Iceland after weeks of earthquakes
Iceland (AFP): A volcano in Iceland was erupting on Tuesday, with geysers of molten lava shooting...