World
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Faisalabad men force girl to lick shoes, chop her hair over refusal to marry friend’s father
Faisalabad: In a ghastly incident in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, a teenager was tortured, humiliated and sexually harassed for refusing to marry an…
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N.Korea fires 2 cruise missiles: Seoul official
Seoul: North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, a South Korean military official said, as President…
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Nawaz camp in London miffed with Shehbaz govt’s economic policy
Islamabad: An unusual clash ensued between the London PML-N and Islamabad PML-N on the economic handling of the Shehbaz Sharif government…
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US man arrested for violent threats against FBI personnel
Washington: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a man from Pennsylvania has been arrested on charges of making threats…
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N.Korea fires 2 cruise missiles: Seoul official
Seoul: North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, a South Korean military official said, as President…
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Liz Cheney loses Wyoming Republican primary to Trump-backed challenger
Washington: US Representative Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the House committee probing the January 2021 Capitol riot, was defeated in…
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Armenia declares two-day mourning for mall blast victims
Yerevan: Armenia has declared Wednesday and Thursday as days of mourning for victims of a blast at a shopping mall outside…
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Sri Lanka won’t extend state of emergency
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will not extend a state of emergency declared during the anti-government protests, his office announced…
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Gunmen kill 2 policemen in Pak guarding polio medics
Islamabad: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed two police officers in Pakistan deployed to guard medics administering the polio vaccine. The incident…
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Palestinian Prez sparks outrage with Holocaust accusation against Israel
Berlin: Visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sparked outrage when he accused Israel of committing a “Holocaust” against Palestinians during a joint…
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China orders factories to shut down as it faces fiercest heat wave in six decades
Hong Kong: China’s Sichuan province has ordered all factories to shut down for six days to ease a power shortage in…
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Zardari, Nawaz Sharif disown petrol price hike in Pakistan
Islamabad: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday distanced themselves from the Shehbaz Sharif government’s decision…
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Death toll from Armenia shopping centre blast reaches 16
Yerevan: The number of people who died after a blast at a shopping mall outside the Armenian capital of Yerevan has…
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US Justice Dept opposes request to unseal Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
Washington: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a court filing that it opposes any attempts to unseal the affidavit…
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As Pakistan turns 75, Shehbaz cites flaws in economic model
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has cited three critical structural flaws in the country and said that “no successful country…
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Lt-Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza seen as frontrunner for next Pak Army chief
Islamabad: It is almost time for the Pakistan government to make what is likely to be one of the toughest calls…
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Controversial Chinese ship arrives in Sri Lanka
Colombo: A controversial Chinese ship with ballistic missile and satellite tracking facilities which was deferred and delayed at the request of…
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Israel rejects appeal to free Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike
Tel Aviv: An Israeli military court has rejected an appeal to release a Palestinian prisoner whose health has been worsening amid…
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20 dead, 6 injured in Pakistan bus-oil tanker collision
Lahore: At least 20 people were killed and six others injured on Tuesday after a passenger bus collided head-on with an…
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William Ruto wins Kenya’s presidential election
Nairobi: Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has been declared as the winner of the presidential election, beating his main rival and…
