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TIRANA, ALBANIA | October 22, 2026 Albania’s student-led protests entered a new phase this week after university lecturers announced a nationwide teac...

Pakistan’s LPG prices have reportedly reached Rs600 per kilogram in some hilly areas, putting pressure on household budgets as winter approaches. The...

TIRANA, Albania: Albania faced escalating political unrest as anti-government demonstrations in the capital turned violent, with police deploying tear...

Seven Climate Indicators Hit Record Extremes, Scientists Warn Seven of 16 indicators tracking Earth's climate reached record extremes in 2026, acc...

GLOBAL, October 15, 2026: Global oil prices declined in early trading on Thursday as investors weighed continuing security concerns around the Strait...

ISTANBUL, October 15, 2026: Heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding across Istanbul, inundating roads, homes, businesses and underpasses, killing at...

Today’s horoscope highlights communication, personal priorities, professional development and the importance of making thoughtful decisions. With the...

Pakistan and China have launched the Karakoram 2026 joint army training exercise in Korla, in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a foc...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global workplace, but public concern is growing over what the technology could mean for jobs, careers and fut...

ISLAMABAD, October 14, 2026: The average price of a 20-kilogram wheat flour bag in Pakistan rose by 5.69% in one week, reaching Rs2,851.04 in the week...

Making friends as an adult can feel harder than expected. Work, family responsibilities, busy schedules and changing priorities can leave fewer opport...

Daily Horoscope, October 14, 2026: Discover the traditional astrological interpretations for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio...

New Delhi, India: Delhi Police has withdrawn Jantar Mantar’s status as an authorised protest venue, ending its formal designation as a location for pu...

VATICAN CITY, October 13, 2026: Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to be admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for surgery to remove a small, localised nodule in...

MEXICO, October 13, 2026: At least five people have died after Hurricane Simon and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel brought destructive flooding,...

Two students from the University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, have won a Rs1 million prize for a research proposal aimed at making DNA...

The daily horoscope for Tuesday, October 13, 2026, brings a reminder to balance ambition with patience, communicate honestly and think carefully befor...

At least four people were killed and 30 injured after the Rehman Baba Express derailed near Sher Shah Bridge in Multan, Punjab, on Tuesday, October 13...

Pakistan has set a target to double financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to Rs2.2 trillion by 2028, as the government seeks to impr...

PARIS: French high school students are preparing for another round of protests as a nationwide movement over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms...

A knife attack at a vocational school in Ostrołęka, northeastern Poland , left nine people injured on Wednesday, with police later arresting a 19-year...

Veteran Indian actor Nana Patekar has died at the age of 75 , marking the loss of one of Hindi and Marathi cinema’s most distinctive performers. Patek...

World Space Week 2026 is being observed globally from October 4 to 10 , with this year’s theme, “Rocket Revolution,” focusing on the rapid transformat...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accounts for about 48 per cent of people living below the World Bank’s $3-a-day poverty line across the Middle East, North Africa,...

YouTube Policy Update: YouTube is putting greater emphasis on original, authentic content while clarifying how repetitive and mass-produced videos are...

US Vice President JD Vance has said Iran must make a meaningful reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity if it wants to reach an agreement with Wa...

ISLAMABAD: A stage play portraying the life and cultural legacy of renowned Sufi poet Amir Khusro captivated audiences at the Pakistan National Counci...

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday for a three-day official visit to Pakistan, with regional...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Poland have agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif calling for str...

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine has been arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of robbing and killing a 39-year-old Japanese woman at a hotel in Naha , Japanese...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is scheduled to visit Pakistan from October 6 to 8 , according to Pakistan’s Foreign Office. The For...

Sunlight is an important part of the natural environment, but its effects on health are more complicated than simply saying that “more sun is better.”...

Three terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in Dera Ismail Khan, according to Pakistani state media. Radio Pakistan reported o...

Iranian airlines have resumed flights to Iraq’s Najaf after Baghdad secured a US exemption allowing certain sanctioned Iranian carriers to operate to...

A high-level meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee (SPDC) under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement is being held in Riyadh on Monda...

Portugal head coach Jorge Jesus has opened the door for Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the national team after the captain abruptly left the squad las...

A failed lethal-injection execution in Tennessee has renewed scrutiny of execution procedures in the United States after death-row prisoner Christa Pi...

Seven terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in the Eidak area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on Friday, acc...

India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and separate student and activist groups staged protests on October 2, demanding the resignation of Chie...

NAGOYA: Pakistan staged a dramatic comeback against Hong Kong on Thursday, winning 2-1 in the men’s team squash semi-final to secure a silver medal an...

WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 — US President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a closely watche...

Pakistan says three militant targets, including a suicide bomber training centre, were destroyed as tensions with Kabul remain high. Pakistan has carr...

BANNU: Two Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel who went missing in Bannu have been found dead, with their bodies recovered from Kamali graveyard in P...

While wars continue to affect countries across several regions, one nation has once again emerged at the top of the world's major peace ranking. I...

Russia’s ruling United Russia party is leading the country’s parliamentary election , with preliminary results showing a large majority for the party...

A building collapse in Gaza City has killed 21 Palestinians and exposed once again the dangers faced by families living in structures damaged during t...

The guitar is everywhere. It is played in bedrooms, classrooms, recording studios, street performances and some of the biggest concert venues in the w...

Islamabad says it remains committed to its defence arrangements with Saudi Arabia and the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, while keeping details of any...

cent years transforming itself into one of Europe's fastest-growing tourism destinations. Its beaches have gone viral on social media. Its mountai...

With a growing professional career, a Pakistani title and ambitions beyond the national stage, Islamabad-based boxer Osama Ali is steadily building hi...

High in the remote mountains of northern Pakistan, where the Hindu Kush rises above isolated valleys and ancient communities have lived for centuries,...

For Pakistan, the European Union's GSP+ programme is about far more than trade. It is about billions of euros in exports, hundreds of millions in...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has offered the United States a fresh diplomatic opening, saying Tehran will “immediately reciprocate” if Washingt...

North Korea has accused the United States of maintaining an unchanged “hostile policy” towards Pyongyang, declaring that it will continue strengthenin...

Iceland has voted against resuming negotiations on European Union membership , closing the door, for now, on a renewed attempt to examine whether the...

A date that has resurfaced across social media is being described as “Doomsday” for humanity: November 13, 2026 . The claim is based on a real scienti...

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to work towards increasing Pakistan’s agricultural and food exports to Saudi Arabia to $3 billion over the next...

At least seven people have died and 23 remain missing after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized off Northern Cyprus on Sunday, triggering a...

As rescuers continue searching for victims of the devastating floods in Nepal, a disturbing incident involving the alleged theft of jewellery from a d...

Pakistan and Kuwait have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their long-standing defence partnership , with senior officials from both countr...

A recovery team has reached the area where the body of Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq is believed to be buried under heavy snow on Spantik Peak in...

The United States has removed Syria from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list , ending a designation that had remained in place since 1979 and marking...

Bangladesh has expressed interest in joining the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye , potentially expanding t...

Misbah Arshad has been crowned Miss Universe Pakistan, becoming the fourth Pakistani to represent the country at the Miss Universe competition. Arshad...

ISLAMABAD: Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani arrived in Islamabad early Thursday for an official two-day visit, marking the first visit...

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines: Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, including the student who open...

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 51 people and injured 113 others on Indonesia’s Flores island, leaving more than 5,000 people...

Former University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday has died at the age of 41, days after resigning from the university amid intense scrutiny over al...

South Korean rapper Lee Young-ji has built a career that extends far beyond competitive rap, becoming a prominent name in Korean hip-hop, television a...

Moroccan authorities arrested 111 people near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Saturday as security forces moved to prevent another mass migration atte...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is celebrating its 79th Independence Day on August 14, 2026 , marking 79 years since the country gained independence in 1947. Acro...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan and Norway have renewed their push to strengthen bilateral relations as Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide arri...

Pakistan has condemned a Houthi attack on the commercial vessel Tihamah in the Red Sea that killed four crew members, including three Pakistani nation...

US President Donald Trump has revealed that he was secretly switched from Air Force One to another military aircraft in Turkey last month on the instr...

The long-awaited trial over the 1996 murder of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur has begun in Las Vegas, nearly three decades after the hip-hop icon was f...

A Syrian court has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over crimes committed during the country’s nearly 14-year civil war...

ISLAMABAD: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani has congratulated Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on the...

India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has emerged as an unexpected force in the country’s political landscape after protests over examination...

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the new joint defence agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, describing it a...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries have jointly condemned what they described as Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip , call...

JERUSALEM Israeli prosecutors have charged an Israeli settler over the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank, in w...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir are undertaking an official...

KARACHI: Actor Kubra Khan has shared a heartfelt message for the cast and crew of Doctor Bahu , reflecting on the unforgettable memories she made duri...

AMMAN: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar held high-level talks with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safa...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it must reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face a severe military response, while expressing op...

WASHINGTON: Pakistan and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding counterterrorism cooperation after holding the fourth Pakista...

Bangladesh has urged India to clarify its position on former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's planned virtual address from New Delhi, warning that allow...

Every time tensions rise in the Middle East, one question quietly returns across Pakistan and beyond: If Israel has diplomatic relations with dozens o...

JERUSALEM: The Board of Peace established under US President Donald Trump has assured Israel that any withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza will only...

ISLAMABAD: Iran has reaffirmed its commitment to expanding economic cooperation with Pakistan, expressing interest in increasing trade through the str...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has further strengthened its position in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections , securing 14 of the 18 s...

A court in New Delhi on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and stalking...

The National Bank Open 2026 has begun in Canada, bringing together many of the world's top tennis players for two weeks of elite hard-court competitio...

Global oil prices fell sharply during Monday trading after US President Donald Trump delayed a planned military strike on Iran and instead pushed for...

LOS ANGELES Disney's live-action adaptation of Moana delivers a visually polished retelling of the beloved 2016 animated classic, staying remarkably f...

CEUTA, SPAIN Migrants who recently crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta began returning to Morocco on Saturday after spending several d...

RAWALPINDI A Pakistan Army major embraced martyrdom while leading an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan , where security forces ki...

The United States will permanently require visa bonds of up to $20,000 for certain travelers from 50 countries applying for business and tourist visas...

NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wants to forgive protesters who directed abusive remarks at him during recent youth-led demonstr...

WASHINGTON The US Justice Department has dismissed its criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn after determining that damage to the Lincoln...