Brad Pitt to star in Quentin Tarantino’s final film
Brad Pitt is set to reunite with Quentin Tarantino in 'The Movie Critic’, a 1977 LA-based film that marks the director final days behind the camera.
This will be their fourth…
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Malaysia halves jail sentence of ex-prime minister Najib
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia halved the jail sentence on Friday of former premier Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft and money laundering related to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.…
Israel vows to attack Rafah as Hamas weighs ceasefire proposal
JERUSALEM: Israel prepared to advance its war on Gaza farther south, close to the Egyptian border, after claiming to have dismantled Hamas in Khan Younis, as diplomatic efforts in pursuit of…
Islamophobia has ‘no place’ in Canada: Trudeau condemns mosque attack
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned an attack against a mosque in the city of Mississauga in Ontario province, which is being probed as a hate crime and which rights…
India plans to spend $134bn on infrastructure: interim budget
NEW DELHI: India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday unveiled plans to spend nearly $134 billion on infrastructure and focus on long-term reforms to drive growth and contain…
US blocks $3 billion drone sale to India
WASHINGTON: The US government has held back delivery of 31 MQ-9A Sea Guardian and Sky Guardian drones to India until New Delhi carries out a “meaningful investigation” into the conspiracy to…
UN agency for Palestinians must close, says Israeli PM
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the closure of the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as his forces conducted more air strikes in Gaza amid diplomatic…
Gaza’s destruction will take decades to reverse: UNCTAD
NEW YORK: Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in an unprecedented level of destruction to its economy which will take tens of billions of dollars and decades to reverse, UN trade and…
Top military brass vows to thwart political violence during polls
ISLAMABAD: The top military brass have vowed to thwart any attempt to indulge in political violence and disrupt the upcoming general elections.
The resolve was expressed at the 262nd…
PTI to hold fresh intra-party elections on Feb 5
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has released the official schedule for its intra-party elections to be held on Monday, February 5.
The party's spokesperson Raoof Hasan has been…
Kim Kardashian to produce and feature in Elizabeth Taylor documentary
Reality TV personality Kim Kardashian is all set to executive producer and feature in a three-part documentary on Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor.
According to reports, BBC Arts has…
Disguised Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in raid on West Bank hospital
JENIN: Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and women burst into a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian militants, one of them lying paralysed…
Imran Khan, wife sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in Toshakhana case
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in the Toshakhana reference.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had…
Taylor Swift fake explicit images spread on social media
Social-media company X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift after blocking users from searching for her following the spread of fake sexually-explicit images of the pop singer.
The…
ECP to complete ballot paper printing till Feb 2
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will complete the printing of ballot papers till February 2, while the delivery of ballot papers has already continued in all four provinces.…