US rapper Lil Jon converts to Islam
LOS ANGELES: American rapper and producer, Lil Jon, adopted Islam at a mosque located in California.
Jon on Friday visited the King Fahad Mosque in Culver, City, Los Angeles and publicly…
Hamas issues new ceasefire proposal detailing exchange of hostages, prisoners
CAIRO: Hamas has presented a Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators and the United States which includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, 100…
Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani’s YouTube channel deleted
YouTube has deleted the channel of Pakistani data scientist, author, and computer science scholar Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani with more than 3 million subscribers.
Usmani has authored…
ECP to hold by-elections on vacant seats on April 21
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced the schedule for the by-elections on the national and provincial assembly seats left vacant after the general elections.…
KP CM Gandapur hails positive meeting with PM Shehbaz
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur expressed satisfaction following his first meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, highlighting its positive tone and focus…
IBA Karachi, Water Aid Pakistan organize dialogue on sanitary products reform
KARACHI: Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi's Center for Business and Economics (CBER), in collaboration with Water Aid Pakistan unveiled its Provincial Dialogue on…
Japanese firm Space One’s Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight
TOKYO: Kairos, a small, solid-fuel rocket made by Japan's Space One, exploded just seconds into its inaugural launch as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite…
Boeing whistleblower found dead of apparent suicide
John Barnett, a former Boeing employee who had reportedly raised concerns about the company's production issues, was found dead of an apparent suicide, according to authorities in South…
US, UN express concern about India’s citizenship law
WASHINGTON: The US government and the United Nations expressed concerns about a contentious religion-based citizenship law in India, with the UN calling the legislation "fundamentally…
US to send new weapons package worth $300mn for Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The United States will send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, President Joe Biden's administration said, the first such move in months as additional…
Russia is ready for nuclear war: Putin warns the West
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin warned the West that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the US sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation…
Haitian PM tenders resignation as violence grips nation
KINGSTON: Haiti's unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, after leading the Caribbean country since the…
Senate elections to be held on April 2
ISLAMABAD: The Senate will remain dysfunctional as 52 lawmakers — over half the strength of the upper house of parliament — retired after the completion of their terms.
The term of a…
Protests as India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has announced rules to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu…
Elite classes don’t deserve subsidies, tax collection vital for economy: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday regretted that elite classes in the country had monopoly over the 90 percent resources of the country and stressed that they did not…