Turkey’s opposition thumps Erdogan in local elections
ISTANBUL: Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and…
Pakistan attaches high importance to US relations: PM responds to President Biden’s…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan attached high importance to its ties with the United States of America.
Responding to a letter of US President Joe Biden,…
Niagara region declares state of emergency ahead of rare eclipse
TORONTO: Canada's Niagara region has proactively declared a state of emergency ahead of a rare total solar eclipse on April 8 that is expected to gather massive crowds to areas in and around…
Martin Scorsese to direct 8-part docuseries on sainthood
Martin Scorsese has already said he’s working on a film about Jesus, and now he’s making a project about saints.
Scorsese will host, narrate and produce an eight-part docudrama called…
Director Christopher Nolan to be given knighthood
LONDON: British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan, fresh from his Oscar victory for historical drama "Oppenheimer", will receive a knighthood from Britain for services to film.
His…
World court orders Israel to ensure food supplies in Gaza
THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Court of Justice unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the…
Google Doodle pays tribute to French-Iranian photographer Abbas Attar
Google Doodle released a doodle on Friday to mark 80th birthday of French Iranian photographer and journalist Abbas Attar.
The doodle depicts the photographer with his camera in the…
Louis Vuitton makes custom trunks for Paris Games flames, medals
PARIS: The Olympic and Paralympic flames will each travel in a custom-made Louis Vuitton trunk this summer thanks to a sponsorship deal with the brand's owner LVMH.
Louis Vuitton has also…
F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine, warns Putin
MOSCOW: Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot…
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for FTX fraud
NEW YORK: Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the…
Govt to form independent inquiry commission on IHC judges’ letter
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar said that the federal government has decided to place the IHC judges’ letter before cabinet meeting for the formation of an…
Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s billionaire capital
Mumbai has overtaken Beijing and is now the Asian capital with the most number of billionaires, according to Hurun Research Institute’s global rich list.
This is the first time that…
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ series to release on Netflix on May 1
Indian filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ambitious web series "Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar" will premiere on streaming service Netflix on May 1.
The release date of the…
Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis: Interpol
SINGAPORE: Organised crime rings who fuelled an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up…
One billion meals go to waste every day: UN report
While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One fifth…