Japan raises interest rates for first time in 17 years
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rate on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from its focus on reflating growth with decades of massive monetary…
Ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed’s brother sent to jail in graft case
RAWALPINDI: A local court sent retired naib tehsildar Najaf Hameed to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand after his bail application was rejected.
Najaf is the brother of former ISI…
Famine imminent in northern Gaza, says UN-backed report
NEW YORK: Famine is imminent and likely to occur by May in northern Gaza and could spread across the enclave by July, a UN-backed report said, after more than five months of war which have…
Singer R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term
NEW YORK: R. Kelly’s lawyer told an appeals court Monday that all kinds of legitimate organizations — even college fraternities — could be deemed racketeering organizations under a law used…
Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are officially divorced
LOS ANGELES: Singer Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment dissolving their marriage of nearly three years became official on Tuesday, six…
PM, President felicitates Putin on his re-election
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday congratulated President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on his re-election.
On his X account the prime minister…
Islamabad United crowned PSL 9 champions
Islamabad United won their third Pakistan Super League (PSL) title after they edged over Multan Sultans in the PSL 9 final following a last ball thriller, at National Bank Stadium, Karachi…
Afghan govt accuses Pakistan of airstrikes in border areas
KABUL: An Afghan official on Monday claimed that the Afghanistan provinces of Paktika and Khost along the Pakistan border were hit by airstrikes, which killed eight people.
Zabihullah…
Eight terrorists involved in Mir Ali attack killed
RAWALPINDI: Security forces have killed eight terrorists including a terrorist commander during an intelligence based operation in North Waziristan.
According to the Inter-Services Public…
EU pledges $8 billion for Egypt as it seeks to curb migration
CAIRO: The European Union announced a 7.4 billion euro ($8.1 billion) funding package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt, part of a push to stem migrant flows to Europe.…
India’s ‘lottery king’ emerges as top political donor
NEW DELHI: India's "lottery king", accused by the authorities of fraud and money laundering, and his company has emerged as the nation's top political donor under an opaque funding system…
Putin wins six-year term in landslide Russia election
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been…
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…