PPP constitutes committee to engage with govt over privatisation
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has constituted a committee to engage with government over privatisation issues.
The members of the committee include…
Israel military orders Palestinian civilians to evacuate Rafah
JERUSALEM: Israel's military on Monday began ordering residents of Rafah to evacuate the southern Gazan city ahead of an ground assault in the Palestinian enclave.
Seven months into its…
Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station's local operations.…
‘iCube Qamar’: Pakistan launches first moon mission on China lunar probe
ISLAMABAD: In a historic moment, Pakistan first satellite mission to the moon 'iCube Qamar' has been launched into the space.
The satellite, being carried by China's Long March-5 rocket,…
Paris’ Sciences Po university rejects Gaza protesters’ demand to review…
PARIS: Sciences Po university has rejected demands by protesters to review its relations with Israeli universities, its interim director Jean Basseres said, prompting some students to say…
Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities
SYDNEY: Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top universities on Friday demanding it divest from companies with ties to Israel, in a movement…
Prominent Gaza doctor tortured and killed in Israeli prison
JERUSALEM: A senior Palestinian doctor died in an Israeli prison after more than four months of detention, two Palestinian prisoner associations said on Thursday, blaming Israel for his…
Police flatten pro-Palestine protest camp at UCLA
LOS ANGELES: Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that…
Pakistan announces squad for England, Ireland T20I series
Pakistan name 18-player squad for Ireland and England
‘Laapataa Ladies’ receives praise after release on Netflix
‘Laaptaa Ladies’, which is based on missing brides, received a shoutout from the film fraternity.
Priyanka Chopra along with Alia Bhatt, Rajkummar Rao and Ananya Panday, joined the league…
India widens crackdown on all spices manufacturers nationwide
HYDERABAD: India's food safety regulator said it had ordered nationwide testing and inspections at all companies making spice mixes, widening a crackdown on the sector as global regulators…
Harvey Weinstein will be retried after rape conviction overturned
NEW YORK: Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said in court, a week after the state's highest court threw out his…
Trump praises police raid on Columbia university protesters
WAKESHUA: Republican United States presidential candidate Donald Trump said it "was a beautiful thing to watch" New York police officers raiding a Columbia University building occupied by…
Police deployed near UCLA pro-Palestinian protest camp, a day after violent clashes
LOS ANGELES: Law enforcement officers massed by the hundreds on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles after darkness fell on Wednesday in preparation to clear out a…
Colombia to break diplomatic relations with Israel
BOGOTA: Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza.
Petro has already heavily criticized Israeli Prime Minister…