“You can’t keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours.”External affairs minister S Jaishankar issued a stern warning to Pakistan at the United Nations in 2022. Three years later, Pakistan is yet to mend its ways, and the warning rings truer than ever. Then, both leaders accused Pakistan of nurturing […]
Locals inspect site of a cross-border attack by Pakistani army in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province (AP) Delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan arrived in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday to hold high-level talks aimed at ending the intense cross-border hostilities that left dozens dead on both sides and significantly strained already fragile bilateral ties.Both countries have sent […]
Gitex Global 2025 hosted 6,800 exhibitors and 2,000 startups over five days in Dubai/Image: WAM Gitex Global 2025 wrapped up after five days of intense activity, showcasing cutting-edge breakthroughs and forging vital deals across artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, cybersecurity, quantum computing, digital health, and biotechnology. The event gathered over 6,800 exhibitors, 2,000 startups from 180 […]
US President Donald Trump (PTI) As the US government shutdown entered its 18th day on Friday, President Donald Trump called it a “Democrat shutdown,” accusing the opposition of blocking efforts to curb illegal immigration.“The shutdown continues. The Republican Party is not going to pay a trillion and a half dollars to illegal immigrants coming into […]
Three senior ministers in the cabinet of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq resigned on Saturday. The ministers accused the prime minister of failing to protect the constitutional and political rights of PoJK residents and Kashmiri refugees living in Pakistan, news agency ANI reported. According to The Express Tribune, information minister […]
A balcony collapsed on Friday evening at a third-floor building near the University of Cincinnati, US resulting in twenty people being injured, at least 10 being hospitalised with one critically injured, according to officials, quoted by Mirror US.Captain Stephen Bower of the Cincinnati Police Department stated at a news conference that five individuals sustained serious […]
Cardi B headlines Soundstorm 2025 in Riyadh, joining artists like Post Malone and Swedish House Mafia/Image: Instagram Soundstorm 2025, Saudi Arabia’s premier multi-genre music festival, will take place from December 11 to 13 in Riyadh’s Banban district. With Cardi B leading a lineup that includes Post Malone, Lil Yachty, Miguel, and Swedish House Mafia, this […]
Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang delivers a speech at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, on April 14, 2014. (Chinatopix via AP) Renowned Chinese physicist Chen Ning Yang, who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, died of illness in Beijing on Saturday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.He was […]
ICP introduces zero-interest instalment plans for service fees over Dh500 through 10 UAE banks and Visa/Representative Image As part of a wider effort to ease financial commitments and improve access to public services, the UAE’s Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP) has launched a new initiative allowing residents to pay service […]
A 330ml bottle of Zamzam water, now available for home delivery across Saudi Arabia via the Nusuk app/Representative Image A new service launched by Saudi Arabia‘s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah now allows citizens and residents across the Kingdom to order and receive blessed Zamzam water directly at their homes, through a streamlined feature on […]
