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Baseless Indian propaganda only reflects their frustration: Gen Qamar
Indian army’s malicious propaganda is a bid to divert attention from gross human rights violations in IIOJK, says COAS
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Afghanistan to start issuing passports again after months of delays
The acting head of the passport office, said between 5,000 and 6,000 passports would be issued each day
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Delayed recovery greatest risk to pandemic-hit Indian economy: poll
Economists in a Reuters poll expect elevated inflation to hold or accelerate, not fall
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Extreme heat threatening cities: study
The researchers then compared weather data with statistics on the cities' population over the same 33-year period
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Invisibility cloak and quantum physics tipped for Nobel Prize
The prestigious honour, to be announced at 11:45 am (0945 GMT) in Stockholm
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'We won't eat tonight': hunger plagues Afghans in historic valley
Taliban takeover has worsened the economic hardship of the community that lives in the mountainside caves of Bamiyan
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Zuckerberg loses over $6b amid global outage of Facebook, WhatsApp
Social media giant saw its stock price plummet more than 5% after its services went down globally
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Feeling the way: Nobel explores our sense of touch and temperature
Biochemist David Julius used a range of natural substances to examine how sensations are transmitted to the brain
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Pakistan, China joint anti-terrorist exercise concludes
ISPR says this is the first-ever military drill conducted in Pakistan under ambit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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Pope, other religious leaders issue pre-COP26 appeal on climate change
Appeal urges all governments to adopt plans to help limit the rise in the average global temperature
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World leaders scramble to limit Pandora Papers damage
Some 35 current and ex-leaders are featured in 11.9m documents leaked from financial services companies across world
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Swedish artist who drew blasphemous sketches killed in car crash
Lars Vilks was travelling in a police vehicle which collided with a truck
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Saudi Arabia confirms first round of talks with new Iranian govt
Three rounds of Saudi-Iranian talks were held in Iraq in the months before President Raisi took office in August
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Seven more killed in Oman following tropical storm Shaheen
Four people including a child were killed on Sunday due to the storm
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Taliban say Islamic State cell destroyed after mosque attack
Taliban spokesperson says operation was carried out in north on Kabul on Sunday
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Indian farmers to step up protests after eight killed in clashes
Small farmers say the changes make them vulnerable to competition from big business
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Poland seeks to bolster border with new tech amid migrant influx
Greece is trialing a high-tech automated surveillance system on its land border with Turkey in the northeastern region
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New Zealand drops 'Covid zero' goal after Delta outbreak
Auckland will remain in lockdown for now but the government will conduct weekly reviews
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In Iraq, big neighbour Iran faces growing backlash
Anti-Iranian anger has flared in recent years, even in what is known as Iraq's southern Shiite heartland
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Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
Scientists say the Mediterranean rim is a climate change "hot spot" with worse to come
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Crisis - what crisis? British military deployed to solve fuel crisis
Panic buying of fuel amid the shortage of truckers triggered chaotic scenes across major cities
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Facebook again asks court to dismiss lawsuit to force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
Social media giant says FTC fails to provide a ‘plausible factual basis for branding Facebook an unlawful monopolist’
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Islamabad turns to Pakistani American for Biden-Imran call
President has parted ways with the ritual of talking to prime ministers
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Facebook blames "faulty configuration change" for nearly six-hour outage
According to downdetector, the issues started at around 15:44 GMT and affecting users across the globe
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Pandora Papers exposes wealth of celebrities
Colombian singer Shakira and former cricket star Sachin Tendulkar are among affluent individuals named in the report
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Turkey to open 1,000 new markets to counter inflation
Erdogan says new markets to provide ‘suitable’ prices for consumer goods as annual inflation rises toward 20%
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Blast kills at least two civilians near Kabul mosque
Blast struck near the entrance of the Eid Gah Mosque, says spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid
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Afghanistan on verge of socio-economic collapse, EU's top diplomat says
Avoiding worst-case scenario would require Taliban to comply with conditions to enable int'l aid, says Josep Borrell
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Cyclone Shaheen approaches Oman, three killed, flights delayed
Two Asian workers were killed when a hill collapsed on their housing area
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UAE official says time to manage rivalry with Iran and Turkey
UAE president adviser says there is concern about a ‘looming cold war’ between Washington and Beijing
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India matching Chinese troop build-up on disputed border: Indian army chief
General Manoj claims China is sending troops to border in 'considerable numbers'
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Symmetries in physics
The principle of symmetry has emerged as a useful tool for scientists in guessing and formulating new laws of physics
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Dubai Expo revises worker fatalities to six after including Covid-related deaths
There are limited protections in the UAE for migrant workers, blue-collar jobs workers are most vulnerable
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Ecuador police, military enter Guayaquil jail amid violence
Ecuador is suffering a wave of violence at its prisons, which house some 39,000 people
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UK PM Johnson says immigration will not solve fuel, gas, food crises
Won't go back to the old failed model of low wages, low skills supported by uncontrolled immigration, says Johnson
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Texas law sparks hundreds of US protests against abortion restrictions
Law bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
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British PM sticks to economic strategy despite supply crisis
Deliveries to supermarkets have been hit, making empty shelves an increasingly common sight
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Thousands of paedophiles active in French Catholic Church since 1950: report
Research uncovered between 2,900 and 3,200 paedophile priests or other members of the church
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Taliban rally outside Kabul as they consolidate rule
Huddle was first of its kind in capital since group seized control of country
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"I am not weak": Qatari women unsuccessful in first legislative elections
Several female candidates had been seeking to improve the integration into Qatari society
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Hindutva-inspired Indians exporting extremism to UK
Indian expat community in UK tries to fuel hatred against Pakistanis
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'Pandora Papers' expose leaders' offshore millions
More than dozen heads of state and govt have used offshore tax havens to hide assets, reveals investigation by ICIJ
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Children dying of malnutrition in Afghanistan: officials
In Ghor, at least 17 children among those who made it to hospital have died from malnutrition in last six months
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India slaps reciprocal travel curbs on Covid-19 vaccinated UK nationals: source
New rules follow the UK decision to require Indians vaccinated with AstraZeneca's Covishield to quarantine
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Afghan pavilion at Dubai world fair stays shut after Taliban takeover
Afghanistan is one of nearly 200 nations participating in the six-month fair that was awarded to Dubai
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Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restore his account
Several social media platforms had banned ex-US president after a mob of his supporters attacked Capitol on January 6
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Big nations must stretch further to limit climate change: US envoy Kerry
World's major economies must 'stretch to do more' at next month's UN climate talks, says US Climate Envoy John Kerry
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Bangladesh vows ‘stern action’ against killers of Rohingya leader
Mohib Ullah, who was in his late 40s, was killed by unknown gunmen in a camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday
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More destruction feared in La Palma as lava pours from new volcano vent
Volcano has thrown out 80 million cubic metres of molten rock, doubling the amount expelled during last major eruption
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Ecuador to pardon thousands after 118 die in worst-ever prison riot
Govt aimed to prioritize elderly, women, prisoners with disabilities and terminal illnesses in wake of clashes
















































