Intellectuals, writers, and admirers gathered at the Arts Council of Pakistan on Sunday to celebrate the launch of “The Future of Civilisation: Exploring the Profound Impact of the Role of Sacrifice in Building a Noble and Humanitarian Society,” the English translation of Syed Muhammad Taqi’s seminal 1980 Urdu work “Karbala: Tehzeeb Ka Mustaqbil.” The event […]
The father of nine children killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza over the weekend remains in intensive care, said a doctor on Sunday at the hospital treating him. Hamdi Al-Najjar, himself a doctor, was at home in Khan Younis with his 10 children when an Israeli air invasion occurred, killing all but one […]
Russia launched a record number of drones against Ukraine and killed 12 people across the country, officials said on Sunday, even as Kyiv and Moscow completed their biggest prisoner exchange since the start of the war. Ukraine’s emergency services described a night of “terror” as Russia launched a second straight night of massive air strikes, […]
Six people died in Switzerland over the weekend in accidents in the Alps, officials said Sunday. Near the luxury resort of Zermatt, rescuers found the bodies of five people, police said in a statement. A helicopter was sent to survey the area around the Rimpfischhorn mountain after climbers alerted authorities after spotting abandoned skis near […]
Israeli military strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a senior rescue service official and a journalist, local health authorities said. In a separate statement, the Gaza media office said Israeli forces were in control of 77% of the Gaza Strip, either through ground forces or evacuation orders and […]
Greek authorities have rescued more than 500 migrants off the southern island of Crete in recent days, the coastguard said in a statement Sunday. Greece is one of the main gateways to Europe for people fleeing war and poverty, mainly from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. In recent years, an increasing number of people […]
Newly released redacted chat logs reveal FBI agents internally acknowledged a money laundering investigation related to Hunter Biden’s laptop on October 14, 2020—the same day the agency dismissed the laptop’s authenticity during meetings with social media companies. According to communications obtained by Senator Chuck Grassley, FBI analyst Peter Courtney confirmed in a message to FBI […]
With their gnarled teeth, wild expressions, and cuddly bodies, Labubu dolls are an unlikely luxury accessory, but that’s exactly what they’ve become. Originally created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung as part of his “The Monsters” series, Labubu first appeared in 2015. “At that time, there were no game consoles or computers, so I had […]
In a trailer released recently, Netflix confirmed that the documentary Titan: The OceanGate Disaster will be available for streaming from June 11. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the film is headed to the Tribeca Festival on June 6, days before its premiere. Directed by Mark Monroe, the feature follows the 2023 underwater implosion of Titan, […]
Jafar Panahi never set out to be a political filmmaker. “In my definition, a political filmmaker defends an ideology where the good follow it and the bad oppose it,” the Iranian director says. “In my films, even those who behave badly are shaped by the system, not personal choice,” he tells DW. But for more […]