The US has announced a major multi-day military exercise in the Middle East, sharply escalating tensions with Iran as Washington and Tehran confront each other after widespread anti-government protests that have rocked Iran since late December. The exercise, confirmed on Tuesday by the US Air Force component of Central Command, comes a day after the […]
Germany is offering a one-million-euro reward for information leading to the arrest of suspected far-left militants whose arson attack caused a massive blackout in Berlin earlier this month, the interior minister said on Tuesday. The electricity outage left roughly 45,000 homes and around 2,200 businesses without power for nearly a week in the middle of […]
Victoria Beckham escaped the bitterness of a family feud with a trip to Paris on Monday to receive an award from the culture ministry for her contribution to the fashion and entertainment industries. The former Spice Girl, after a weekend celebrating “Baby Spice” Emma Buntun’s 50th birthday, headed to the French capital with husband David […]
Rapper Kanye West on Monday denied being a Nazi and expressed regret over his antisemitic rants, blaming such behavior — which included recording a song that celebrates Hitler — on his bipolar disorder. The disgraced 48-year-old music star, who has lost fans and business deals in recent years because of his racist or antisemitic outbursts, released […]
At the start of “American Doctor,” a new documentary about US medics working in hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, director Poh Si Teng initially declines to film pictures of dead Palestinian children that one of the doctors is trying to show her. Teng worries that she will have to pixelate the […]
Stephen Colbert has announced the official end date for his run on The Late Show. During a taping of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Colbert revealed that the series finale will air Thursday, May 21. The news confirms what CBS had announced last summer, that the show would conclude at the close of the 202526 […]
Karachi has reported its first rabies-related death of the year, amid a sharp rise in stray dog bite cases. Medical experts have termed it an alarming situation as well as mounting pressure on the province’s healthcare system and health budget. The victim, an eight-year-old girl hailing from Jhol town in Sanghar district, was attacked by […]
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday restrained the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from taking any action or issuing a final order against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi over an alleged violation of the election code of conduct during the Haripur by-election. The court also dismissed a separate contempt of court petition, filed by […]
President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday met United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with the two leaders reaffirming their commitment to peace and stability as they took stock of regional and international development. President Zardari arrived in the UAE a day ago for a four-day official visit. According to a statement […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued a key directive in the defamation case filed by singer Ali Zafar against actress and singer Meesha Shafi, instructing the trial court to conclude the case within 30 days. Justice Ahmed Nadeem Arshad rejected a petition filed by Shafi challenging the trial court’s earlier order, which had […]