An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Wednesday, with tremors felt in Islamabad, Swat, Peshawar, Chitral, and other cities across Pakistan, authorities said. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) reported that the epicenter was located at 36.99°N latitude and 71.41°E longitude in the Hindu Kush region. Residents […]
The Pakistan National Hockey Team has arrived in Ismailia, Egypt, to participate in the FIH Men’s World Cup Qualifier Round, scheduled to take place from March 1st to 7th. At the airport, Dr. Talha and other officials from the Pakistan Embassy welcomed the national squad and presented them with bouquets. The national team will play […]
Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators arrested the country’s former intelligence chief on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners. Police said retired Major General Suresh Sallay was taken into custody at dawn in a suburb of the capital, Colombo, in the most high-profile arrest in the long-running […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Israel on Wednesday for a two-day visit that both countries have cast as a chance to deepen relations, as regional concerns mount over the risk of military conflict between the United States and Iran. Modi, a Hindu nationalist, became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel in 2017, […]
The Dera Darya Khan bridge, connecting Punjab with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, remained closed on Wednesday after a suicide attack at the nearby inter-provincial checkpost in the Dajal area of Punjab’s Bhakkar a day earlier, causing severe disruption to traffic and the transport of essential goods. At 6:45pm yesterday, a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a checkpost just off […]
Iran on Wednesday dismissed US claims about its missile programme as “big lies”, after President Donald Trump said Tehran was developing missiles that could strike the United States. In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump accused Tehran of “sinister nuclear ambitions” as Washington ups the pressure with a massive military deployment around […]
The traditional “hundred-bird dress” festival was held on Tuesday in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Liuzhou City, located in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. People from various ethnic groups donned festive attire to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Women wore traditional Miao costumes adorned with silver headdresses, while men performed on […]
Bayer Leverkusen are through to the last 16 of the Champions League after a scoreless home draw with Olympiacos on Tuesday, winning their play-off round tie 2-0 on aggregate. Leverkusen were below their best but did just enough to qualify after last week’s comfortable first-leg win in Greece. It was the first time Leverkusen made […]
Weeks after Hamdy Ibrahim left his village in Egypt’s Nile Delta, hoping to reach Europe, his brother’s phone rang with a chilling message from Libya: pay now or the boy would die. A smuggler was on the line, demanding 190,000 pounds ($4,000) to secure the 18-year-old’s place on a boat, part of a rising exodus […]
Bill Gates “took responsibility for his actions” over ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation, a spokesperson for the philanthropic group told Reuters in a written statement on Tuesday. The spokesperson’s comments came in response to a Wall Street Journal report, which […]