Tesla will open its first India showroom in Mumbai next week, having imported $1 million worth of cars and merchandise, marking its entry into the world’s third-largest car market despite CEO Elon Musk’s complaints about high import tariffs. In an invitation to media late Thursday, the carmaker said the July 15 event was the “launch of […]
Actor Mariyam Nafees recently opened up about her journey through pregnancy and early motherhood on a local channel’s morning show, appearing alongside her husband, filmmaker Amaan Ahmed. “When I told my mother [I was expecting], the first thing she urged me to do was to not treat it like an illness and just carry on […]
At least eight Palestinians were killed on Friday in an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza, said local medical sources. The strike targeted the school in an area where many civilians had sought refuge from ongoing military operations, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. The report, citing a source at Al-Shifa Hospital, added that […]
Britain and France took a key step to underpin Europe’s security by agreeing to tighten nuclear cooperation, as the region frets over the US commitment to its defence and Russian ambitions. In targeting a “reboot” of defence ties with a focus on joint missile development and nuclear co-operation, while also firming up support for Ukraine […]
Texas authorities faced mounting scrutiny Thursday over the response to flash flooding that has left at least 120 people dead, as details surfaced about reported delays of early alerts that could have saved lives. The confirmed death toll from Fourth of July holiday floods that ravaged the central Texas Hill Country — including a river […]
Saudi Arabia put two Ethiopians to death Thursday, pushing this year’s number of foreigners executed past 100 — a spike in capital punishment. The pair were executed on drug charges, the interior ministry said, bringing AFP’s tally of foreigners put to death since the beginning of the year to at least 101. “Khalil Qasim Muhammad Omar […]
Gaza’s civil defence agency on Thursday said at least 52 people, including eight children, were killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian territory battered by more than 21 months of war. The latest deadly strikes and gunfire came just hours after Hamas, which runs Gaza, announced it was willing to release 10 hostages as part […]
The deadly flood in Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China, a regional climate monitoring body said on Wednesday. At least 19 people, including six Chinese workers at […]
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Thursday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted an inquiry commission to take legal action against those responsible for the collapse of the tunnel at the Rs500 billion Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP). Speaking at a press conference, Iqbal said the commission, headed by a retired judge, was formed on […]
Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday met with world leaders on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur. In his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, both the leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening of bilateral relations and agreed to meet again next week […]