The world awaited Iran’s response on Sunday after President Donald Trump announced the US had “obliterated” Tehran’s key nuclear sites, joining Israel in the biggest Western military action against the country since its 1979 revolution. Tehran has so far not followed through on its threats of retaliation against the United States – either by targeting […]
Pakistan’s civil and military leadership will meet in an emergency huddle on Monday (today) to discuss the United States strikes on Iran in a watershed development that has put the world on an uncharted path with far-reaching consequences. Islamabad was quick to condemn the US strikes as clear violation of international law and UN Charter […]
Four days ahead of the approval for Rs435 billion worth of tax measures announced in the budget, the government on Sunday proposed a Rs36 billion mini-budget and eased restrictions on major purchases by individuals with insufficient declared assets. The revised criteria aim to address public concerns about the negative impact of the earlier blanket ban […]
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC-CFM) on Sunday condemned Israeli aggression against Iran and expressed solidarity with Pakistan in the wake of “unjustified strikes” carried out by India last month. The ‘Istanbul Declaration’ issued at the end of the two-day meeting in the Turkish city, emphasised that the […]
Iran’s nuclear programme, which began in the 1950s with the help of the United States, is a tale of immense financial and human sacrifices. Ironically, the very country that helped Tehran launch it now appears determined to destroy it nearly 75 years later. During the Pahlavi dynasty in the 1970s, the programme expanded with the […]
The alms bowl is a symbol of monks, yet in Sri Lanka artisans are struggling as cheap substitutes flood the market, igniting a debate over Buddhist tradition and quality. The village of Panvila has long been associated with craftsmen who produce the humble “paathra”, the special bowl that forms part of the eight essentials donated […]
Almost two billion words — just under 600 of them swear words — were carefully assessed, and the United States then handed the dubious honour of being the most cursing country in the English-speaking world, at least online. For the Australian duo behind the research, it came as a surprise that the inhabitants of their own country […]
Venice is divided ahead of next week’s celebrity wedding of US tech-tycoon Jeff Bezos and Laura Sanchez, with some looking forward to the glitz and glamour, while others fear it will turn the scenic city of gondolas and palazzi into an amusement park. Many details of the wedding are still under wraps – including the […]
In the summer of 1975, a film about a killer shark hit theatres and changed Hollywood forever. But behind the scenes, Jaws nearly capsized under the weight of its own ambition — with mechanical failures, sea-sick actors, and a young director teetering on the edge of collapse, narrates Variety in an ode to the film’s 50-year […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to release Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who became a leader of pro-Palestinian campus protests, reported AFP. Khalil, a legal permanent US resident who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, has been in custody since March facing potential deportation. District […]