Beijing says restoring navigation through strategic waterway serves interests of all sides Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian speaks to reporters in Beijing on Monday. ISTANBUL: China on Monday reiterated its call for “free” and “safe” passage through the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed military strikes between the United Staates and Iran. “The Strait of Hormuz…
KARACHI: In the densely-populated poor neighbourhoods clustered around Valika Hospital, a quiet crisis is unfolding – one that has left dozens of families shattered, searching for answers, and battling a stigma as painful as the disease itself. As the number of HIV-positive children rises to 80, parents say their lives have been turned upside down…
Zimbabwe great Andy Flower guided England to three Ashes series wins. Photo: AFP/File LONDON: England have left the door ajar for Andy Flower to return as their Test coach after announcing Sunday that Brendon McCullum had been sacked from his red-ball role. McCullum, who remains England’s limited overs coach, paid the price for a run…
About 15,000 people attended Suffolk event, which ran from July 9-12 but closed early on Sunday Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley StaMetropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.PHOTO:AFPdium in London on August 15, 2024.PHOTO:AFP British police said on Monday they had arrested 12 people…
A panel of the 9th session of the Islamic Conference on Women in Islamabad on Monday. — OIC ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday urged the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to move beyond declarations and translate their commitments into concrete action for women’s socio-economic empowerment, as Pakistan…
Hasina faces a death sentence in Bangladesh, and her party is banned following a popular uprising against her rule Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina. (file) Photo Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be jailed if she returns from self-imposed exile in India, a senior official said on Monday, days after Hasina told Reuters she…
Funeral prayers in absentia offered for crew members; search for black box, missing crew continues FATAL CRASH: A large gathering offers funeral prayers in absentia for Muhammad Arif Siddiqui, who died in a K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo plane crash in the Arabian Sea. PHOTO: INP KARACHI: Even as the wreckage of the ill-fated K2…
A person cools off at a water mister on a street in Paris as temperatures rise during a heatwave affecting a large part of France, June 22, 2026. REUTERS European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed. The vast majority…
ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) 9th Ministerial Conference on Women kicked off in Islamabad on Sunday, bringing together delegates from across the Muslim world to discuss women’s socio-economic and political empowerment even as international data highlight uneven progress across member states in education, employment and political representation. Organised by the Ministry of Human…
AI could transform economies faster than the Industrial Revolution, experts warn of job losses An AI sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS More than 200 researchers and economists, including 15 Nobel laureates and researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, have called for governments and technology…