Officials discuss speeding up key energy project, expanding cooperation in industry, transport, investment Iraq and Jordan have agreed to accelerate implementation of the Basra-Aqaba Strategic Oil Pipeline Project, one of the two countries’ largest joint energy investments, according to a statement from the Iraqi prime minister’s office. The agreement was reached on Thursday during a…
Difficult mountainous terrain has complicated rescue efforts, but operations remain underway At least 30 people died when a passenger bus travelling from Quetta to Peshawar plunged into a deep ravine. PHOTO: EXPRESS QUETTA: At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured when a New Mekhtar passenger coach travelling from Quetta to Peshawar plunged into…
A billboard depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at Valiasr Square in Tehran, Iran. Photo: Reuters The body of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes, arrived at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla religious complex ahead of his funeral, state media reported on Friday….
. BRUSSELS: Alphabet’s Google on Thursday lost its final appeal against a record 4.1 billion ($4.69 billion) European Union antitrust fine over its Android mobile operating system, in a landmark ruling that strengthens the bloc’s efforts to curb the market power of Big Tech. The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union upheld a…
A French Civil Security’s aircraft flies over the area as firefighters work to contain a wildfire in Pouzols-Minervois near Narbonne, France. Photo: REUTERS LANCON, FRANCE: Firefighters battled several wind-driven wildfires across southern France on Thursday as the country grappled with parched conditions left by Europe’s recent heatwave, with more than 1,200 hectares burned in a…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) held on Thursday that merely creating or administering a WhatsApp group did not make a person criminally liable for every message posted by its members, while mere membership of a group, passive receipt of content or failure to leave it also did not constitute a criminal offence. Justice Tariq…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif poses for a group photograph with a delegation of FBR officers in Islamabad. PHOTO: APP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday lauded senior officers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for surpassing the historic revenue collection target of Rs12.957 trillion during the last fiscal year, and described the achievement…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reported what it described as “positive progress” in indirect talks held in Doha between Iran and the US, signaling Islamabad could be the venue for future rounds of negotiations. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, during his weekly news briefing, said Pakistan and Qatar had held separate meetings with the Iranian and…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced that it will not participate in the upcoming Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections under the prevailing circumstances. The party said the decision was not a political strategy but a principled expression of solidarity with the people of Kashmir amid the ongoing unrest. The decision…
INGLEWOOD: Spain coasted past Austria and into the World Cup last-16 on Thursday, thoroughly outclassing their opponents in a 3-0 knockout win with a brace from Mikel Oyarzabal and a Pedro Porro header. The European champions controlled possession and sliced through the Austrian defense in a typically dominant performance in Los Angeles, as Hollywood stars…