With a near zero conviction rate and few female police officers, women stuck in abusive marriages KARACHI: In Sindh, even 13 years after the passage of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2013, the law remains poorly implemented, and incidents of violence against women have shown no meaningful decline. After the approval of this…
Afghan media outlet quotes Taliban-led Communications and IT ministry debunking claims of ban Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered a nationwide ban on civil servants’ smartphone use, a military court order showed, prompting warnings from rights activists that the move could further restrict access to information. The court order seen by Reuters states that smartphone use…
The scroll was carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago Fragment of Herculaneum scroll is fixed in place at a Diamond Light Source experimental station after it was scanned using bright x-rays in Didcot, Britain, September 30, 2019. Photo: File/REUTERS Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday they…
UN maritime data shows 57 ships with 1,100 seafarers crossed the strait since June 23 in evacuation Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 24, 2026. REUTERS Oil prices fell to pre-war levels on Thursday as the United States said flows through the Strait of Hormuz were nearing normal and…
Says Gulf allies shared some very serious concerns and that they wanted to be informed of every step of peace accord US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States at The Ritz-Carlton Bahrain during Rubio’s visit to the Middle East to discuss the…
NSA chief says Mythos ‘broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks, but in hours’ Anthropic’s Mythos model identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive US government computer systems during a testing exercise, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Anthropic teamed up with Washington’s intelligence agencies to conduct tests using Mythos under Project Glasswing,…
At least 48 people have died in France from drowning since the start of the heatwave while trying to cool off People cool off in the Trocadero Fountain near to the Eiffel Tower as temperatures rise during a heatwave affecting a large part of the country, in Paris, France on June 24, 2026. Photo: Reuters…
Says it remains committed to OPEC but wants its production quota raised to match its oil output capacity Iraq may reconsider its membership in OPEC if the producer group does not raise the country’s oil production quota, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing Iraq’s Oil Ministry. The ministry has no current intention of withdrawing from the…
IRGC says new Hormuz route announced without Iran coordination is unacceptable, dangerous US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States at The Ritz-Carlton Bahrain during Rubio’s visit to the Middle East to discuss the interim deal between the US and Iran with Arab…
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman says this is ‘clear, damning admission of NATO’s active complicity in unlawful war’ Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei. PHOTO: AFP Tehran accused NATO on Thursday of “complicity” in the US-Israeli war against Iran, after the bloc’s chief noted its support for the United States in the conflict. Responding to US…