LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has dismissed appeals filed by two men against their convictions in the 2020 Sialkot-Lahore Motorway gang rape case, upholding the punishment awarded by a trial court. An anti-terrorism court had handed down death sentences, besides life imprisonment and multiple jail terms to the two convicts, Abid Ali alias Malhi and…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast below-normal rainfall and above-normal temperatures across most parts of the country during June and the upcoming three-month period, warning of intensified heatwaves, water shortages, and increased challenges for the agriculture sector. According to the PMD, the country received an average of 22.4 millimetres of rainfall in May…
Most nations consider Israeli settlements there to be illegal under international law An Israeli flag flutters at a new Israeli settlement, behind Palestinians flags near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jun 1, 2026. Photo: Reuters Israel’s hardline finance minister announced on Wednesday a major expansion by more than 2,000 homes of three Jewish settlements…
Claims of Israeli soldiers vandalising a church are false; the video is AI-generated and shows visual flaws Multiple accounts, including pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian users, based on their past posts, have been sharing a video across social media platforms since June 2, 2026, allegedly showing Israeli soldiers vandalising a church in southern Lebanon. However, the clip…
Nepal is often criticised for allowing too many climbers on Everest. Photo: AFP NEPAL: More than one thousand climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest this season, officials said Wednesday, making it the busiest season on record. Climbers and officials said that a wide summit window — a period of stable weather that allows safe…
Lawmakers say they will not back budget until Imran Khan is allowed meetings and released Reconciliation efforts between the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government and its dissident lawmakers in the provincial assembly have failed, as the disgruntled members have adopted a hardline stance and decided not to support the upcoming budget without prior consultation with PTI founder Imran…
ECB says gold accounted for 27% of global reserve assets at end-2025, compared with 22% for US Treasuries A photo of a gold bar with a US dollar behind it. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Gold has overtaken US government bonds as the largest reserve asset held by central banks worldwide in a historic shift in global…
Three members of Britain’s navy died in a helicopter crash in southwest England on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The trio were onboard a Merlin Mk4 helicopter during a training exercise just before 4am (0300 GMT) when it came down near Sourton village, in the county of Devon. It is with…
The thousand-year-old Japanese festival of Soma Nomaoi began as a way to train mounted warriors. Photo: AFP TOKYO: Japan’s thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it’s battling a new challenge — climate change. The Soma Nomaoi began as a way to train mounted warriors and it still looks the same…
Reports first hydrocarbon discovery, which yields 2,000 barrels of oil and 1.1 million cubic feet of gas daily Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDC) on Wednesday announced a significant oil and gas discovery from its exploratory well Bobi Deep-1 in Sindh’s Sanghar district, marking the first hydrocarbon find from the Massive Sand play within…