Ukrainian officials said 88 drones were intercepted while another 128 veered off course without causing damage. Listen to article WORLDWIDE: One woman was killed and at least three others injured, including a four-year-old child, after Ukraine said Russia launched its largest drone attack since the start of the full-scale invasion. The striking multiple regions overnight — just…
Listen to article Germany and other key Western allies have lifted restrictions on Ukraine using long-range missiles to strike inside Russian territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed on Monday, signalling a sharp shift in support for Kyiv amid an intensifying aerial campaign by Moscow. “There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine,” Merz said…
Poland runoff sees record 71.3% turnout, Karol Nawrocki wins with 50.9% of vote, according to the election commission Listen to article Polish nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country’s presidential election with 50.89% of the votes, the electoral commission said early on Monday, in a blow to the reform agenda of the…
PUBLISHED June 22, 2025 KARACHI: Not long ago, I stumbled upon an old clip of George W Bush hosting Vladimir Putin at his Texas ranch. Bush, in his usual casual swagger, spoke in awkward metaphors, grinned too often, and seemed unable to put together a sentence without either fumbling or reaching for something vaguely Texan….
PUBLISHED June 22, 2025 KARACHI: It begins in the dead of night – ICE agents raiding factories, restaurants and farms, while families sleep unaware as the state flexes its full disciplinary muscle, reviving the ghosts of America’s exclusionary past with a vengeance that is unmistakably contemporary. What Donald Trump hails as “the largest deportation operation…
PUBLISHED June 29, 2025 KARACHI: On 3 June, the Daily Mail ran a headline that many dismissed as melodramatic, but few could ignore: “Putin knows a nuclear revenge attack will force Ukraine’s surrender. These are the four ways he’d strike… and we’re powerless to stop this holocaust.” Quoting Col Richard Kemp, a former British commander…
PUBLISHED August 17, 2025 KARACHI: To wait for a saviour is to inhabit a paradox — where passivity masks longing, and hope suspends time. This condition resists easy categorisation: it is neither purely mystical nor wholly political, neither naïve faith nor mere deferral. At its core lies a fundamental tension between the unbearable present and…
On questions about properties in US, says a journalist’s job is to report with evidence Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan speaks to media outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Photo: AFP RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD/ PAKISTAN: Aleema Khan strongly condemned the violence against journalists, speaking to the media near Adiala road, Dahgal Naka, Rawalpindi. She accused certain elements of…
Paris The fashion and beauty industries are poised for a shake-up after luxury group Kering agreed to sell its beauty business to French cosmetics giant L’Oréal for 4 billion ($4.66 billion) – the biggest acquisition in L’Oréal’s history. This also marks a strategic retreat by Kering, which is seeking to cut debt and refocus on…
PUBLISHED January 04, 2026 KARACHI: It is the first weekend of 2026. The world wakes to a social-media post from Donald Trump, one year into his second term as president, claiming US forces have captured Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. A bold statement, delivered with the casual certainty of a post on Truth Social, it lands against…