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Print - 2024-03-28

Middle East

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank raid

JENIN: Israeli forces on Wednesday killed three people in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:28am

UK minister threatened with jail over Afghanistan probe

LONDON: A UK government minister is on a collision course with the law over his refusal to reveal the sources of...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:24am

South Asia

India strongly objects to US remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest

MUMBAI: India has strongly objected to remarks made by the United States on the arrest of key opposition leader and...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:22am

USA

Grim search for six bodies in Baltimore bridge-ship collision continues

BALTIMORE: Emergency services combed the cold waters of Baltimore harbor Wednesday in search of the bodies of six ...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:21am

Europe

Uproar in France after school chief quits in hijab row

PARIS: French politicians from across the spectrum on Wednesday expressed dismay over the resignation of a Paris...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

Xi tells Dutch PM ‘no force can stop’ China tech progress

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that China’s technological...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

Money & Banking

Japan’s finance minister issues strongest warning on yen weakness

TOKYO: Japan’s finance minister issued his strongest warning to date about the weakness of the yen as the currency...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

UBS sells $8bn of Credit Suisse assets to Apollo

ZURICH: UBS has sealed the sale of Credit Suisse’s securitised products business to Apollo Global Management as part...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

South Asia

Sri Lanka PM says China to develop strategic infrastructure

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Wednesday that China has pledged to develop the island nation’s...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

Russia says it’s hard to believe IS could have launched Moscow attack

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that it was “extremely hard to...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

CM approves setting up of new anti-narcotics dept

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved establishment of a new department for anti-narcotics and...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:19am

Maryam wants new mechanism for boosting dairy exports

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has asked the authorities concerned to put in place a new mechanism to...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:18am

Letters

Where is Mr Nawaz Sharif?

It is widely argued that an embittered Nawaz Sharif has gone into low profile since his party failed to get majority...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:03am

Human development

EDITORIAL: It’s telling, though not entirely surprising, that Pakistan’s position on the UN Human Development...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:01am

Toxic culture of entitlement

EDITORIAL: The resignation tendered by principal of the elite educational institution, Aitchison College Lahore, ...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 06:59am

The contracts

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while chairing a meeting on Reko Diq mining project - with the Chief...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 06:50am

Russia, IS-K and threat of world war

If IS-K (Islamic State-Khorasan) really did strike Moscow this week – and it has hit concerts and football matches...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 06:47am

Android devices: Experts warn against downloading apps from unofficial sources

ISLAMABAD: Experts from Kaspersky cautioned that the users of Android devices should exercise caution and avoid...