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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan took strong exception when India called it “Terroristan” at the United Nations on Saturday, saying the attempt to distort the country’s name was “utterly shameful” and petty. “It is utterly shameful that India stoops so low as to distort the very name of a country, a member of the United Nations,” Pakistani … Read more
KYIV: Russia pounded Ukraine for hours with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight, killing at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, Kyiv said Sunday. Neighbouring Poland scrambled jets to secure its airspace in the wake of the 12-hour barrage, after NATO accused Moscow of being behind a series of violations of the defence alliance’s … Read more
British singer-songwriter RAYE has proven that going independent can lead to mainstream success. Her latest single, ‘Where Is My Husband!’, released on September 19, quickly became a chart hit without the backing of a major label. The track debuted at No 4 on the Official UK Singles Chart, topped the UK iTunes Chart, and claimed … Read more
MILAN: Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were on the front row of Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan Fashion Week show on Saturday, in character as magazine editor Miranda Priestly and her art director as scenes were shot for The Devil Wears Prada 2. Part of the filming for the sequel to the fashion movie will take … Read more
Social media platform X said on Monday it plans to appeal an Indian court order that would allow over two million police officers nationwide to issue arbitrary takedown requests via a secretive online portal called the Sahyog. “We will appeal this order to defend free expression,” X said in a post on the platform, in its first statement since the High Court of Karnataka ruled last week … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday condemned as “unjustifiable” the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites. The measures, which bar dealings linked to the Islamic republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile activities, took effect overnight after Western powers … Read more
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced the release of a detained American citizen on Sunday, a week after an elderly British couple were also released by the authorities. In a statement the ministry identified the detainee as Amir Amiri and said he had been handed over to Adam Boehler, Washington’s special envoy on hostages. Boehler made … Read more
SANTA BARBARA: Selena Gomez has married music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco, announcing the news in an Instagram post. Gomez shared the pictures of their surprise wedding on Instagram, captioned with the date “9.27.25.” The photos showed the star alongside Blanco. “My wife in real life,” Blanco responded to the post on Saturday by the … Read more
DUBAI: Pakistan’s bright start with both bat and ball went in vain as they were overwhelmed by arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup T20 final on Sunday — a thrilling contest marked not just by on-field drama but also political undercurrents, including a persistent no-handshake and India’s refusal to receive the trophy from Asian Cricket Council … Read more
LAHORE: The most telling signals in banking are often the quietest and in case of The Bank of Punjab (BOP), that signal is not a headline-grabbing acquisition nor a record-breaking profit figure, but a simple, disciplined decision, ie, to pay its first-ever interim cash dividend. This 10%, or Rs1 per share, cash dividend, breaks a … Read more
