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KATHMANDU: Nepali demonstrators set parliament ablaze on Tuesday while the veteran prime minister quit, as a “Gen Z” protest movement sparked by a ban on social media overtook the Himalayan nation. At least 19 people were killed during rallies a day earlier, one of the deadliest crackdowns in years which fuelled public anger. Protesters flooded … Read more
KARACHI: Additional District and Sessions Judge Malir, Zulfiqar Memon, on Wednesday granted bail to a three-year-old boy who was booked in a criminal case. The toddler was named in a criminal case of being involved in issuing death threats, forcibly entering a house, harassment, and theft, exposing flaws in police investigation. The judge also granted … Read more
The heads were left by two foreigners, according to prosecutors, who said the motive was to “cause unrest,” but they did not identify a group or nation behind the act.
[The president has denied that he created and signed a sexually suggestive note that was included in a 2003 birthday gift for Jeffrey Epstein.
Poland denounced what it has described as an incursion by more than a dozen Russian drones. It would not be the first time Russia’s war effort had spilled beyond Ukraine.
LAHORE: Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal hopes the much-anticipated encounter between India and Pakistan in Dubai goes ahead peacefully, amidst concerns of tensions spilling over on and off the field. The high-voltage Asia Cup match on Sunday comes just four months after a military conflict between the two neighbours — their most serious standoff since … Read more
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the enforcement of climate and agriculture emergencies across Pakistan in response to heavy monsoon rains and widespread flooding that have devastated the country, the decision was approved during a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday. Shehbaz warned that recent monsoon rains and floods had caused widespread destruction, killing … Read more
The United States is ready to broaden tariffs targeting buyers of Russian oil — if the EU takes similar moves — to hit at revenue Moscow needs for the war in Ukraine. Dialing in to talks between United States and European Union officials, President Donald Trump raised the possibility of tariffs between 50 percent and … Read more
The London institution is creating “RBO/Shift,” a technology festival whose first year will ask how far A.I. can push the boundaries of opera.
[For the president, the power to issue limitless tariffs is at the heart of his second-term vision, from trade to foreign policy.
