Screwworm Case Detected Less Than 70 Miles from U.S.-Mexico Border
[The flesh-eating parasite was detected in northern Mexico. It is the northernmost case of the livestock infection, which was eradicated from the United States in the 1960s.
Month: September 2025
Turkey facing worst drought
ISTANBUL: Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27 percent compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this week. Between October 1, 2024 and August 31 this year, precipitation in Turkey averaged at 401.1 millimetres (15.8 inches) compared … Read more
Abdul Hannan to headline ‘The Rowdown’ at AKU sports center
KARACHI: Abdul Hannan, one of Pakistan’s most prominent young singers and songwriters, is set to perform live at the Aga Khan University Sports & Rehabilitation Center in Karachi on 28 September 2025. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm and is being presented through Ticketwala, which is promoting the event and handling ticketing. … Read more
why it still hits home
KARACHI: Walk into the Zia Mohyeddin Theatre on festival night, and you’ll see it: a full house, heads swaying, phones tucked away, ears tuned in. For two evenings (Sept 13–14), the 15th Tehzeeb Festival at NAPA proved that classical music, with all its ragas and rhythms, is far from a fading art. From Mehak Rashid’s … Read more
South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid
Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.
Typhoon Ragasa to hit China after leaving 14 dead in Taiwan, striking Hong Kong
Typhoon Ragasa, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, barreled towards tens of millions of people in southern China on Wednesday after killing 14 people in Taiwan, leaving scores missing and lashing Hong Kong with ferocious winds and heavy rains. Some 129 people are missing in Taiwan’s eastern Hualien county, after a barrier lake … Read more
Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘One Battle After Another’ skewers extremism in satirical fashion
LOS ANGELES: Few Hollywood stars carry the weight of cultural expectation like Leonardo DiCaprio. Whenever he steps into a new project, the attention it draws is as much about the story on screen as it is about what the film might say about the moment we are living in. His latest collaboration with Paul Thomas … Read more
Woman Is Convicted of Killing Her Children and Leaving Them in Suitcases
Years after Hakyung Lee left New Zealand for her native South Korea, the bodies of her children were found in Auckland. She faces life in prison.
Disney Raises Prices for Streaming Plans in the U.S.
[The price hike goes into effect on Oct. 21 and covers the Disney+ service, as well as plans that bundle it with Hulu, ESPN Select and HBO Max.
India to hold biggest drone exercise
NEW DELHI: India’s military will test drone and counter drone systems next month in a major exercise to toughen its air defences, a senior officer said on Tuesday, months after a conflict with Pakistan saw the large-scale use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The Indian military will hold exercise ‘Cold Start’, its biggest ever drone … Read more
