Your daily dose of insights
Unrest in cities escalates after assassination, fears of further violence ahead of the national elections A police officer gestures as people gather outside Angullia Mosque to wait for the body of Sharif Osman Hadi, a Bangladeshi student leader who died following a fatal shooting in Dhaka, in Singapore, December 19, 2025. Source: Reuters Police and … Read more
LOS ANGELES: The Oscars will be shown only on YouTube from 2029, the Academy said Wednesday, in a radical gambit for a movie industry that remains wary of streaming platforms even as viewing habits shift online. The new five-year deal means Hollywood’s most prestigious awards ceremony will be viewable exclusively online for the first time, … Read more
Rail ministry highlights security, digitisation and tracking reforms alongside ML-1 Federal Minister for Pakistan Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi said an agreement for the ML-1 project had been finalised with the Asian Development Bank, calling it a major step toward modernising the rail network. During a meeting in Islamabad with ADB Director General Leah Gutierrez and … Read more
A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as not only the suspect in the campus shooting, but also the murder of an M.I.T. professor.
File Photo: A Pakistani Christian decorates a Christmas tree on December 24, 2014. PHOTO: AFP RAWALPINDI: As Christmas and the New Year draw closer, formal celebrations have begun across the twin cities. In connection with Christmas and New Year festivities, all small and large recreational parks in the city have started special preparations for Christian … Read more
The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday.
Masters champion is first golfer in 36 years to claim award REUTERS December 19, 2025 1 min read Rory McIlroy is the third golfer to win the award, after Dai Rees in 1957 and Nick Faldo in 1989. Photo: AFP LONDON: Rory McIlroy was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Thursday after completing … Read more
As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”
KABUL: A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city’s film fans is being demolished to make way for a shopping mall, AFP journalists saw Thursday. Built in the 1960s, the Ariana was pillaged and destroyed in Afghanistan’s civil war of 1992-1996, before a French-led restoration effort that saw it reopen in 2004. But … Read more
David Neres opened the scoring late in the first half, and Rasmus Hojlund wrapped up the win RIYADH: Napoli’s Rasmus Hojlund proved decisive as the Dane helped his side beat Italian Super Cup holders AC Milan 2-0 in the semi-finals on Thursday, helping to set up a goal in the first half and scoring after … Read more