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No official statement has yet been released by X regarding the cause or expected resolution of the outage Social media platform X experienced a significant global outage on Friday, leaving users worldwide unable to access the service, according to internet tracking monitor NetBlocks. There were more than 41,000 reports of issues with the social media … Read more
Ministry of External Affairs denies reports, says India has not decided to exit Chabahar port project A view of Chabahar port, Iran. PHOTO: ONLINE India has come under domestic scrutiny over the future of its involvement in the Chabahar port project in Iran, following reports that the country may be forced to withdraw due to … Read more
The 24 former volunteers, including the refugee turned campaigner Sara Mardini, were prosecuted after helping migrants during the European refugee crisis nearly a decade ago.
Preparing to drill into a glacier
In this month’s picks, hijacked bullet trains, comet creatures and time loops in the British countryside.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has formally initiated the scrutiny of hockey clubs to ensure that the forthcoming elections of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) are conducted in a transparent and credible manner, strictly in line with the PSB-PHF Constitution, recommendations of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination, and the mutually agreed … Read more
Pakistan envoy Faisal Niaz Tirmizi presents credentials to President Putin at Kremlin ceremony From Right to Left , Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, Ambassador, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi and FM Sergey Lavrov. PHOTO: Embassy of Russian in Pakistan Sergey Lavrov Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed growing relations between his country and Pakistan as “mutually beneficial” with cooperation expanding … Read more
With no dragons and no warring dynasties, HBO’s “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is the first test of whether the “Thrones” formula works on a human scale.
[The long-awaited plan would leave much to Congress and calls for payments to health savings accounts rather than insurance subsidies, among other broad proposals.
President Xi and Premier Carney signal reset in bilateral ties amid growing global uncertainty Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and other senior Chinese leaders during his official visit to China between January 14–17, 2026. PHOTO: XINHUA China and Canada have agreed to advance the building … Read more