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PUBLISHED January 11, 2026 KARACHI: The phone is already in her hand when the question forms. Not a complicated one, not something that needs research. Just a small uncertainty, the kind that appears in the middle of an ordinary day. She could ask someone. She could read. Instead, her thumb moves almost on its own. … Read more
PUBLISHED January 11, 2026 KARACHI: There are bad films. Then there are worse films. And then some films sit beyond the worst—an unenviable category that Huma Shaikh’s Item proudly occupies. From a poster that screams cringe to a trailer that confirms it, the film ultimately blossoms into a full-fledged cringe fest. Achieving this level of … Read more
Explosion in G-7/2 damages nearby houses; 10 injured as rescue operation completed, officials say Rescue operations being conducted after a gas cylinder explosion occurres in Islamabad’s G-7/2 sector Photo: Express ISLAMABAD: At least six people, including a newly married couple, were killed on Sunday when a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Islamabad’s G-7/2 … Read more
. Protesters gather as vehicles burn, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on January 9, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS PARIS: Rights groups expressed alarm on Saturday that Iranian authorities were intensifying a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout, after another night of … Read more
A simmering dispute between the neighbors, who share one of the largest land borders in the world, has escalated with diplomatic protests and a sports boycott.
. Australia heatwave. Photo: AFP SYDNEY: Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country’s southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this week, with hot winds fanning some of the most dangerous fire weather seen … Read more
. Rescuers continue search operations after a landslide at a landfill in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City. Photo: AFP MANILA: Hard hat-wearing rescue workers and backhoes dug through rubble in search of survivors on Saturday in the shadow of a mountain of garbage that buried dozens of landfill employees in the central Philippines, killing at least … Read more
. Afghanistan mine. Photo: AFP FAIZABAD: Four miners in northern Afghanistan were suffocated to death by fumes this week while digging for gemstones, a local official told AFP on Saturday. “The incident occurred in Khash District of Badakhshan province where four workers at a mine died”, Ehsanullah Kamgar, the spokesman for Badakhshan’s police told AFP, … Read more
. North Korea accuses South of drone incursion. Photo: AFP SEOUL: North Korea accused the South on Saturday of flying another drone over its territory this month for the purpose of spying, a claim that Seoul denied. The North Korean military tracked a drone “moving northwards” over the South Korean border county of Ganghwa in … Read more
NUUK/WASHINGTON: Greenland’s political parties issued a rare united rebuke to Washington after US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, triggering alarm in Europe and highlighting a broader, increasingly muscular US posture across multiple regions. The leaders of all five parties in Greenland’s parliament said they rejected rule … Read more