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Court declines immediate relief, rejects licence restoration request, adjourns proceedings until January 6 The Lahore High Court on Monday deferred until January 6 the hearing on a petition challenging the suspension of advocate Mian Ali Ashfaq’s licence by the Punjab Bar Council. The petition was heard by Justice Malik Awais Khalid, during which counsel for … Read more
. Election Commission officials prepare at a polling station inside a school ahead of a general election, in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Myanmar, December 27, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS YANGON: Myanmar’s pro-military party has a decisive lead in the first phase of junta-run elections, with the USDP winning 90 percent of the lower house seats announced so … Read more
A mourner lights a candle at a makeshift memorial near the site of a fire that ripped through a bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana. Photo: AFP CRANS-MONTANA: Painfully aware of the fire tragedy in Crans-Montana, ski tourists said they had opted to stay in the Alpine … Read more
Veterans of the industry debate whether the state broadcaster is struggling with decline — or resisting change For decades, Pakistan Television shaped what prime-time drama looked like in this country. Its studios produced stories rooted in social anxieties, moral dilemmas, and everyday lives, from the socially conscious serials of the 1970s to the classics of the … Read more
Talks in Beijing reaffirm mutual support, expand cooperation in security, counterterrorism and finance A view of Seventh Round of the Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue in Beijing. PHOTO: PID Pakistan and China agreed to align their development strategies and build an upgraded version of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, known as CPEC 2.0, during wide-ranging talks … Read more
President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the casualties were from Cuba’s armed forces or interior ministry. The country is a longstanding ally of Venezuela.
Activists take part in a rally supporting protestors in Iran at Lafayette Square, across from the White House in Washington. Photo: AFP TEHRAN: New deadly clashes between protesters and security forces erupted in Iran, rights groups and local media said Sunday, as demonstrations first sparked by anger over the rising cost of living entered a … Read more
‘We have never believed that any country can act as the world’s police,’ says Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with China at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 10, 2025. Source: Reuters Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any … Read more
On Air Force One, President Trump threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to acquire Greenland.
A small town set amid a smattering of baobab trees is grappling with the aftermath of a bombing ordered by President Trump.
