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Exercise simulates strikes on city centres amid tensions and push to widen US-Iran talks A view of Israeli settlements in West Bank. PHOTO: REUTERS The Israeli army conducted a drill simulating an attack by Iran involving 2,000 missiles targeting city centres, Israeli media reported Tuesday. The army has not commented on the report by the … Read more
Wedding events largely remained private, attended by close friends and family members Pakistani actress Laiba Khan has shared moments from her wedding celebrations with fans, with images and videos from her baraat ceremony gaining widespread attention on social media. Laiba, a popular television actress with more than four million online followers, has been in the spotlight … Read more
Several demonstrators, many public sector workers, hold photos of Maduro, wife Cilia Flores, also seized in US raid Thousands of supporters of Venezuela’s former president, Nicolas Maduro, marched through Caracas to demand his release, one month after he was ousted in a US military operation and taken to New York to face drug charges, underscoring … Read more
Adviser says armed men stormed his residence in Zintan; death may reshape Libya’s stalled political landscape Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Libya’s late longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi and once seen as his heir, has died, relatives said Tuesday, without providing details on the circumstances. His death was confirmed by an adviser on social media, … Read more
US says both sides discussed critical minerals, Quad, energy security, and nuclear External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shaking hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. SOURCE: X WASHINGTON DC: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks in Washington, DC, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as New Delhi faces mounting domestic pressure to publish full … Read more
After directing the respondents to submit replies, the court adjourned the hearing until next week ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday heard petitions filed by YouTuber Rajab Butt and TikToker Nadeem Mubarak (Naniwala) seeking the removal of their names from the passport control list. Justice Muhammad Azam Khan presided over the hearing on the petitions, … Read more
Drone and missile attacks hit Ukraine’s energy grid ahead of negotiations to end four-year war Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. REUTERS Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were set to gather in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, seeking to … Read more
Academic pressure has become so intense that even preschoolers are taking private extracurricular classes, raising worries about children’s rights.
World’s fastest-selling games console drives up Japanese video game giant’s revenues by more than 50 per cent The runaway success of the Switch 2 console drove up Nintendo’s net profit by more than 50 percent in the nine months to December, the Japanese video game giant said Tuesday. But a global memory chip shortage, created … Read more
Trump has also threatened tariffs on goods from countries supplying oil to Cuba A driver fills up his tank at a gas station. PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON: The US embassy in Cuba warned Americans in the country on Tuesday that there was a spike in government-sponsored protests against Washington and that some US citizens were denied entry upon arrival. It also said … Read more
