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Fixed-line internet services to resume in Muzaffarabad, while mobile data services remain suspended Broadband internet services will be restored across the capital city of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday (tomorrow), providing residents with access to fixed-line internet after prolonged restrictions on mobile data services. Sources told The Express Tribune that DSL connectivity will … Read more
The Taliban claim that Afghanistan is no longer a sanctuary for terrorist groups, but Al Qaeda and others are still present, reviving old fears.
BirdLife says 45% of 1,843 migratory bird species are declining, while 30% are stable and 14% increasing The East Asian-Australasian Flyway had the highest proportion of declining species among the four major land-based flyway systems, at 53%. Half of the species using the world’s six marine flyways were also in decline. PHOTO: PIXABAY Nearly half … Read more
[ Price of petrol reaches Rs375.82, while diesel rises to Rs403.32 per litre till September 14 People wait their turn to get fuel at a petrol station, in Karachi, Pakistan June 2, 2022. Picture taken June 2, 2022. — REUTERS The federal government on Friday increased the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by … Read more
Choreographers Farah Khan and Bosco Martis look back at the actor’s early struggles and her breakthrough Katrina Kaif has become one of Bollywood’s most recognisable dance performers over the years, but choreographer Bosco Martis has revealed that she was once dismissed as having no dancing ability at all. Speaking on a podcast hosted by Bosco … Read more
Three people were seriously hurt and 37 suffered minor injuries as police opened an investigation into the crash Emergency responders at the site of a crash involving a bus carrying a Dutch tour party, which flipped over in Susch, Switzerland, September 10, 2026.PHOTO: REUTERS Five people were killed and 40 others injured when a coach … Read more
Summit to be closely watched in the West, as Modi, Xi Jinping, Putin, Pezeshkian gather ‘under same non-Western roof’ Officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and India’s Commerce and Industry Minister … Read more
Modi underscores need to protect freedom of navigation, commerce and safety, well-being of seafarers Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian makes a speech during the 18th BRICS leaders’ summit in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday. IRNA Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that BRICS must create an environment that prevents any country from obstructing … Read more
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
The director Sam Green interviewed a succession of (mostly) women who held that title. The results make us contemplate our own time on Earth.