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. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), the capital’s main public hospital, has been placed on high alert until September 30 in view of the prevailing situation. The administration has ordered round-the-clock emergency preparedness, uninterrupted ambulance services and the availability of essential medical staff and supplies. According to a high-alert circular issued by … Read more
Princess Diana’s iconic ‘Revenge Dress’ has gone on public display at Sotheby’s in London ahead of its upcoming auction, while her brother Earl Spencer prepares to release a memoir containing allegations about the days following her death. The black silk evening gown, designed by Christina Stambolian, is being displayed at Sotheby’s Bond Street location from … Read more
The suspects in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse include 18 men who were extradited from Haiti to Miami, officials said.
The leaders of Canada and France met just after the European Union invited Canada to become its first “associate member.”
A fresh diplomatic effort by Turkey and Qatar to ease tensions between Islamabad and Kabul is facing an immediate test after the deadly terrorist attack on a police mosque in Kohat, with Pakistani authorities linking one of the suicide bombers to Afghanistan. Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin travelled to Kabul last week, where he held … Read more
World leaders are mostly silent and President Trump is pushing fossil fuels. We’ll explore the stakes at this week’s Climate Forward event.
Audit finds the hospital’s fire alarm system non-functional, while most smoke detectors are either faulty or inactive KARACHI: Sparks from a welding torch flew inside a nursery packed with newborns, some of them dependent on oxygen, at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), raising fresh and serious questions about fire safety at the city … Read more
Southwestern Syria has seen repeated Israeli raids, arrests, land clearing and shelling, Damascus says An Israeli tank crosses into a buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights on March 2, 2025. FILE IMAGE: AFP Israeli forces on Sunday blew up military sites formerly used by the former regime of Bashar al-Assad … Read more
Use of drone technology, timely response by the police plays a crucial role in monitoring the terrorists’ movements Ambulances are seen at the site of an explosion near the police headquarters in Kohat in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 18, 2026. Photo: AFP PESHAWAR: Significant revelations emerged on Sunday from the initial investigation into … Read more
“I Play Rocky” and “Being Heumann” were the runners-up for the People’s Choice Award, which can be predictive of best picture at the Oscars.