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This combination of pictures created on April 09, 2025 shows US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff after a meeting with Russian officials at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025 (L); and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking to AFP during an interview at the Iranian consulate in Jeddah on March 7, 2025.Evelyn Hockstein | Amer Hilabi | AFP | Getty ImagesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and Iran’s government on a potential renewed nuclear agreement began on a positive note over the weekend, representatives of both countries said, despite enduring…
Listen to article Police and a local militia neutralized three alleged terrorists during a “search and strike” operation conducted in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Saturday. Several terrorists also sustained injuries during the operation. According to a statement issued to the press on Sunday by the office of the K-P inspector general police (IGP), the local police swung into action after receiving information about the presence of terrorists in the Tajwari area of the district. It said the local police, contingents of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) as well as the Special Quick Response Force started a search operation…
Osaka, Japan – Expo 2025 has opened to crowds of visitors in Osaka, Japan amid controversy over weak ticket sales and the event’s enormous cost. Hosted inside the world’s largest wooden structure, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s Grand Ring, the mega event began on Sunday with more than 160 countries showcasing exhibits ranging from a Martian meteorite to a laboratory-grown heart. Despite heavy rain and gushing winds, visitors queued for hours on the first day of the Expo to get a chance to visit some 80 pavilions on site. Japan’s government has cast the event, themed “Designing Future Society for Our…
Pakistan women cricket team won the toss and elected to bat first against West Indies on Monday in their third One-Day International (ODI) encounter of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Qualifiers. In their first day-night fixture of the tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the hosts will be looking to continue the winning momentum and edge closer to qualifying for the World Cup by triumphing in today’s clash. Pakistan are unchanged since their last match against Scotland on Friday that they won by six wickets in a rain-curtailed encounter on the back of an unbeaten knock of 68…
Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty ImagesPfizer on Monday said it would end development of its experimental daily weight loss pill after a patient experienced a liver injury that was potentially caused by the drug in a trial. The patient did not experience any liver-related symptoms or side effects, a Pfizer spokesperson said in a statement. They added that the patient’s liver enzymes “recovered rapidly” after they stopped taking the pill, which is an oral GLP-1 drug called danuglipron. The statement suggests that the patient’s liver enzymes were elevated, which often indicates damage to cells in the organ and is…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: A constitutional bench (CB) of the apex court is going to take up today a slew of petitions filed against “illegal” transfer of three judges from various high courts to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the revision of the IHC judges seniority list in the wake of the transfer. The Ministry of Law on February 1 issued a notification for the transfer of Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro and Justice Muhammad Asif — respectively from the Lahore High Court, the Sindh High Court and the Balochistan High Courtto the IHC. Following this transfer,…
United States President Donald Trump and his allies have offered a solution to avoiding price hikes because of his car tariffs: buy American. Trump told NBC News on March 29 that he “couldn’t care less” if foreign car manufacturers raised prices in response to tariffs. “I hope they raise their prices because if they do, people are going to buy American-made cars,” Trump said. “We have plenty.” The administration’s 25 percent tariff on imported cars took effect on April 3, and an additional tariff on imported auto parts is set to take effect on May 3. Tariffs are a tax on…
Listen to article LAHORE: Till date, Pakistan has not been able to devise formal legislation on the practice of child adoption, despite the fact that a significant number of married couples are given temporary custody of abandoned children each year. As a result, no effective monitoring system exists to prevent the mistreatment of adopted children, who are orphaned twice in the face of unreported exploitation, abuse and neglect that silently occurs behind closed doors. According to Syed Kausar Abbas, Head of the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO), there is a need to devise legislation over the monitoring of children given under temporary…
Although unlikely, Yoon could face death penalty if found guilty of preparing coup with last year’s declaration of martial law.South Korea’s impeached former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has denied charges of insurrection as his criminal trial opened. The ousted leader argued in the Seoul Central District Court on Monday that his declaration of martial law late last year was “not a coup d’etat”. If found guilty of insurrection, Yoon could be sentenced to life in prison or receive a death sentence. Yoon was formally stripped of office earlier this month after being impeached and suspended by lawmakers over his December…
LUSAIL: Marc Marquez survived a first-lap collision with his brother Alex to win the Qatar MotoGP on Sunday, for a seventh victory in eight races this season. Alex Marquez ran into the back of his brother’s Ducati at the second corner. Marc Marquez lost ground but recovered to finish 1.8sec ahead of Spaniard Maverick Vinales in second with Francesco Bagnaia of Italy completing the podium. Marc Marquez took his third Sunday victory in four race weekends this season. He has also won every sprint. His only miss came in Austin where he crashed while leading. Marc started from pole with…