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Zardari, Putin vow to boost bilateral ties on Ashgabat huddle sidelines
Monitoring Desk ASHGABAT: President Asif Ali Zardari and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday emphasised further strengthening of bilateral relationship between the two countries.The development came during an informal...
Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon as Gaza death toll rises 61 killed in Gaza in last 24 hours; Lebanon says 22 dead in Israeli strikes on central Beirut
APP GAZA/ BEIRUT: Death toll continues to mount in Gaza and Lebanon, with devastating consequences. In Gaza, the Health Ministry reports 61 Palestinians were killed and 231 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period. Israeli...
IIOJK election results a powerful message against Article 370 revocation: Mirwaiz
Monitoring Desk SRINAGAR: Senior leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that the results of the recent so-called assembly elections in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have sent a powerful...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japan nuclear bombs survivors
Monitoring Desk TOKYO: Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who have nuclear weapons not...
Musk unveils robotaxi, pledges it before 2027
AFP LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled what he said was a robotaxi capable of self-driving, predicting it would be available by 2027 -- about a decade after he first promised an autonomous vehicle. The Tesla CEO said...
Rafa Nadal announces retirement from professional tennis at end of season
AFP MADRID: Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced he will retire after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career which brought 22 Grand Slam titles, global respect and inspired epic, iconic rivalries with Roger Federer and...
28 mostly women & children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school Israel seeking to ‘destroy’ Gaza healthcare, says UN report
Monitoring Desk GAZA/ GENEVA: The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli air strike on a Gaza school killed at least 28 people mostly women and children on Thursday, while the Israeli military reported it struck a Hamas command...
China’s solar goes from supremacy to oversupply
AFP Beijing: Strong state support and huge private investment have made Chinas solar industry a global powerhouse, but it faces new headwinds, from punitive tariffs abroad to a brutal price war at home. Officials meeting in Baku...
Machac knocks world number 2 Alcaraz out of Shanghai Masters
AFP SHANGHAI: World number two Carlos Alcaraz has been knocked out of the Shanghai Masters in straight sets by 33rd-ranked Tomas Machac, losing 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 on Thursday. The Czech will face world number one Jannik Sinner in the...
Hamas meets Fatah in Cairo to discuss Gaza war
Monitoring Desk CAIRO: Leaders from Islamist group Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement discussed plans for cooperation after the war in Gaza in a new round of talks in Cairo on Wednesday, a Hamas official...
MP Zara Sultana voices dissent as Starmer rejects calls to ban arms sales to Israel
Monitoring Desk LONDON: British MP Zara Sultana, of Pakistani descent, has openly condemned Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government for its ongoing arms sales to Israel amid escalating violence in Gaza and the West Bank. During...
Israel kills 25 including children in Gaza strike
Monitoring Desk GAZA: Gaza’s civil defence agency on Tuesday said an Israeli strike killed at least 25 people at a refugee camp in the centre of the territory, as Israel’s military claims to target Hamas positions. “The civil...