Venezuela passes law to jail backers of US oil blockade
Venezuela parliament. Photo: Reuters (file) CARACAS: Venezuela’s parliament passed a law Tuesday that carries lengthy prison terms for any national…
Healthcare crisis grips Hyderabad
A pregnant woman lies on a hospital bed. Source: Reuters HYDERABAD: Acute shortages of medicines, diagnostic facilities and functional medical…
Only 1 in 5 water sources safe in Peshawar
A child drinking water from the tap. PHOTO: REUTERS PESHAWAR: As Peshawar grapples with a worsening water and sanitation emergency,…
Sequestered Suu Kyi overshadows Myanmar election
. Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the joint news conference of the Japan-Mekong Summit Meeting at the…
Govt finally cuts loose ‘white elephant’ PIA
Arif Habib Consortium places highest bid of Rs135b; Govt gets only Rs10b, rest to be reinvested in airline The government…
CM slams LHC suspension of Punjab property law
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has reacted to a court order for suspension of a newly promulgated land dispute…
Bangladesh-India ties hit new low
Multidisciplinary artists hold placards during a protest against violent attacks in Dhaka. Photo: AFP DHAKA: Bangladesh on Tuesday summoned the…
Five cops martyred in Karak ambush
The destroyed police mobile is seen at the site of a deadly attack in Karak that left five police personnel…
Trump lavishes praise on CDF Munir
. President Donald Trump, in an event at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Monday, reiterated his claims that he…
Yemen's parties to exchange prisoners
. Yemen prisoners. Photo: Reuters (file) Yemen’s Houthi rebels and its internationally recognised government agreed Tuesday to a prisoner swap…