The March 28 quake flattened buildings and destroyed infrastructure across the country, resulting in 3,354 deaths and 4,508 people injured, with 220 others missing, according to new figures published by state media. More than one week after the disaster, many people in the country are still without shelter, either forced to sleep outdoors because their […]
“You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide,” Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad said at the event in Redmond, Washington, while interrupting Suleyman, who was talking about the company’s artificial intelligence assistant product. Suleyman responded by saying: “I hear your protest, thank you.” The protesting employee was then escorted away. An investigation by The […]
The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, described the situation as “harrowing” and emphasized that nothing justifies the killing of children. “Since the strikes resumed, at least 100 children are reported killed or injured every day in Gaza,” Lazzarini stated on social media, citing UNICEF figures. He […]
A 10 percent “baseline” tariff came into place past midnight, hitting most US imports except goods from Mexico and Canada as Trump invoked emergency economic powers to address perceived problems with the country’s trade deficits. The trade gaps, said the White House, were driven by an “absence of reciprocity” in relationships and other policies like […]
The initial 10% “baseline” tariff took effect at U.S. seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT), ushering in Trump’s full rejection of the post-World War Two system of mutually agreed tariff rates. “This is the single biggest trade action of our lifetime,” said Kelly Ann Shaw, a trade lawyer at Hogan […]
In a letter addressed to President Murmu, the board has requested an urgent meeting to discuss the bill’s potential impact on the autonomy and management of Waqf properties across India. The AIMPLB, along with other Muslim organizations, has criticized the bill, labeling it as unconstitutional and a direct attack on the rights of the Muslim […]
The announcement was made on Friday following high-level discussions in Bangkok between representatives of Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, and Myanmar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Than Swe. The confirmation of the Rohingya Repatriation Myanmar process comes as a relief to many Rohingya refugees, who have been living in overcrowded […]
The attack on Zelenskiy’s hometown, which comes as U.S. President Donald Trump tries to end the war, damaged residential blocks and sparked fires, Serhiy Lysak, the governor, wrote on the Telegram messaging app. The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified […]
The victim, Amir Sultan, was shot dead in front of his apartment by armed robbers riding two motorcycles in Phase I near Tooba Masjid on April 2, 2025. The suspects, identified as Umar and Asif, were apprehended following a raid by South police, acting on a tip-off from a law enforcement agency. According to police, […]
The weather department has forecasted hot and dry winds from the northwest in Karachi today. Seabreeze likely to be restored in the evening in the city. “Presently, winds blowing from northwest at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour with 71 percent humidity.” The Met Office has predicted an increase in temperatures in Sindh and […]
