Acting on the eve of the US midterm elections, the Supreme Court quickly rejected on Monday a bid by US President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are ...
A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that echoed a similar attack in France last month.
The use of excessive force by police personnel remains a serious concern in Pakistan, where allegations of torture and abuse of authority continue to surface despite laws prohibiting such practices. The custodial death of Akmal Ali Khan, allegedly following an assault by policeme...
An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday granted bail to lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha in a case involving allegations of blocking a road and clashing with police.
Russia said its emergency warnings app came under a "massive cyberattack" on Monday, hours after Ukraine reported a hack in an apparent exchange of blows between the foes, as their longest truce came to an end.
Americans deliver their verdict on Donald Trump's tumultuous second presidency on Tuesday in midterm elections that threaten to shatter his grip on Washington, with Democrats poised to seize the House and challenge for control of the Senate.
Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said on Monday that a Pakistan-bound LNG cargo ship was attacked before it entered the Strait of Hormuz but did not name the culprits, as he formally announced to pass on the impact of Rs15 per liter petroleum levy to oil refineries to keep pe...
Last week, the most prominent news in the higher education sector in the US was that the provost (and the chief academic officer) at Dartmouth College resigned. Dartmouth College is a premier institution of higher learning in the United States and while many readers of this newsp...
The US carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said on Monday. The strikes, earlier reported by the Wall Street Journal, appeared to be limited and were not a resumption of major combat operations, the official said, speaking on the cond...
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan marked his 61st birthday with a special treat for fans, unveiling Tu Mil Jaaye, the first song from his much-awaited film King, as birthday wishes poured in from family, friends and colleagues across the film industry.
US West Texas Intermediate crude rises 20 cents, or 0.21%, to $96.66 a barrel
Doctors and paramedical staff staged protests at Karachi's major public-sector hospitals, demanding protection of their professional rights, dignity and security amid growing resentment over what they described as harassment, unjustified legal action and policies imposed without ...
Pakistan's political parties have long supported friendship with China and provided a strong political foundation for bilateral relations, visiting Chinese Communist Party official Liu Haixing said on Monday as he held meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal...
In another alleged display of 'dala culture', a family travelling in a car was harassed and its driver assaulted by men riding in a black SUV in North Karachi, with CCTV footage of the incident emerging on Monday.
Russian forces bombed a school in a village in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday, killing 24 people, Ukraine's emergency services said.
Every month, money is deducted from my salary in the name of taxes. I work for it, I earn it, and a portion of it goes to the government. Fine. But where are the results? If my money is being collected for the country's development, then why do the services my taxes pay for never...
Democrats sought to contain a rift in Michigan's US Senate race after one of their own crossed party lines to endorse the Republican, while President Donald Trump pressed his legal efforts on Monday to intervene in ballot-counting as ?both parties made their closing arguments a d...
Contacts between Iran and the United States to end their eight-month war are continuing, Tehran said on Monday, after days of ?Iranian talks with Qatari mediators ended with altered proposals but no breakthrough.