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An earthquake measuring scale reading the intensity of an earthquake in this image. — X/@AFP/FileResidents report jolts in vicinity of Landhi and Malir this morning.3.2-magnitude quake recorded at 10:29am near Quaidabad.Landhi Fault Region behind activity but no risk of major earthquake. Earthquake of mild intensity was once again felt in parts of Karachi late on Monday night, according to Pakistan’s seismic monitoring authorities.The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) reported that the earthquake struck at approximately 11:16pm, with 2.4 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicentre was recorded near Malir, around 10 kilometres below the surface.Parts of the mega city where the…
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, in Cairo, Egypt, June 2, 2025. — Reuters FM Araghchi meets UN nuclear watchdog’s chief in Cairo.Insists Iran has “nothing to hide” on its nuclear programme.Leaked report shows Tehran stepped up uranium enrichment. Iran on Monday said it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it calls “peaceful activities”, a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it will drop sanctions. Uranium enrichment has remained a key point of contention between the foes, in talks to seal a…
The representational image shows the entrance of the District Jail Malir, Karachi. — APP/FileOver 50 out of 100 escapees rearrested: Jail admin.CM Murad briefed about jail break: Home Minister Lanjar.Inmates moved out of barracks due to quake: Jail admin. KARACHI: At least 45 to 50 inmates have escaped from the Malir Jail in Karachi in what appears to be one of the most serious jailbreaks in recent years, according to Sindh’s Home Minister, Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar.During the earthquake tremors that rocked Karachi on Monday, inmates were temporarily moved out of their barracks for safety reasons, jail officials said, adding that it…
Scarlett Johansson shares her admiration for ‘Jurassic Park’Scarlett Johansson is a big fan of Jurassic Park as she recalled pitching herself to franchise director Steven Spielberg.It came when it was announced a new instalment would go to floors. “I had a meeting with him and I don’t actually know if he knew the depths of my Jurassic fandom.” “But I’m hoping that no one explained it to him too thoroughly because it maybe would’ve come off as being a little too much,” the Marvel star told THR.She continued, “Although knowing Steven now, he was excited when I shared with how…
Judges say Berlin broke EU law by refusing Somali asylum seekers entry.A Berlin court has ruled that Germany violated asylum law when it deported three Somali nationals at its border with Poland in a decision that challenges Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s aggressive new migration stance. The three asylum seekers – two men and one woman – were turned back by border police at a train station in Frankfurt an der Oder, a city on Germany’s eastern border. “The applicants could not demand to enter Germany beyond the border crossing,” the court said in a statement on Monday. “However, the rejection was…
Emirati women continue to enhance their active presence in regional and international organizations, bodies and councils through the successive achievements related to their election or victory for the presidency or membership of those institutions and bodies, which reflects the size of global confidence in the UAE’s daughter and their competencies in managing the various files and issues of concern to the international community. The victory of the state candidate, Sheikha Nasser Al -Nuwais, embodied the position of Secretary -General of the United Nations Tourism Organization during the period from 2026 to 2029, a historical precedent as the first woman in…
A representational image of a police tape wrapped on a tree at a crime scene. — AFP/FileIn a heart-wrenching incident, a labourer in Rahim Yar Khan poisoned his three children before taking his own life after being unable to afford Eid clothes for them, the police said on Monday.According to the police, the incident occurred in Sardar Garh Basti Haji Pir area of Rukanpur village. The man, who worked as a tractor trolley driver, had been unemployed and distressed for several days, the police said. In a state of despair, they added, he gave poisonous pills to his two disabled…
Greenpeace environmental activists set up a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron — they say they stole earlier at the Grevin Museum — during an action against France’s gas and fertiliser imports from Russia, outside the Russian Embassy in Paris on June 2, 2025 — AFPGreenpeace activists on Monday stole a wax figure of President Emmanuel Macron from a Paris museum and placed it in front of the Russian embassy as part of a protest against French economic ties with Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.According to a police source, two women and a man entered…
Meghan Markle seems to be using podcast to make peace with her pastMeghan Markle seems to be using her podcast to deal with some of the hard times she went through during her pregnancies, claimed an expert.In a recent episode of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, the Duchess of Sussex talked about wearing high heels while heavily pregnant and how looking after two small kids can feel overwhelming. “I always wear my five-inch, pointy-toed stilettos,” said Meghan. “You have the most enormous bump and your tiny little ankles are bracing themselves in these high heels…“So you’re just going,…
Sammy Hagar expresses ‘regret’ that Van Halen broke up Sammy Hagar just expressed that “the best was yet to come” from Van Halen. The 77-year-old rock star, who has also remained the front man of the band Jump from 1985 to 1996, before returning 2003 till 2005, was in touch with the legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen before his demise in October 2020. Speaking on Detroit’s WRIF radio station, Sammy was quoted by Blabbermouth saying, “Oh, hell no. Oh, no regrets whatsoever.“I regret that we broke up, just to see what else we could have done. I would’ve loved to have…