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Muslims perform their Friday prayers in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 23, 2023. — ReutersISLAMABAD: Remaining thousands of applicants under private Haj scheme would not be able to perform this year, said Federal Minister for Religious…
US President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 23, 2025. — ReutersTrump seeks to fast-track new nuclear licenses.Order directs regulatory agency to rule on new licenses in 18 months.Department of Defence to have prominent role in ordering reactors.United States President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the nation’s independent nuclear regulatory commission to reduce regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants, seeking to shorten a multi-year process to 18 months.The requirement was part of a batch of executive orders signed by Trump on Friday that aim to boost…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. — Facebook/Imran khan official/File Next week seen as important for their interactions.PTI sympathisers attempting to influence developments.No major breakthrough reported so far despite continued push.ISLAMABAD: Some US-based Pakistani doctors and businessmen, previously involved in quiet diplomacy regarding Imran Khan, have returned to Pakistan amid fresh efforts to secure relief for the jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder.The group, which reportedly met with a senior official and Imran Khan during a previous visit to Islamabad a couple of months back, arrived this week and are presently in Lahore. However, sources suggest the delegation has not yet managed to…
Bella Ramsey admits they search for negative commentsBella Ramsey just revealed they seek out negative comments about themselves.The 21-year-old star has faced online backlash ever since they got cast as Ellie in the TV adaptation of the popular video game, The Last Of Us. During their latest appearance on The Louis Theroux Podcast, Bella talked about reading online comments that are more towards the hateful side. “You sort of go looking for the next horrible one or the one that’s like slightly worse than the last one you saw. I did,” they admitted.Additionally, Bella revealed that they had already come…
A member of the medical personnel works at a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing site which is temporarily set up at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2020. — ReutersA class of drugs known as Janus kinase, or JAK, inhibitors, which work by slowing down the immune system, should be the first-line therapy for patients hospitalised for Covid-19, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.The researchers analysed individual outcomes of nearly 13,000 adults hospitalised for Covid who participated in 16 randomised trials comparing JAK inhibitors to other drugs or placebos between May 2020 and March 2022. Overall, 11.7%…
UNHCR says two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10 could be the ‘deadliest tragedy at sea’ involving Rohingya so far this year.At least 427 Rohingya, Myanmar’s Muslim minority, may have perished at sea in two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10, the United Nations said, in what would be another deadly incident for the persecuted group. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) said in a statement on Friday that – if confirmed – the two incidents would be the “deadliest tragedy at sea” involving Rohingya refugees so far this year. “The UN refugee agency is gravely concerned about reports of…
Dubai: Yamama Badwan The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment revealed the details of the activities and agenda of the “UAE Agricultural Exhibition and Exhibition 2025”, which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Presidential Bureau, with the aim of achieving the UAE’s vision to support the local agriculture sector and increase its contribution to promoting sustainable food security. This came during a press conference held yesterday in the Emirates towers in Dubai, in the presence of Dr. Amna bint Abdullah Al -Dahhak, Minister of…
Police personnel can be seen at the site of a blast in Quetta in this file image. — ReutersAOAV reports 67,026 global casualties from explosive weapons in 2024.Civilians account for 89% of casualties, with 24,147 deaths worldwide.Pakistan records 790 civilian casualties, with incidents rising 14% to 248.Pakistan has ranked seventh in the world for civilian casualties from explosive weapons in 2024, according to a new report by British explosive violence monitor, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), which recorded the highest global toll of such violence since 2010.The AOAV documented 67,026 deaths and injuries from explosive weapons globally last year. Of…
A drone view shows a flooded area near the Hunter River in Heatherbrae, Australia, on May 24, 2025. —ReutersHundreds of flood-hit residents still in evacuation centres.Latest flood-linked death’s that of a man in his 80s.Albanese cancels a trip to Taree due to floodwaters.SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday the clean-up had begun in the country’s southeast after floods killed five people and inundated more than 10,000 properties.”We’re continuing to work closely across federal, state and local governments to make sure Australians get the support they need now and through recovery,” Albanese said on social media platform X.…