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LONDON: President Joe Biden is embarking on a brief visit to the UK in an effort to reinforce the strong relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. The highlight of his visit will be meetings with King Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Climate
ISLAMABAD: A three-day Gandhara symposium, with the theme “Cultural Diplomacy: Reviving Gandhara Civilisation and Buddhist Heritage in Pakistan,” is set to commence today in Islamabad. The symposium aims to promote and preserve the rich cultural heritage of Gandhara, an ancient civilisation that thrived in the region
GENEVA: In the wake of a condemnable incident of the desecration of the Quran in Sweden, the Human Rights Council is set to debate a contentious draft proposal on religious hatred on Tuesday (tomorrow). The initiative has underscored major rifts in the UN body and challenged
BRUSSELS: Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead. Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, working with a data scientist from Germany’s Tübingen University, used Russian government data to shed
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: India’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of US arms are less about shifting its reliance on Russian defence equipment and moving towards the West – it's more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say. India is the world's biggest arms importer but
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has framed charges against six persons for allegedly burning a Muslim man alive during the February 2020 violence in the city, PTI reported. Communal violence had broken out in North East Delhi between February 23 and February 26, 2020, as supporters
NEW DELHI: At least 22 people were reported dead as the torrential monsoon rains lashed northern India, causing landslides and flash floods in the region, authorities and local media said on Monday. New Delhi schools were closed considering the threat posed by the heavy rains, while
Buddhism, as a religion, has had a solid presence in the heritage of the subcontinent. Pakistan is host to different tourist destinations which promote Buddhism as a religion. The Dharmarajika Stupa in Takht-i-Bahi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Votive Stupa, Shingardar stupa, and the Amluk Dara Stupa in
Srinagar: Indian police arrested over four dozen Hurriyat leaders and activists, including Masroor Abbas Ansari, in Srinagar. The police conducted a raid at a hotel in Srinagar where Hurriyat activists and others were holding an Eid Milan party on Sunday. Besides Masroor Abbas Ansari, police also arrested
BENGALURU: India's inflation likely snapped a four-month decline in June as food prices surged, a Reuters poll of economists found, making a cut in interest rates unlikely any time soon, while the Reserve Bank of India is also expected to resist pressure to raise rates. "We
MIRPUR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry said that the media should play its role to highlight the issue of Kashmir at the global level. Talking to a delegation of journalists which called on him in the federal metropolis on Sunday, Barrister Sultan
CERGY-PONTOISE, France: Dozens of marches against police violence in France have been announced for Saturday after authorities banned a memorial rally, fearful of reigniting the recent unrest that engulfed the country. Seven years after Adama Traore, a young black man, died in police custody, his sister