Unidentified quadcopter crashes on rooftop of house in Islamabad’s Humak locality – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A quadcopter flown from an unidentified location crash-landed on the rooftop of a house in the capital’s rural area. Police said that a resident of the house, located in Model Town Humak, informed them about the quadcopter’s crash landing. After receiving the information, police reached the house and cordoned off the area, and confiscated […]
Rashford unfazed by high-altitude Mexico
KANSAS CITY: Marcus Rashford said England were unfazed by the prospect of facing Mexico at the high-altitude Azteca Stadium despite admitting the World Cup last-16 clash was a tough assignment. Thomas Tuchel’s men fly south from their Kansas City base later Friday, bracing for the challenge of playing at the fortress-like home of the co-hosts. […]
Egypt edge Australia on penalties
ARLINGTON: Hossam Abdelmaguid scored the winning penalty as Egypt made history by beating a dogged Australia 4-2 on penalties to reach the World Cup last 16 on Friday. A tense affair in which Egypt and their off-colour captain Mohamed Salah wasted the better chances had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes in Texas. Lionel Messi’s Argentina […]
FIA arrests five in Islamabad for alleged smuggling of human placenta: report – Pakistan
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is investigating a syndicate suspected of smuggling alleged human placenta from hospitals to produce anti-ageing injections, the BBC reported on Friday. According to the BBC, officials uncovered 500 kilogrammes of what is believed to be human placenta during a raid on an illegal processing facility in Islamabad last week, leading […]
rewrite this heading in UK english reuters style: China-Europe Earth observation cooperation moves toward greater complementarity: ESA official
China and Europe will compare Earth observation data to support environmental protection and the green transition A technician checks the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) at a workshop of the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 4, 2024. The SMILE is a joint mission […]
1,000 days of genocide: A tally of devastation in Gaza – World
More than 90pc of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed and more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 1,000 days since Israel started bombarding the besieged enclave following the retaliatory Hamas attack of Oct 7, 2023, according to the local government’s media office. The Palestinian government’s media office released key statistics on the […]
40 killed, 8 injured as passenger bus falls into ravine near Balochistan-KP border – Pakistan
QUETTA: Forty people were killed and eight others injured when a Peshawar-bound passenger bus fell into a ravine just as it left the Dhanasar area of Balochistan’s Sherani district and crossed the provincial border into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, officials said. The number of casualties was first shared in a statement by […]
Hazara tourism gets fresh govt push
Afridi orders the identification and development of new tourist destinations in Kolai-Palas and Allai Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi directed authorities on Friday to identify and develop new tourist destinations in Kolai-Palas and Allai to unlock the immense tourism potential of Hazara Division. Chairing a high-level review meeting at the Chief Minister’s House, CM Afridi reviewed […]
ETPB rejects social media claims of Gurdwara Singh Sabha demolition in Sheikhupura
District officials halted unauthorised work near Sheikhupura gurdwara, sealed site and began legal action A gurdwara in Punjab. PHOTO: The Evacuee Trust Property Board website The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) on Friday rejected reports circulating on social media regarding the alleged demolition of Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Sheikhupura, clarifying that the historic gurdwara remains […]
PM Shehbaz, CDF Munir arrive in Tehran for funeral of assassinated Iranian supreme leader Khamenei – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Tehran on Friday to attend the funeral of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a US-Israeli strike on February 28, state broadcaster PTV reports. CDF Munir was received by Iranian officials […]