US actress Courteney Cox has revealed an adorable nickname of her former Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston as she extended love to her on 52nd birthday. Courteney took to Instagram and shared two throwback photos with The Morning Show star and wished her on her birthday. She wrote in the caption “Happy Birthday Jenny Louise! We’ve known each other so long I don’t even remember …

Turkish actor Osman Soykut has thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for promoting the wonderful teachings of Muslim scholar Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Osman, who portrays the role of Ibn arabi in historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul, took to Instagram and shared the screen grab of an Instagram video posted on PM Imran’s official Instagram handle. The video was shared with caption, “For those …

US singer Taylor Swift has dropped new version of Love Story (Taylor’s Version) of her classic 2008 single on Friday. The Back to December singer took to Instagram and announced the release of new version of the Love Story ahead of her fully re-recorded album Fearless. She wrote, “My new version of Love Story (Taylor’s Version) is out now” followed by heart emoticons. Taylor further said, “Get …

India has chided Twitter for not complying with its orders to remove certain accounts and content, warning the social media platform that it “must respect” Indian laws “irrespective of Twitter’s own rules and guidelines.” “We value freedom and we value criticism because it is part of our democracy. But freedom of expression is not absolute and it is subject to reasonable restrictions” …

LONDON: Scientists have described a drug which hijacks the body’s appetite system as a potential “game changer” in treating obesity after research showed it could cut body weight by up to 20 percent. The results from the large-scale international trial, which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed more than one-third of those who took the drug …

British television channel BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration said on Friday, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s broadcast licence. In a statement issued on the stroke of the Lunar New Year, the administration said an investigation found BBC World News’ China-related reports had “seriously violated” regulations, including that …

Nepal on Wednesday revoked the Everest summit certificates of two Indian climbers for faking their 2016 ascent, and banned them and their team leader from mountaineering in the country for six years, officials said. Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami said they reached the top of the world’s highest mountain in the 2016 spring season, and Nepal’s tourism department …

ISLAMABAD: The International Development Committee (IDC) has relaunched an inquiry into effectiveness of UK Aid to Pakistan. In June 2019, the previous IDC launched an inquiry into UK Aid to Pakistan but did not take any oral evidence before parliament was dissolved. The new committee comprising 11 members of the parliament is chaired by Sarah Champion of the Labour Party. …

BEIRUT: A multi-faith memorial service for Lebanese activist Lokman Slim, who was killed last week, triggered a row on Thursday after a Shia cleric was attacked on social media for taking part. Slim, an academic and leading secular voice from the Shia community, was routinely criticised and often threatened over his stance against the powerful Shia movement Hezbollah. The service, …

ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday asked the Biden administration not to overlook the ground realities vis-à-vis occupied Kashmir as he urged the world to help in reaching a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute before it was too late. He was speaking at a photography and cultural exhibition held at the Foreign Office as part …