Pakistani star Feroze Khan shared a lovely photo with Turkish actor Celal AL, who essays the role of Abdur Rehman in historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul, saying “great to have here in Pakistan”. Celal arrived in Islamabad three days back and he is currently visiting Karachi. The Khaani actor turned to Instagram and shared the photo with Celal and wrote, “great to have …

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has extended gratitude to the case and crew as the superstar wrapped up the shooting of James C. Strouse directorial Hollywood film Text For You in London. The 38-year-old star turned to Instagram and shared a picture of herself from the set of the film and wrote, “That’s a wrap! Congratulations and THANK YOU to the entire cast and …

MUMBAI: Ten babies were killed in a maternity unit in the Indian state of Maharashtra early on Satu­rday when fire tore through a major hospital, a doctor said. Staff rescued seven of the newborn infants at the Bhandara district hospital but were beaten back before they could get to the 10 others, Pramod Khandate, a senior doctor, said. All of …

WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department charged three Sri Lankans on Friday with supporting terrorism for their participation in the 2019 Easter attack that killed 268 people. The department said the three were part of the “ISIS in Sri Lanka” group behind the attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels in three cities on the Christian holiday on April 21, …

The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday rejected the “malicious” statement by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding the conviction of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, leader of proscribed organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), saying it was “unfortunate” that India was linking Pakistan’s due legal process with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. “Pakistan categorically rejects the malicious statement by the MEA …

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has reminded the international community that Kashmir is not just a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan, it is mainly about what the people of Kashmir want. Addressing a webinar on the 1949 UN resolution on Kashmir on Friday, Pakistan Ambassador at the United Nations Munir Akram urged the world body to ensure that the people of …

MADRID: A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, killing at least four people and leaving thousands trapped in cars or in train stations and airports that had suspended all services as the snow kept falling on Saturday. The bodies of a man and woman were recovered by the Andaluca region emergency service …

ABU SAMRAH: Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border on Saturday, correspondents saw, as they restore ties following a landmark deal to end a three and a half year rift. Saudi shut its side of Qatar’s only land border in June 2017 as part of a package of sanctions it said was a response to Doha’s backing radical Islamist …

Hours after a major power breakdown plunged the entire country into darkness, Energy Minister Omar Ayub said on Sunday morning that power supply was expected to be completely restored soon. The blackout was reported a little before midnight by citizens on social media from across the country, including major urban centres such as Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Multan, as well …

One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signalling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion. Though deprived of his big online megaphones, Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. The far right-friendly Parler may be the leading candidate, though Google and …