GLASGOW: Thousands of climate protesters braved torrential rain in Glasgow on Saturday to take part in worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a failure of crunch UN talks to bring about the radical action needed to tame global warming. Dozens of events are planned worldwide to demand cuts in fossil fuel use and immediate help for communities already affected …

FREETOWN: At least 99 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the capital of Sierra Leone late on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, local authorities said. Fuel still appeared to be leaking from the wrecked tanker on Saturday morning as police and soldiers tried to clear large crowds of onlookers from the street, according …

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has warned that nearly 23 million people, or 55 per cent of the Afghan population, are in crisis or will experience emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next year. Speaking to journalists in New York, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary General Farhan Haq also pointed out that isolated clashes and violence …

NEW DELHI: India’s capital was blanketed by toxic air on Saturday as pollution levels remained dangerously high for a second day after revellers defied a fireworks ban during a major Hindu festival and farmers in nearby states burnt stubble. New Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 456 on a scale of 500, indicating “severe” pollution conditions that can …

itting at a crowded chai dhaaba in the Korangi Industrial Area, Yaseen, 35, anxiously turns the pages of his diary. He appears to be searching for something important. He finally stops on some photographs of a factory. “This is where my friend Rafiq works,” he says, adding that the clothes being produced at the factory are for reputable international fast fashion brands. …

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the PM on Youth Affairs Usman Dar on Saturday informed Prime Minister Imran Khan that employment has been provided to over 100,000 youths over the past two years. Presenting the two-year progress report on the Kamyab Jawan National Youth Development Programme to the prime minister, Mr Dar said over Rs35 billion was also distributed among the …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi was “unharmed” in a “failed assassination attempt” after a drone attack on his official residence on Sunday night, his office said. “A drone tried to target the residence” of the premier, who was not injured, his office said in a statement. The attack in Baghdad’s Green Zone was the first to target the residence of …

RAWALPINDI: The district administration on Saturday started the process to fix prices of land to be acquired for the Rawalpindi Ring Road Project from Banth to Thalian. The price assessment committee is headed by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali and comprises the additional commissioner revenue, assistant commissioners Saddar and Gujar Khan, the district attorney, director land and estate management of Rawalpindi …

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of the dismal condition of a building dedicated for a restaurant in F-9 Park, the management of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to convert it into a museum. The management also showed dissatisfaction over the carpeting of roads in F-11 and G-9. Moreover, the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) has been directed to renovate a …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmad will celebrate the Diwali festival at Teri Temple, Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday, to express solidarity with the local members of the Hindu community as well pilgrims reaching there from other parts of the country. The grand function to celebrate Diwali is being organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council, which invited the …