Oman hosted five US-Iran talks; Israel struck Iran’s nuclear sites days before the sixth round A view of Iranian centrifuge machines at the unknown facility. PHOTO: IRAN FRONT PAGE WEBSITE Iran said on Sunday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged by Israeli and US strikes “stronger than before”, as mediator Oman urged Tehran and…
Children walk to school in heavy smog in Lahore on Nov. 6, 2017. Photo: AFP PUNJAB/ LAHORE: The Punjab Education Department has revised school timings across the province due to worsening smog conditions. As per the notification, no educational institution will be allowed to open before 8:45am According to an official notification, the timings for…
For current financial year, goods exports estimate $35.28bn, services exports project $8.38bn The federal government has set ambitious economic targets for the next three years, aiming to raise the GDP growth rate to between 4.2% and 5.7%. Other targets include increasing the size of the national economy to Rs162,513 billion, boosting exports by more than…
A supermarket explosion killed at least 23 people in northern Mexico on Saturday, according to local officials, with investigators saying the blast was an accident possibly caused by a faulty electric transformer. “Sadly, a number of the victims we’ve found were minors,” Alfonso Durazo, governor of Sonora state, said in a video message as he…
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has met with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, for their first face-to-face talks in six years. Trump emerged from the meeting in South Korea in a buoyant mood, describing it as a 12 on a scale of one to ten. He is now saying the US will lower tariffs on Chinese…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In a clash of Grand Slam winners, Iga Swiatek swept aside Madison Keys in straight sets on the opening day of the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Saturday. The Wimbledon champion needed just over an hour to beat Australian Open winner Keys 6-1, 6-2 at the season-ending tournament for the world’s…
Lee Weaver, the familiar character actor known for his work on The Bill Cosby Show, the Loni Anderson-starring Easy Street and the Coen brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou?, has died. He was 95. Weaver died Sept. 22 at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced. He “wove joy, depth and representation into every…
Theo LeggettBusiness Correspondent Jas Bains Jas Bains alerted Danish authorities to a £1bn tax scam and they hit him with a lawsuit “We’d be met at airports in 20-foot limousines, and taken to places like the Atlantis hotel in Dubai or the Singapore Grand Prix. There’d be a hundred grand spent in the bar.” In…
US footprint in West Africa significantly diminishes as 1,000 troops withdraw from Niger last year Security personnel patrol the streets amid a surge in violence in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria, January 24, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from video Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to…
An explosion occurred in a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Peshawar Today (Sunday). Initial reports suggest that old explosive material kept in the CTD police station’s storeroom detonated. The incident does not appear to be a terrorist attack, initially investigation suggested. Two officers were injured, one of the injured officers has been moved to…
