JERUSALEM: Israel faced international condemnation and protests on Thursday after its military intercepted almost all of about 40 boats in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza and took captive more than 450 foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats showed armed Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision…
Japan is facing a potential shortage of Asahi beer after a cyberattack against the beverage maker forced its systems offline. Asahi Group issued a statement on Monday announcing that order, shipment, and call center operations at the company had been suspended due to the systems outage, and that the disruption was limited to Japan. The…
MUZAFFARABAD: Negotiations between the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and a federal government team temporarily stalled on Thursday, despite high-level efforts to defuse the ongoing crisis in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The federal delegation, comprising senior political figures Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Amir Muqam, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and others,…
Daniel OyefusiOct 3, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. As the news trickled out Wednesday morning that Cleveland Browns rookie Dillon Gabriel would take over as…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed on a strong note on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 index surged around 2,850 points to settle near 168,500, marking another record high. The rally was powered by aggressive buying in the banking sector, which added over 1,800 points to the index, even as profit-taking in select heavyweight…
At age 89, Shiguéhiko Hasumi, the critic and theorist long regarded as Japan’s greatest living film scholar, is finally making what amounts to his U.S. debut. Later this month, New York’s Japan Society will present Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan (Oct. 9–18), a hand-curated screening series timed to the…
Singapore has become a victim of its own success. While the city-state has been universally lauded for its safety and predictability, its pristine streets and meticulous urban planning have concurrently cultivated a less glamorous reputation: one of being “boring”, where regulations constrain business innovation and daily life. By contrast, rather than erasing its imperfections, Hong…
New Delhi / Islamabad (International Desk) — India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday issued a stark warning to Pakistan over military activity near the disputed Sir Creek sector, saying any “misadventure” there would be met with a response so strong it could “change both history and geography.” Speaking to troops in Bhuj, Singh condemned…
Islamabad (International Desk) The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) staged a walkout from the National Assembly on Friday in protest against a statement by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. The session, chaired by Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, witnessed strong reaction from PPP lawmakers. Party leader Naveed Qamar told the House that although discussions had previously been…
Karachi (International Desk) The Sindh High Court has suspended Karachi University’s decision to cancel the law degree of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of the Islamabad High Court. During the hearing of Justice Jahangiri’s petition against the university’s order, Registrar of Karachi University, Professor Imran Siddiqui, appeared before the bench and informed the court that the…
