By Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: A meeting of the All Pakistan Retired Clerical and Non-Clerical Staff of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) was held at a local hotel in Lahore, where retired employees raised their concerns regarding pension and other post-retirement benefits.The meeting was attended by Chairman Malik Allah Yar, Iftikhar Khan, Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Tanveer Haider,…
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj, under the patronage of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, will hold the sixth edition of the Hajj Conference and Exhibition in Jeddah from November 8 to 11. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the event — organized in partnership with the Khadem Al-Haramain (Guest Service) program — will bring…
JEDDAH — The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned attacks by the Houthi group around the areas of Mecca and Medina, as well as ongoing aggression against Saudi Arabia. According to the OIC statement, these attacks instill fear among innocent civilians, violate the sanctity of holy sites and mosques,…
MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned Wednesday that any European military aggression against Russia would trigger a war that is “completely different” and “very short,” while criticizing European leaders for repeatedly discussing the need to prepare for war with Russia.Speaking at the International Youth Festival in Yekaterinburg, Lavrov said Russian officials have repeatedly…
LONDON — American actress Sydney Sweeney is facing intense criticism from female athletes over a new advertisement for sports betting platform Novig, in which she appears scantily clad alongside equipment from tennis, golf, baseball, and ice hockey.Former US gymnast Gracie Kramer sparked the response by posting a video of her routine with the caption: “This…
“All parties in the Duma, every single one, voted in favour of 170 laws to support the special military operation,” Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov told me with obvious pride about the last parliament. “In that sense there is 100% agreement in the Duma.” I caught up with Zyuganov on the campaign trail outside Moscow…
Georgetown University law student Tice, who had served as a US Marines captain, was last seen in a video – blindfolded and in apparent distress – posted more than a month after his capture. As the regime fell 12 years later, tens of thousands of people emerged from the administration’s prisons. Tice was not one…
Charlie Kirk’s family has accused the Utah Valley University and state officials of “stunning failures and reckless decisions” that they say led to the conservative activist’s 2025 assassination during a campus event. In a legal notice, lawyers for the family say Kirk’s Turning Point USA event at the university campus was not properly secured or…
The leaders of eight German states have backed the nation’s chancellor amid growing speculation about his political future. The premiers – all of whom are part of Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) – wrote that restoring trust in their party lay in “listening and taking political action, not in debates over personnel”. Merz, who…
Nigerian journalist and content creator Charity Ekezie believes the best way to challenge negative stereotypes about Africa is to laugh at them. She has built an online audience around the world by using humour to push back against the assumptions people make about life on the continent. In her social media videos, she often replies…
