By Dr Ansab Ali Lahore Pakistan LAHORE: A delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, led by Senior Animal Health and Production Officer Dr Scott Newman, along with Regional Wildlife Specialist Dr Zachary Dvornicky Raymond and Project Coordinator FAO Country Office Islamabad…
THE HAGUE: The Dutch cabinet has urged primary and secondary schools to ban students from using mobile phones during school hours, according to foreign media reports. Under the proposal, set to take effect on January 1, 2027, students would be required to keep their phones away during lessons, assemblies, breaks and all other times on…
LONDON: British author and former politician Jeffrey Archer, whose books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide, has died at the age of 86. His publisher, HarperCollins, said he died “suddenly and peacefully” at home on Monday, Oct 5, while still working.His death came a day before the scheduled publication of his final novel,…
GAZA: Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad has claimed that Ali al-Amoudi, the group’s de facto leader in Gaza, narrowly survived an Israeli assassination attempt overnight between Friday and Saturday, in an interview with Al Arabiya.According to Palestinian media, five people, including several women, were killed in the strike. Al-Amoudi’s name was not among the dead,…
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that the Trump administration is pursuing both diplomatic and military options in the ongoing conflict with Iran. He declined to rule out further escalation after the deployment of a third US aircraft carrier to the region.Asked on CBS News whether the expected arrival of the USS…
ISLAMABAD: Report By Muhammad Saleem Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif received Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister, Member of the Council of Ministers and Coordinator of Special Services of Poland, who is on an official visit to Pakistan.The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction at the positive trajectory of relations with Poland and reiterated Pakistan’s desire to transform this historical…
LONDON: The Green Party of England and Wales on Sunday formally adopted a policy stating that “Zionism is racism” after members voted for a motion at its annual conference in Brighton. The motion passed by 1,022 votes to 813.The motion calls for Zionism to be treated “like any other form of racism.” The party cited…
MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Monday, 5 October, that early general elections will be held on 29 November, instead of summer 2027 as scheduled. The decision followed a parliamentary defeat on Friday, 2 October, of the government’s measures to tackle the housing crisis.Nationwide protests over soaring housing costs continue. The government had…
OSLO: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries concerning light-activated ion channels and optogenetics. Their research laid the foundation of optogenetics, which has made it possible to study neural activity linked to memory, emotions and behaviour in the brain.According to…
LONDON: British singer and former One Direction member Zayn Malik reshared a screenshot of his July 2014 “#FreePalestine” post amid recent debate over his stance on Palestine, writing: “This is for all the confused people! Check the date.”Malik originally posted the message on 28 July 2014 on X, then known as Twitter. It contained only…
