The El Nino weather pattern picked up strength over the past month and is highly likely to “rank among the largest” ever recorded when it peaks between October and December, US forecasters said Thursday. El Nino warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, triggering worldwide changes in winds, atmospheric pressure and…
Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic Republic braved the sweltering heat on Thursday to mass for the burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. An Israeli strike killed Ali Khamenei in late February on the first day of the US-Israeli war against…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited the London Zoo on Wednesday, where they took part in several activities, including giving a penguin a health check, feeding a Galápagos tortoise a special birthday cake and painting a snail. During the visit, which took place amid Britain’s ongoing heat wave, the king joked that he wanted…
GUJRAT: A deportee hailing from Gujranwala was convicted by a local court on Thursday, taking the number of deportees from Libya and Greece sentenced over the past two weeks across three districts to 64. The deportees were handed 10-15 days’ imprisonment on average after summary trials in cases lodged against them by the Federal Investigation…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani citizens seeking a visit visa to the Netherlands for tourism are required to obtain a short-stay Schengen visa before travelling. Applicants are required to submit their applications through Gerry’s Visa Application Center. Applicants must first book an appointment before preparing and submitting the required documents. Required Documents Applicants generally need a passport with…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s capital market achieved a historic milestone during Financial Year 2025-26, as stock market investor accounts increased by 48%, the highest-ever annual growth recorded in the country’s capital market. The number of stock market investors increased from 392,775 on July 1, 2025, to 583,052 as of June 30, 2026, with the addition of 190,277…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting in Quetta on Thursday to discuss the security situation in Balochistan after multiple major terrorist incidents in the province in recent days. Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir was also present at the meeting of the Provincial Apex…
Belgium meets Spain in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday with the daunting task of breaching the European champions’ watertight defense for the first time at the 2026 tournament. In beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal 1-0 on Monday, Luis de la Fuente’s men became the first team in history to record six consecutive World Cup clean…
DUBAI: Iran struck US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain on Thursday, hours after the US military launched a second wave of overnight strikes on Iran that officials said were aimed at keeping the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping. The Retaliatory attacks came after President Donald Trump declared that an interim agreement aimed at…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that Pakistan and Croatia could utilize their geographical locations to unlock the “enormous potential” of their growth. His remarks came after he met with Croatia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman, who is in Islamabad on a one-day visit. Addressing a…
