International

AFP/APP London: Adverse weather conditions are set to impact New Year celebrations across the UK, with several major events already cancelled or under threat. In Edinburgh, the organisers of the city's famous Hogmanay street party…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Young British Pakistanis, with the support of community organizations, are forging their own unique legacies.  With an unwavering "not to be denied" attitude, they are pushing back against the tides of racism…

AFP/APP Herat: In a cramped workshop in Herat, Afghan craftsman Sakhi meticulously shapes another rubab, Afghanistan's national instrument, despite the ongoing crackdown on music under the Taliban regime. Sakhi, who has been crafting…

AFP/APP Washington: President-elect Donald Trump expressed his support for the H1-B visa program amid a heated debate dividing his conservative base and Silicon Valley leaders like Elon Musk. “I’ve always liked the (H1-B) visas;…

AFP/APP Seoul: A plane carrying 181 people crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Sunday, killing at least 29 people, authorities told AFP. “We have so far confirmed 29 deaths from the crash,” said Lee Hyeon-ji, a…

AFP/APP Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that an Israeli military operation on Friday targeting Hamas militants near the Kamal Adwan Hospital has put the last major health facility in northern Gaza out of service.…

AFP/APP New Delhi: Mourners gathered in India's capital on Saturday to pay their respects to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of his state funeral. Singh, who served as the country’s prime minister from 2004 to 2014, passed…

AFP/APP New Delhi: India announced seven days of state mourning on Friday following the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a key architect of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s. Singh, who served as…

AFP/APP New Delhi: India announced seven days of state mourning on Friday following the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a key architect of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s. Singh, who served as…

AFP/APP Astana: A passenger jet operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, carrying 67 people, crashed on Wednesday near Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan. The Embraer 190 aircraft was en…