International

AFP/APP Paris: France's political forces were on Friday to make a final bid for votes in crunch legislative elections that could see the far right take control of the government in a historic first. The official campaigning period…

AFP/APP London: Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has been hosting executives and entrepreneurs in London this week to boost investment in cutting-edge technologies promising big breakthroughs in tackling…

AFP/APP Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist government made a last-ditch bid for votes on Wednesday, four days ahead of parliamentary elections where the far right has its best-ever chance of leading the government. The…

AFP/APP Canberr: Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, requires privacy and time to recover after spending over five years in a high-security London prison, his wife Stella stated following his return to Australia on Wednesday.…

News Desk Islamabad: The International Fair and Museum of Prophet's Biography provides information to the Hajj pilgrims about the procedures according to which the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) performed Hajj. "Such enriching experience…

AFP/APP Gaza Strip: UN agencies sounded the alarm about war-torn Gaza on Tuesday, saying that 10 children a day are losing one or both legs and half a million Palestinians suffer "catastrophic" hunger. There was no let-up in Israel's…

AFP/APP Seoul: North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion, an official from Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The early morning launch came just hours…

AFP/APP Cape Canaveral: The United States on Tuesday launched a new satellite expected to significantly improve forecasts of solar flares and coronal mass ejections huge plasma bubbles that can crash into Earth, disrupting power grids…

AFP/APP London: Five more police officers allegedly placed bets on the UK general election date, a force spokesperson said Tuesday, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak withdrew support from two Conservative candidates over the escalating…

AFP/APP Bangkok:Julian Assange has been released from prison and left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama. "Julian Assange is free,"…